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August 12 birthday space photos

Born on August 12? Here is the space photo NASA or ESA released on August 12 in every year since 1995. Find your year and open its card to share it or print it.

32 years of photos August 12 birthdays fall under Leo.
SB-2026-08-12 ©
RARE · HOLO
© PHOTOGRAPHER'S COPYRIGHT · NOT SHOWN
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Perseids Over a little Planet
NASA APOD · Marcin Rosadziński Text: Cecilia Chirenti (NASA GSFC, UMCP, CRESST II)
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2026 · Wednesday · New moon
SB-2025-08-12 ©
RARE · HOLO
© PHOTOGRAPHER'S COPYRIGHT · NOT SHOWN
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Perseids from Perseus
NASA APOD · Marcin Rosadziński
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2025 · Tuesday · Waning gibbous
SB-2024-08-12
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The Sun on 12 August 2024
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The Sun on 12 August 2024
NASA SDO · THE SUN THAT DAY
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2024 · Monday · First quarter
SB-2023-08-12
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The Sun on 12 August 2023
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The Sun on 12 August 2023
NASA SDO · THE SUN THAT DAY
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2023 · Saturday · Waning crescent
SB-2022-08-12
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The Sun on 12 August 2022
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The Sun on 12 August 2022
NASA SDO · THE SUN THAT DAY
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2022 · Friday · Full moon
SB-2021-08-12
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The Sun on 12 August 2021
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The Sun on 12 August 2021
NASA SDO · THE SUN THAT DAY
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2021 · Thursday · Waxing crescent
SB-2020-08-12
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The Sun on 12 August 2020
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The Sun on 12 August 2020
NASA SDO · THE SUN THAT DAY
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2020 · Wednesday · Last quarter
SB-2019-08-12
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The Sun on 12 August 2019
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The Sun on 12 August 2019
NASA SDO · THE SUN THAT DAY
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2019 · Monday · Waxing gibbous
SB-2018-08-12
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The Sun on 12 August 2018
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The Sun on 12 August 2018
NASA SDO · THE SUN THAT DAY
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2018 · Sunday · New moon
SB-2017-08-12
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The Sun on 12 August 2017
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The Sun on 12 August 2017
NASA SDO · THE SUN THAT DAY
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2017 · Saturday · Waning gibbous
SB-2016-08-12
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The Sun on 12 August 2016
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The Sun on 12 August 2016
NASA SDO · THE SUN THAT DAY
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2016 · Friday · First quarter
SB-2015-08-12 ©
RARE · HOLO
© PHOTOGRAPHER'S COPYRIGHT · NOT SHOWN
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Milky Way and Exploding Meteor
NASA APOD · Andr� van der Hoeven
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2015 · Wednesday · Waning crescent
SB-2014-08-12 ©
UNCOMMON
© PHOTOGRAPHER'S COPYRIGHT · NOT SHOWN
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Collapse in Hebes Chasma on Mars
NASA APOD · ESA
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2014 · Tuesday · Full moon
SB-2013-08-12
RARE · HOLO
Orbits of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
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Orbits of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
NASA APOD
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2013 · Monday · First quarter
SB-2012-08-12
RARE · HOLO
Spiral Galaxy NGC 4038 in Collision
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Spiral Galaxy NGC 4038 in Collision
NASA APOD
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2012 · Sunday · Waning crescent
SB-2011-08-12
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The Sun on 12 August 2011
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The Sun on 12 August 2011
NASA SDO · THE SUN THAT DAY
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2011 · Friday · Waxing gibbous
SB-2010-08-12
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The Sun on 12 August 2010
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The Sun on 12 August 2010
NASA SDO · THE SUN THAT DAY
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2010 · Thursday · Waxing crescent
