The sky on
your birthday.
“A Geminid From Gemini” is copyrighted by B. Yen (Comet-Track). NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.
See it on NASA's siteThe Geminid meteor shower peaked earlier this month, featuring up to 140 meteors per hour. Geminid meteors appear to streak away from the constellation Gemini, as shown in this all-sky photograph. Their origin is thought to be small bits broken off the asteroid 3200 Phaetheon.
Looking down a barrel of gas at a doomed star
ESA/Hubble released this picture on 6 January 1999. That is the day it was published, not the day it was taken.
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Space pictures released on your month and day in other years, or a few days either side. Each one is sharp enough to print as a poster.
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Released on 29 December 2006 Enceladus: Trailing Hemisphere See it as a poster -
Released on 29 December 2014 An ancient globule See it as a poster -
Released on 29 December 2012 Zeta Oph: Runaway Star See it as a poster -
Released on 29 December 2019 Stars glitter in the night sky above an atmospheric glow that blankets the city lights as the International Space See it as a poster -
Released on 29 December 2020 The waxing gibbous Moon, the phase before it becomes a Full Moon, is pictured from the International Space Station See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 29 DEC 1998 falls under Capricorn (♑). The sign's window runs from 12-22 through 01-19. Capricorn is the dimmest zodiac constellation, but rich in deep-sky objects south of the celestial equator. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 29 DEC 1998.
Questions about December 29, 1998
What space photo was released on December 29, 1998?
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for December 29, 1998 was "A Geminid From Gemini". It's a photographer's copyrighted image, so we link to it on NASA's site and show the Sun or the Earth that day instead.
What was the Moon's phase on December 29, 1998?
A waxing gibbous moon, about 82% lit.
What day of the week was December 29, 1998?
December 29, 1998 was a Tuesday, day 363 of the 365 days in 1998.
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