The sky on
your birthday.
“Lyrid Meteors from the Constellation Lyra” is copyrighted by Petr Horálek. NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.
See it on NASA's siteThe Lyrid meteor shower, which peaks every April, appears to come from the constellation Lyra. The sand-sized debris that makes up the Lyrid meteors comes from Comet Thatcher. The comet follows a well-defined orbit around the Sun, and the part of the orbit that approaches Earth creates the meteor shower.
The Sun on 12 May 2020
NASA SDO took this picture on 12 May 2020, the day itself, not a release date.
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The Sun on your day The Sun on 12 May 2020 See it as a poster -
The Earth on your day The Earth on 12 May 2020 · Pilbara, Western Australia See it as a poster -
Released on 12 May 2010 M72: A Globular Cluster of Stars See it as a poster -
Released on 12 May 2004 Spirit Keeps on Trekking polar eye See it as a poster -
Released on 12 May 2004 Spirit Keeps on Trekking vertical eye See it as a poster -
Released on 12 May 2022 First image of our black hole See it as a poster -
Released on 12 May 2025 Capturing candyfloss clouds See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 12 MAY 2020 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 12 MAY 2020.
Questions about May 12, 2020
What space photo was released on May 12, 2020?
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for May 12, 2020 was "Lyrid Meteors from the Constellation Lyra". 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 May 12, 2020?
A waning gibbous moon, about 76% lit.
What day of the week was May 12, 2020?
May 12, 2020 was a Tuesday, day 133 of the 366 days in 2020.
What did the Sun and the Earth look like on May 12, 2020?
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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