SB-2009-08-12 ©
UNCOMMON
© PHOTOGRAPHER'S COPYRIGHT · NOT SHOWN
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Irregular Galaxy NGC 55
NASA APOD · Don Goldman
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2009 · Wednesday · Last quarter
SB-2008-08-12
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A Mars Panorama from the Phoenix Lander
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A Mars Panorama from the Phoenix Lander
NASA APOD
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2008 · Tuesday · Waxing gibbous
SB-2007-08-12
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The Earth on 12 August 2007 · Eye of the Sahara, Mauritania
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The Earth on 12 August 2007 · Eye of the Sahara, Mauritania
NASA TERRA · THE EARTH THAT DAY
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2007 · Sunday · New moon
SB-2006-08-12
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The First Explorer
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The First Explorer
NASA APOD
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2006 · Saturday · Waning gibbous
SB-2005-08-12
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The Earth on 12 August 2005 · Sahara, Algeria
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The Earth on 12 August 2005 · Sahara, Algeria
NASA TERRA · THE EARTH THAT DAY
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2005 · Friday · First quarter
SB-2004-08-12
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The Earth on 12 August 2004 · Gobi Desert
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The Earth on 12 August 2004 · Gobi Desert
NASA TERRA · THE EARTH THAT DAY
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2004 · Thursday · Waning crescent
SB-2003-08-12
RARE · HOLO
X-Rays from Stephan's Quintet
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X-Rays from Stephan's Quintet
NASA APOD
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2003 · Tuesday · Full moon
SB-2002-08-12
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The Colors and Mysteries of Centaurus A
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The Colors and Mysteries of Centaurus A
NASA APOD
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2002 · Monday · Waxing crescent
SB-2001-08-12
RARE · HOLO
Eagle EGGs in M16
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Eagle EGGs in M16
NASA APOD
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2001 · Sunday · Last quarter
SB-2000-08-12 ©
RARE · HOLO
© PHOTOGRAPHER'S COPYRIGHT · NOT SHOWN
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A Perseid Meteor
NASA APOD · S. Kohle & B. Koch (Astron. I., U. Bonn)
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2000 · Saturday · Waxing gibbous
SB-1999-08-12
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Deploying Spartan
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Deploying Spartan
NASA APOD
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1999 · Thursday · New moon
SB-1998-08-12
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ERAST Pathfinder-Plus: Daedalus Defied
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ERAST Pathfinder-Plus: Daedalus Defied
NASA APOD
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1998 · Wednesday · Waning gibbous
SB-1997-08-12 ©
MYTHIC
© PHOTOGRAPHER'S COPYRIGHT · NOT SHOWN
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Sher 25: A Pending Supernova?
NASA APOD · W. Brandner (UIUC), E.K. Grebel (U. Wuerzburg), et al., ESO, 1.54-m Telescope, Chile
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1997 · Tuesday · First quarter
SB-1996-08-12 ©
UNCOMMON
© PHOTOGRAPHER'S COPYRIGHT · NOT SHOWN
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Leo Triplet Spiral Galaxy M65
NASA APOD · Anglo-Australian Telescope Board
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1996 · Monday · Waning crescent
SB-1995-08-12
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Atlantis Landing
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Atlantis Landing
NASA APOD
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1995 · Saturday · Full moon

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The Sun on August 12

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory photographs the Sun every few seconds. Here is one frame from August 12 in each year since 2010.

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The Earth on August 12

NASA satellites photograph the whole planet every day. Here is the view from orbit on August 12 in each year since 2000.

The Earth on 12 August 2008 · Red Sea 2008 The Earth on 12 August 2007 · Eye of the Sahara, Mauritania 2007 The Earth on 12 August 2006 · Caspian Sea 2006 The Earth on 12 August 2005 · Sahara, Algeria 2005 The Earth on 12 August 2004 · Gobi Desert 2004 The Earth on 12 August 2003 · Sahara, Algeria 2003 The Earth on 12 August 2002 · Eye of the Sahara, Mauritania 2002 The Earth on 12 August 2001 · Persian Gulf 2001