The sky on
your birthday.
“Ghost Fungus to Magellanic Cloud” is copyrighted by Gill Fry. NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.
See it on NASA's siteThe Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way, hangs above Wannon Falls. It is a fuzzy, faint apparition visible in the dark night sky over Victoria, Australia. In the foreground, a ghost fungus glows with bioluminescence, echoing the distant galaxy's soft light.
The Sun on 23 May 2020
NASA SDO took this picture on 23 May 2020, 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 23 May 2020 See it as a poster -
The Earth on your day The Earth on 23 May 2020 · Colorado Plateau See it as a poster -
Released on 23 May 2011 Hubble’s cepheid in the Andromeda Galaxy See it as a poster -
Released on 23 May 2026 Messier 2 See it as a poster -
Released on 23 May 2016 A galactic gathering See it as a poster -
Released on 23 May 2006 Hubble captures a "five-star" rated gravitational lens (ground-based image) See it as a poster -
Released on 23 May 2013 The region around the Ring Nebula (Hubble/LBT composite) See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 23 MAY 2020 falls under Gemini (♊). The sign's window runs from 05-21 through 06-20. Gemini is named for the twin stars Castor and Pollux, both bright enough to spot without a telescope. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 23 MAY 2020.
Questions about May 23, 2020
What space photo was released on May 23, 2020?
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for May 23, 2020 was "Ghost Fungus to Magellanic Cloud". 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 23, 2020?
A new moon, about 1% lit.
What day of the week was May 23, 2020?
May 23, 2020 was a Saturday, day 144 of the 366 days in 2020.
What did the Sun and the Earth look like on May 23, 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.
Is it free?
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