The sky on
your birthday.
“Lunar X” is copyrighted by Catching the Light. NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.
See it on NASA's siteThis striking 'X' on the Moon is an illusion, visible only for about four hours before the Moon's first quarter phase. It's created by the way sunlight hits the rims of craters Blanchinus, La Caille, and Purbach at the terminator line. You can see it with binoculars or a small telescope.
The Earth on 11 March 2009 · Persian Gulf
NASA Terra took this picture on 11 March 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 11 March 2009 · Persian Gulf See it as a poster -
Released on 11 March 2019 Nebulous, but no nebula See it as a poster -
Released on 11 March 2024 NGC 5468: Cepheid host galaxy See it as a poster -
Released on 11 March 2024 An unlikely spiral See it as a poster -
Released on 11 March 2016 Dawn Color Topography of Ahuna Mons on Ceres See it as a poster -
Released on 11 March 2021 Wide-Field View of GJ 1132 b’s Host Star See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 11 MAR 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 11 MAR 2009.