The sky on
your birthday.
“The Long Tails of Comet NEOWISE” is copyrighted by Petr Horalek. NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.
See it on NASA's siteComet NEOWISE (C/2020 F3) sweeps through the northern skies, its long tails stretching across this deep sky view from Suchy Vrch, Czech Republic. This composite, recorded on the night of July 13/14, combines untracked foreground and tracked sky exposures. It reveals faint structures extending over 20 degrees from the comet's bright coma, pushed out by the pressure of sunlight.
The Sun on 16 July 2020
NASA SDO took this picture on 16 July 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 16 July 2020 See it as a poster -
The Earth on your day The Earth on 16 July 2020 · Nile Delta and Sinai See it as a poster -
Released on 16 July 2009 The Eagle Nebula See it as a poster -
Released on 16 July 2012 An audience of stellar flashbulbs See it as a poster -
Released on 16 July 2010 Mysterious GEMINGA on the move See it as a poster -
Released on 16 July 2025 The Rosette Nebula from DECam See it as a poster -
Released on 16 July 2010 Seven Sisters Get WISE See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 16 JUL 2020 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 16 JUL 2020.
Questions about July 16, 2020
What space photo was released on July 16, 2020?
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for July 16, 2020 was "The Long Tails of Comet NEOWISE". 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 July 16, 2020?
A waning crescent moon, about 17% lit.
What day of the week was July 16, 2020?
July 16, 2020 was a Thursday, day 198 of the 366 days in 2020.
What did the Sun and the Earth look like on July 16, 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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