Astronomy Picture of the Day

   [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our
      fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation
                    written by a professional astronomer.

                              2023 November 12
    [2]A mostly full moon is seen over a snowy sloping hill. An airplane
    and contrail are seen just about the Moon. Please see the explanation
                       for more detailed information.

                    Gibbous Moon beyond Swedish Mountain
                 Image Credit & Copyright: [3]Göran Strand

   Explanation: This is a gibbous Moon. More [4]Earthlings are familiar
   with a full moon, when the entire face of [5]Luna is lit by the [6]Sun,
   and a [7]crescent moon, when only a sliver of the [8]Moon's face is
   lit. When more than half of the Moon is illuminated, though, but still
   short of full illumination, the [9]phase is called [10]gibbous. Rarely
   seen in television and movies, [11]gibbous moons are quite common in
   the actual night sky. The [12]featured image was taken in [13]Jämtland,
   [14]Sweden near the end of 2018 October. That [15]gibbous moon turned,
   in a few days, into a crescent moon, and then a [16]new moon, then back
   to a crescent, and a few days past that, back to gibbous. Setting up to
   capture a picturesque gibbous moonscape, the photographer was [17]quite
   surprised to find an airplane, [18]surely well in the foreground,
   appearing to fly past it.

                Almost Hyperspace: [19]Random APOD Generator
                     Tomorrow's picture: galaxy mountain
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   4. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080421.html
   5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_(goddess)
   6. https://science.nasa.gov/sun/
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   8. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220612.html
   9. https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/moon-phases/
  10. https://www.universetoday.com/20324/gibbous-moon/
  11. https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5048
  12. https://www.facebook.com/fotografgoranstrand/photos/a.10150527145460560/10156547207320560/?type=3&theater
  13. https://youtu.be/cu8UVfRtnuw
  14. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden
  15. http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/G/Gibbous+Moon
  16. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_moon
  17. https://i-h2.pinimg.com/564x/6f/6a/21/6f6a214624e5499b1cacfdaa88f28592.jpg
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