The sky on
your birthday.
“Saturn and Jupiter over Italian Peaks” is copyrighted by Giorgia Hofer. NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.
See it on NASA's siteSaturn and Jupiter are drawing closer in the night sky. For the next two months, they will appear progressively nearer to each other. In mid-December, they will reach a Great Conjunction, appearing only 0.1 degrees apart, a separation not seen since 1623. This image shows Saturn on the left and Jupiter on the right, over the Italian peaks.
The Sun on 20 October 2020
NASA SDO took this picture on 20 October 2020, 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 20 October 2020 See it as a poster -
The Earth on your day The Earth on 20 October 2020 · Nile Delta and Sinai See it as a poster -
Released on 20 October 2025 NGC 3370 (wide view) See it as a poster -
Released on 20 October 2025 Focusing on NGC 3370 See it as a poster -
Released on 20 October 2019 Pluto at Night See it as a poster -
Released on 20 October 2024 The Niger River flows through the African nation of Mali See it as a poster -
Released on 20 October 2025 Comet Lemmon appears approximately 55.4 million miles from Earth See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 20 OCT 2020 falls under Libra (♎). The sign's window runs from 09-23 through 10-22. Libra is the only zodiac constellation named for an inanimate object, the scales of judgment. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 20 OCT 2020.
Questions about October 20, 2020
What space photo was released on October 20, 2020?
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for October 20, 2020 was "Saturn and Jupiter over Italian Peaks". 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 October 20, 2020?
A waxing crescent moon, about 12% lit.
What day of the week was October 20, 2020?
October 20, 2020 was a Tuesday, day 294 of the 366 days in 2020.
Was there a meteor shower on October 20, 2020?
Yes: the Orionid shower, peaks tomorrow.
What did the Sun and the Earth look like on October 20, 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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