The sky on
your birthday.
“A Sagittarius Triplet” is copyrighted by Gabriel Rodrigues Santos. NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.
See it on NASA's siteThese three bright nebulae are in Sagittarius, a crowded starfield of the central Milky Way. M8, the large nebula below and right of center, and colorful M20 near the top, were cataloged by Charles Messier. The third emission region, NGC 6559, is left of M8 and separated by a dark dust lane. All three are stellar nurseries about five thousand light-years away.
The Sun on 26 April 2021
NASA SDO took this picture on 26 April 2021, the day itself, not a release date.
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The Sun on your day The Sun on 26 April 2021 See it as a poster -
The Earth on your day The Earth on 26 April 2021 · Eye of the Sahara, Mauritania See it as a poster -
Released on 26 April 2009 NGC 4676: When Mice Collide See it as a poster -
Released on 26 April 2023 Voyager's RTG See it as a poster -
Released on 26 April 2000 ASTER Images San Francisco Bay Area See it as a poster -
Released on 26 April 2021 Moon See it as a poster -
Released on 26 April 2025 Oblique of view of the sun's glint beaming off Lake Superior See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 26 APR 2021 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 26 APR 2021.
Questions about April 26, 2021
What space photo was released on April 26, 2021?
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for April 26, 2021 was "A Sagittarius Triplet". 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 April 26, 2021?
A full moon, about 100% lit.
What day of the week was April 26, 2021?
April 26, 2021 was a Monday, day 116 of the 365 days in 2021.
What did the Sun and the Earth look like on April 26, 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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