The sky on
your birthday.
“Solstice Conjunction over Budapest” is copyrighted by György Soponyai. NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.
See it on NASA's siteBefore the June 21st solstice sunrise, Venus and an old crescent Moon were seen together over Budapest, Hungary. This predawn skyscape looks across the Danube River toward the Hungarian Parliament building. Low clouds silhouette against the twilight sky. Noctilucent clouds, lit by the rising sun, are visible higher above the eastern horizon.
The Sun on 23 June 2017
NASA SDO took this picture on 23 June 2017, the day itself, not a release date.
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The Sun on your day The Sun on 23 June 2017 See it as a poster -
The Earth on your day The Earth on 23 June 2017 · Eye of the Sahara, Mauritania 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 2017 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 2017.
Questions about June 23, 2017
What space photo was released on June 23, 2017?
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for June 23, 2017 was "Solstice Conjunction over Budapest". 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, 2017?
A new moon, about 1% lit.
What day of the week was June 23, 2017?
June 23, 2017 was a Friday, day 174 of the 365 days in 2017.
What did the Sun and the Earth look like on June 23, 2017?
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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