The sky on
your birthday.
“Moon, Mercury, Jupiter, Mars” is copyrighted by Mike Salway. NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.
See it on NASA's siteOn February 23, the Moon rose with a sunlit crescent, showing earthshine, which is sunlight reflected from Earth illuminating the dark part of the lunar disk. This serene view, taken just before sunrise over Tuggerah Lake, also captures a conjunction with three planets: Mercury, Jupiter, and Mars.
The Earth on 26 February 2009 · Madagascar
NASA Terra took this picture on 26 February 2009, the day itself, not a release date.
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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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The Earth on your day The Earth on 26 February 2009 · Madagascar See it as a poster -
Released on 26 February 2018 A frenzy of stars See it as a poster -
Released on 26 February 2004 Getting Closer See it as a poster -
Released on 26 February 2024 Celestial fossils See it as a poster -
Released on 26 February 2021 The night lights of Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, on the Gulf of Thailand, are pictured from the International See it as a poster -
Released on 26 February 2021 A full Moon is pictured above the Earth's horizon as the International Space Station orbited 263 miles See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 26 FEB 2009 falls under Pisces (♓). The sign's window runs from 02-19 through 03-20. Pisces holds the location of the spring equinox in the current astronomical era. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 26 FEB 2009.