The sky on
your birthday.
“Gaia's Milky Way” is copyrighted by ESA, Gaia, DPAC. NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.
See it on NASA's siteThis is a map of the Milky Way, not a photograph. It was made from data collected by the Gaia satellite, which measured nearly 1.7 billion stars. The satellite recorded their positions, brightness, color, and distance. This data covers about one percent of the stars in our galaxy, showing its flat plane and nearby galaxies.
The Sun on 27 April 2018
NASA SDO took this picture on 27 April 2018, 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 27 April 2018 See it as a poster -
The Earth on your day The Earth on 27 April 2018 · Colorado Plateau See it as a poster -
Released on 27 April 2021 Image of the Centaurus A galaxy taken during the Test-Bed Telescope first light tests See it as a poster -
Released on 27 April 2020 Fresh Tiger Stripes on Saturn's Enceladus See it as a poster -
Released on 27 April 2024 Sea ice swirls in the North Atlantic Ocean See it as a poster -
Released on 27 April 2015 Aurora sequence See it as a poster -
Released on 27 April 2004 Spirit Travels See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 27 APR 2018 falls under Taurus (♉). The sign's window runs from 04-20 through 05-20. Taurus holds the Pleiades star cluster and Aldebaran, the red giant that marks the eye of the Bull. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 27 APR 2018.
Questions about April 27, 2018
What space photo was released on April 27, 2018?
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for April 27, 2018 was "Gaia's Milky Way". 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 April 27, 2018?
A waxing gibbous moon, about 91% lit.
What day of the week was April 27, 2018?
April 27, 2018 was a Friday, day 117 of the 365 days in 2018.
What did the Sun and the Earth look like on April 27, 2018?
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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