The sky on
your birthday.
“Spiral Galaxy NGC 6744” is copyrighted by Basudeb Chakrabarti. NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.
See it on NASA's siteThe spiral galaxy NGC 6744 is a near twin to our own Milky Way, about 175,000 light-years across. It sits 30 million light-years away in the southern constellation Pavo. We see its disk tilted, with an elongated yellowish core. This telescopic view spans an area about the angular size of a full moon.
The Sun on 23 June 2022
NASA SDO took this picture on 23 June 2022, 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 23 June 2022 See it as a poster -
The Earth on your day The Earth on 23 June 2022 · Bahamas See it as a poster -
Released on 23 June 2009 Molecular Cloud Barnard 68 See it as a poster -
Released on 23 June 2026 Messier 82 (Hubble 2006 image) See it as a poster -
Released on 23 June 2026 M82 (Webb NIRCam image) See it as a poster -
Released on 23 June 2026 Galaxy field of MXDFz4.4 (Hubble and Webb clean image) See it as a poster -
Released on 23 June 2026 The Cigar Galaxy: M82 (Webb and Hubble image) See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 23 JUN 2022 falls under Cancer (♋). The sign's window runs from 06-21 through 07-22. Cancer is marked by the Beehive Cluster, M44, a loose family of stars visible to the naked eye on a dark night. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 23 JUN 2022.
Questions about June 23, 2022
What space photo was released on June 23, 2022?
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for June 23, 2022 was "Spiral Galaxy NGC 6744". 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 June 23, 2022?
A last quarter moon, about 33% lit.
What day of the week was June 23, 2022?
June 23, 2022 was a Thursday, day 174 of the 365 days in 2022.
What did the Sun and the Earth look like on June 23, 2022?
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?
Yes. Seeing, sharing and downloading the card is free, and there's no account to make.