Astronomy Picture of the Day

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                                2024 June 20
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                           Sandy and the Moon Halo
            Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Marcella Giulia Pace

   Explanation: Last April's Full Moon shines [5]through high clouds near
   the horizon, casting shadows in this garden-at-night skyscape. Along
   with canine sentinel Sandy watching the garden gate, the wide-angle
   snapshot also captured the [6]bright Moon's 22 degree ice halo. But
   June's bright Full Moon will cast shadows too. [7]This month, the
   Moon's exact full phase occurs at 01:08 UTC June 22. That's a mere 28
   hours or so after [8]today's June solstice (at 20:51 UTC June 20), the
   moment when the Sun reaches its maximum northern declination. Known to
   some as a Strawberry Moon, June's Full Moon is at its southernmost
   declination, and of course will create its own [9]22 degree halos in
   hazy night skies.

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References

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   2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2406/MoonHalo_pace.jpg
   3. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply
   4. https://greenflash.photo/about-me/
   5. https://greenflash.photo/portfolio/lunar-halo/
   6. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220514.html
   7. https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/skywatching/the-next-full-moon-is-the-strawberry-moon-2/
   8. https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/everything-you-need-to-know-june-solstice/
   9. https://atoptics.co.uk/blog/22-halo-formation/
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  18. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html
  19. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=240620
  20. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240621.html
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  23. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html
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