The sky on
your birthday.
“Northern Green Flash” is copyrighted by Göran Strand. NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.
See it on NASA's siteFrom Frösön island in northern Sweden, the Sun set slowly a day after the summer solstice. During its final minute, this sequence of images captured a green and blue flash. These flashes are not a myth, but a real atmospheric phenomenon. They are caused by the Earth's atmosphere refracting sunlight, bending different colors of light at slightly different angles as the Sun dips below the horizon.
The Sun on 23 June 2012
NASA SDO took this picture on 23 June 2012, 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 Sun on your day The Sun on 23 June 2012 See it as a poster -
The Earth on your day The Earth on 23 June 2012 · Persian Gulf See it as a poster -
Released on 23 June 2009 Molecular Cloud Barnard 68 See it as a poster -
Released on 23 June 2026 Messier 82 (Hubble 2006 image) See it as a poster -
Released on 23 June 2026 M82 (Webb NIRCam image) See it as a poster -
Released on 23 June 2026 Galaxy field of MXDFz4.4 (Hubble and Webb clean image) See it as a poster -
Released on 23 June 2026 The Cigar Galaxy: M82 (Webb and Hubble image) See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 23 JUN 2012 falls under Cancer (♋). The sign's window runs from 06-21 through 07-22. Cancer is marked by the Beehive Cluster, M44, a loose family of stars visible to the naked eye on a dark night. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 23 JUN 2012.
Questions about June 23, 2012
What space photo was released on June 23, 2012?
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for June 23, 2012 was "Northern Green Flash". 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 June 23, 2012?
A waxing crescent moon, about 17% lit.
What day of the week was June 23, 2012?
June 23, 2012 was a Saturday, day 175 of the 366 days in 2012.
What did the Sun and the Earth look like on June 23, 2012?
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory photographed the Sun that day, and NASA's Terra satellite photographed the whole Earth. Both are on this page, next to the card.
Is it free?
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