Astronomy Picture of the Day

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                                2024 June 29
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                               A Solstice Moon
            Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Tunc Tezel ([5]TWAN)

   Explanation: Rising opposite the setting Sun, [6]June's Full Moon
   occurred within about 28 hours of the solstice. The Moon stays close to
   the Sun's path along the ecliptic plane and so while the solstice Sun
   climbed high in daytime skies, June's Full Moon remained low [7]that
   night as seen from northern latitudes. In fact, the Full Moon hugs the
   horizon in this June 21 rooftop night sky view from Bursa, Turkey,
   constructed from exposures made every 10 minutes between moonrise and
   moonset. In 2024 the Moon also reached a [8]major lunar standstill, an
   extreme in the [9]monthly north-south range of moonrise and moonset
   caused by the precession of the Moon's orbit over an [10]18.6 year
   cycle. As a result, this June solstice Full Moon was at its
   southernmost moonrise and moonset [11]along the horizon.

                        Tomorrow's picture: Earthrise
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References

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   2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2406/SolsMoon2024.jpg
   3. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply
   4. http://www.twanight.org/tezel
   5. http://www.twanight.org/
   6. https://earthsky.org/tonight/june-full-moon/
   7. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240620.html
   8. https://griffithobservatory.org/extreme-moon-the-major-lunar-standstills-of-2024-2025/
   9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_standstill
  10. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/
  11. https://www.nps.gov/hocu/learn/historyculture/high-bank-works.htm
  12. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240628.html
  13. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html
  14. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html
  15. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html
  16. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search
  17. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html
  18. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss
  19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html
  20. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html
  21. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=240629
  22. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240630.html
  23. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html
  24. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/
  25. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html
  26. http://www.astro.umd.edu/
  27. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply
  28. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html
  29. https://www.nasa.gov/general/accessibility/
  30. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/
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  33. https://science.nasa.gov/learners
  34. http://www.mtu.edu/