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“Total Solar Eclipse Below the Bottom of the World” is copyrighted by Petr Horálek (ESO Photo Ambassador, Inst. of Physics in Opava) ; Acknowledgement: Xavier Jubier. NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.
See it on NASA's siteA total solar eclipse was visible only at the end of the Earth yesterday. This image, taken from an airplane, shows the Sun's outer corona as a bright spot. The eclipsing Moon appears as the dark spot in the center, with the airplane's wing and engine visible.
The Sun on 5 December 2021
NASA SDO took this picture on 5 December 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 5 December 2021 See it as a poster -
The Earth on your day The Earth on 5 December 2021 · Madagascar See it as a poster -
Released on 5 December 2011 Wide-field view of the sky around VFTS 102: the fastest rotating massive star See it as a poster -
Released on 5 December 2015 Layered Craters and Icy Plains See it as a poster -
Released on 5 December 2015 Pluto Badlands See it as a poster -
Released on 5 December 1998 Jupiter Great Red Spot See it as a poster -
Released on 5 December 2022 Flight Day 20: Orion and Our Moon See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 5 DEC 2021 falls under Sagittarius (♐). The sign's window runs from 11-22 through 12-21. Sagittarius points straight at the center of the Milky Way, our galaxy's brightest region. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 5 DEC 2021.
Questions about December 5, 2021
What space photo was released on December 5, 2021?
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for December 5, 2021 was "Total Solar Eclipse Below the Bottom of the World". 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 December 5, 2021?
A new moon, about 1% lit.
What day of the week was December 5, 2021?
December 5, 2021 was a Sunday, day 339 of the 365 days in 2021.
What did the Sun and the Earth look like on December 5, 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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