The sky on
your birthday.
“A Light and Dusty Night” is copyrighted by Rodrigo Guerra. NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.
See it on NASA's siteThis composite image, taken from southern Brazil, shows Venus near the western horizon after sunset. Venus appears immersed in a cone of zodiacal light, which is sunlight scattered by dust along the Solar System's ecliptic plane. This phenomenon is most visible from either hemisphere of Earth during twilight hours.
The Sun on 2 October 2021
NASA SDO took this picture on 2 October 2021, 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 2 October 2021 See it as a poster -
The Earth on your day The Earth on 2 October 2021 · Bahamas See it as a poster -
Released on 2 October 2023 Glowing rosy in the dark See it as a poster -
Released on 2 October 2025 Location in the sky of the rogue planet Cha 1107-7626 (infrared) See it as a poster -
Released on 2 October 2025 Location in the sky of the rogue planet Cha 1107-7626 (visible light) See it as a poster -
Released on 2 October 2007 Extreme star cluster bursts into life in new Hubble image See it as a poster -
Released on 2 October 2022 Supernova Cannon Expels Pulsar J0002 See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 2 OCT 2021 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 2 OCT 2021.
Questions about October 2, 2021
What space photo was released on October 2, 2021?
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for October 2, 2021 was "A Light and Dusty Night". 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 2, 2021?
A waning crescent moon, about 17% lit.
What day of the week was October 2, 2021?
October 2, 2021 was a Saturday, day 275 of the 365 days in 2021.
What did the Sun and the Earth look like on October 2, 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.
Is it free?
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