Astronomy Picture of the Day

                         Astronomy Picture of the Day

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

                               2018 November 10
                                      [2]
                    The Old Moon in the Young Moon's Arms
                Image Credit & Copyright [3] : Stan Honda [4]

Explanation: Tonight the Moon is young again [5] , but this stunning image of
a young Moon near the western horizon was taken just after sunset on October
10. On the lunar disk Earthshine, earthlight [6] reflected from the Moon's
night side, is embraced by [7] the slim, sunlit crescent just over 2 days old.
Along the horizon fading colors of twilight silhouette the radio telescope
dish antennas of the Very Large Array [8] , New Mexico, planet Earth. The view
from the Moon would be stunning, too. When the Moon appears in Earth's sky as
a slender crescent, a dazzlingly bright, nearly full Earth would be seen from
the lunar surface. A description of earthshine, in terms of sunlight reflected
by Earth's oceans in turn illuminating the Moon's dark surface, was written
500 years ago by Leonardo da Vinci [9] .

                   Tomorrow's picture: a view from the Moon

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  [5] https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/oreo-moon/en/
  [6] https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/83782/ earthshine
  [7] ap180401.html
  [8] http://www.vla.nrao.edu/
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science-at-nasa/2005/04oct_leonardo
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