Astronomy Picture of the Day

   [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our
      fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation
                    written by a professional astronomer.

                                2022 August 2
     [2]The featured image shows a crescent Moon over a city and volcano
   with a flat cloud running through the center that makes the Moon like a
       bit like the planet Saturn. Please see the explanation for more
                            detailed information.

                         A Moon Dressed Like Saturn
                Image Credit & Copyright: [3]Francisco Sojuel

   Explanation: Why does Saturn appear so big? It doesn't -- what is
   pictured are foreground clouds on [4]Earth crossing in front of the
   [5]Moon. The Moon shows a slight crescent phase with most of its
   surface visible by reflected [6]Earthlight known as [7]ashen glow. The
   [8]Sun directly illuminates the brightly lit [9]lunar crescent from the
   bottom, which means that the Sun must be below the horizon and so the
   image was taken before sunrise. This [10]double take-inducing picture
   was captured on 2019 December 24, two days before the Moon slid in
   front of the [11]Sun to create a [12]solar eclipse. In the foreground,
   lights from small [13]Guatemalan towns are visible behind the huge
   [14]volcano Pacaya.

   News: APOD Receives [15]First Outreach Prize from the [16]International
                             Astronomical Union
                     Tomorrow's picture: in a cat's eye
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    Authors & editors: [28]Robert Nemiroff ([29]MTU) & [30]Jerry Bonnell
                                 ([31]UMCP)
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                           & [38]Michigan Tech. U.

References

   1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html
   2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2208/SaturnMoon_Sojuel_1824.jpg
   3. mailto: fsojuel1 @at@ gmail .dot. com
   4. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/earth/overview/
   5. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/earths-moon/in-depth/
   6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthlight_(astronomy)
   7. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190504.html
   8. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/sun/by-the-numbers/
   9. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220201.html
  10. http://img.over-blog.com/600x450/0/19/24/98/optical-illusion/kit-cat.jpg
  11. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap191028.html
  12. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap191228.html
  13. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guatemala
  14. https://youtu.be/9fqNNALIWjQ
  15. https://www.iau.org/news/pressreleases/detail/iau2206/
  16. https://www.iau.org/
  17. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220801.html
  18. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html
  19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html
  20. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html
  21. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search
  22. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html
  23. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss
  24. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html
  25. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html
  26. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=220802
  27. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220803.html
  28. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html
  29. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/
  30. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html
  31. http://www.astro.umd.edu/
  32. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply
  33. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html
  34. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/
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