The sky on
your birthday.
“The Magnificent Tail of Comet McNaught” is copyrighted by Robert H. McNaught. NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.
See it on NASA's siteComet McNaught, also known as C/2006 P1, was one of the brightest comets in decades. Its ion tail, made of gas ionized by the Sun, stretched for millions of miles. Observers in the Southern Hemisphere saw it best in 2007, just after sunset. The tail's complex filaments are shaped by the solar wind.
The Sun on 6 October 2024
NASA SDO took this picture on 6 October 2024, 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 6 October 2024 See it as a poster -
The Earth on your day The Earth on 6 October 2024 · Caspian Sea See it as a poster -
Released on 6 October 2012 At the Heart of Orion See it as a poster -
Released on 6 October 2010 Wide-field view of the field around Monoceros R2 See it as a poster -
Released on 6 October 2026 NGC 7129 (NIRCam image) See it as a poster -
Released on 6 October 2025 Starbursting centre See it as a poster -
Released on 6 October 2014 A dusty spiral in Virgo See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 6 OCT 2024 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 6 OCT 2024.
Questions about October 6, 2024
What space photo was released on October 6, 2024?
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for October 6, 2024 was "The Magnificent Tail of Comet McNaught". 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 6, 2024?
A waxing crescent moon, about 12% lit.
What day of the week was October 6, 2024?
October 6, 2024 was a Sunday, day 280 of the 366 days in 2024.
What did the Sun and the Earth look like on October 6, 2024?
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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