PULL · 20 APR 1996

This was
your sky.

Apollo 17 Lunarscape: A Magnificent Desolation

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Astronaut Harrison Schmitt works alongside the lunar roving vehicle near the Apollo 17 landing site. Family Mountain and the edge of South Massif frame this lunarscape. Buzz Aldrin, an Apollo 11 astronaut, described the Moon's surface as a 'desolation,' a phrase captured in this dramatic photo.

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ZODIAC CONTEXT
TAURUS

In tropical astrology, 20 APR 1996 falls under Taurus (♉). The sign's window runs from 04-20 through 05-20. Taurus holds the Pleiades star cluster and Aldebaran, the red giant that marks the eye of the Bull. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 20 APR 1996.

THE ALMANAC FOR 20 APR 1996
DAY
Saturday
MOON
Waxing crescent, 5% lit
POSITION
Day 111 of 366
METEOR SHOWER
Lyrid shower, peaks in 2 days