The sky on
your birthday.
“Galaxies from the Altiplano” is copyrighted by Stéphane Guisard. NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.
See it on NASA's siteOur home galaxy, the Milky Way, rises over the Atacama Desert in Chile. This high-altitude desert, 4,500 meters up, has a stark beauty that can feel alien. The stratovolcano Lastarria is visible in the distance, near the border with Argentina. This image reminds us of Earth's unique place in the cosmos.
The Sun on 13 October 2016
NASA SDO took this picture on 13 October 2016, the day itself, not a release date.
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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 13 October 2016 See it as a poster -
The Earth on your day The Earth on 13 October 2016 · Pilbara, Western Australia See it as a poster -
Released on 13 October 2011 Wide field view of MACS 1206 (ground-based image) See it as a poster -
Released on 13 October 2009 Wide-field view of the region around NGC 2623 (ground-based image) See it as a poster -
Released on 13 October 2025 Black holes don’t suck, they get fed! See it as a poster -
Released on 13 October 2025 A well-studied spiral See it as a poster -
Released on 13 October 2021 An aurora streams over the Earth as the International Space Station orbited 273 miles above the southern Indian Ocean See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 13 OCT 2016 falls under Libra (♎). The sign's window runs from 09-23 through 10-22. Libra is the only zodiac constellation named for an inanimate object, the scales of judgment. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 13 OCT 2016.
Questions about October 13, 2016
What space photo was released on October 13, 2016?
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for October 13, 2016 was "Galaxies from the Altiplano". 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 October 13, 2016?
A waxing gibbous moon, about 91% lit.
What day of the week was October 13, 2016?
October 13, 2016 was a Thursday, day 287 of the 366 days in 2016.
What did the Sun and the Earth look like on October 13, 2016?
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.
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