BIRTHDAY · 5 AUG 2024 The sky on
The sky on
your birthday.
A supernova spotlight
ESA / HUBBLE · PICTURE OF THE WEEK
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MYTHIC 
2024-08-05 · ♌
SKYBORN
A supernova spotlight
ESA / HUBBLE · PICTURE OF THE WEEK
BORN 802 days ago
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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 August 2024 See it as a poster -
Released on 5 August 2008 Wide-field view of the Virgo cluster of galaxies (ground-based image) See it as a poster -
Released on 5 August 2018 Trapezium: At the Heart of Orion See it as a poster -
Released on 5 August 2008 Lord of the stars See it as a poster -
Released on 5 August 2017 Gravity's Grin See it as a poster -
Released on 5 August 2015 X-ray Echoes from Circinus X-1 See it as a poster
ZODIAC CONTEXT
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LEO
In tropical astrology, 5 AUG 2024 falls under Leo (♌). The sign's window runs from 07-23 through 08-22. Leo is anchored by Regulus, the heart of the Lion, twenty-four parsecs from Earth. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 5 AUG 2024.
THE ALMANAC FOR 5 AUG 2024
DAY
Monday
MOON
New moon, 0% lit
POSITION
Day 218 of 366
SAME DAY, OTHER YEARS