The sky on
your birthday.
“Arches Across an Arctic Sky” is copyrighted by Giulio Cobianchi. NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.
See it on NASA's siteTwo giant arches span the sky. The more familiar one, on the left, is the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy, appearing to encircle much of the southern sky. Below it are Mars and the Andromeda galaxy. The second arch, on the right, is an aurora, much closer than the stars and galaxies.
The Sun on 13 January 2021
NASA SDO took this picture on 13 January 2021, the day itself, not a release date.
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The Sun on your day The Sun on 13 January 2021 See it as a poster -
The Earth on your day The Earth on 13 January 2021 · Lake Eyre, Australia See it as a poster -
Released on 13 January 2012 Saturn's Iapetus: Painted Moon See it as a poster -
Released on 13 January 2011 WISE Beholds a Pair of Dancing Galaxies See it as a poster -
Released on 13 January 2005 Meandering Tracks on Husband See it as a poster -
Released on 13 January 2019 Tycho's Supernova Remnant in X-ray See it as a poster -
Released on 13 January 2025 Jetting into space See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 13 JAN 2021 falls under Capricorn (♑). The sign's window runs from 12-22 through 01-19. Capricorn is the dimmest zodiac constellation, but rich in deep-sky objects south of the celestial equator. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 13 JAN 2021.
Questions about January 13, 2021
What space photo was released on January 13, 2021?
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for January 13, 2021 was "Arches Across an Arctic Sky". 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 January 13, 2021?
A new moon, about 0% lit.
What day of the week was January 13, 2021?
January 13, 2021 was a Wednesday, day 13 of the 365 days in 2021.
What did the Sun and the Earth look like on January 13, 2021?
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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