The sky on
your birthday.
“Rhea: Saturn's Second Largest Moon” is copyrighted by Calvin J. Hamilton. NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.
See it on NASA's siteSaturn's moon Rhea, captured by Voyager 1 in 1980, is mostly water ice with a small rocky core. Like Earth's Moon, it is tidally locked with Saturn, so one side always faces the planet. This means its leading surface is much more heavily cratered than the trailing side.
Caloris Basin
NASA released this picture on 7 December 1999. That is the day it was published, not the day it was taken.
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Released on your day
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 5 December 2011 Wide-field view of the sky around VFTS 102: the fastest rotating massive star See it as a poster -
Released on 5 December 2015 Layered Craters and Icy Plains See it as a poster -
Released on 5 December 2015 Pluto Badlands See it as a poster -
Released on 5 December 1998 Jupiter Great Red Spot See it as a poster -
Released on 5 December 2022 Flight Day 20: Orion and Our Moon See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 5 DEC 1999 falls under Sagittarius (♐). The sign's window runs from 11-22 through 12-21. Sagittarius points straight at the center of the Milky Way, our galaxy's brightest region. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 5 DEC 1999.
Questions about December 5, 1999
What space photo was released on December 5, 1999?
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for December 5, 1999 was "Rhea: Saturn's Second Largest Moon". 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 5, 1999?
A waning crescent moon, about 8% lit.
What day of the week was December 5, 1999?
December 5, 1999 was a Sunday, day 339 of the 365 days in 1999.
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