PULL · 6 AUG 2016

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your sky.

Las Campanas Moon and Mercury

NASA APOD · Yuri Beletsky
COSMIC MESSAGE

From the summit of Cerro Las Campanas in Chile, the thin crescent Moon and Mercury shone brightly after sunset. This image captures both the sunlit and earthlit parts of the Moon, alongside the innermost planet. Below them, Venus and the star Regulus also appeared close together in the twilight sky.

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ZODIAC CONTEXT
LEO

In tropical astrology, 6 AUG 2016 falls under Leo (♌). The sign's window runs from 07-23 through 08-22. Leo is anchored by Regulus, the heart of the Lion, twenty-four parsecs from Earth. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 6 AUG 2016.

THE ALMANAC FOR 6 AUG 2016
DAY
Saturday
MOON
Waxing crescent, 10% lit
POSITION
Day 219 of 366
METEOR SHOWER
Perseid shower, peaks in 7 days