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Astronomy Picture of the Day - Moon Games
NASA ^ | 29 Nov, 2025 | Image Credit & Copyright: Giorgia Hofer

Posted on 11/29/2025 3:25:03 PM PST by MtnClimber

Explanation: This is not a screen from a video game. Nestled below the treeline, the small mountain church does look like it might be hiding from Moon though. In the well-composed telephoto snapshot, taken on November 23, the church walls are partly reflecting light from terrestrial flood lights. Of course, the Moon is reflecting light from the Sun. At any given time the Sun illuminates fully half of the Moon's surface, also known as the lunar dayside, but on that night only a sliver of its sunlit surface was visible. About three days after New Moon, the Moon was in a waxing crescent phase. The single exposure was captured shortly after sunset in skies near Danta di Cadore, northern Italy, planet Earth.


TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; nasa; yachtrock

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1 posted on 11/29/2025 3:25:03 PM PST by MtnClimber
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2 posted on 11/29/2025 3:25:24 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: 21stCenturion; 21twelve; 4everontheRight; A Navy Vet; A_perfect_lady; abb; AFB-XYZ; AFPhys; ...
Pinging the APOD list

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3 posted on 11/29/2025 3:25:59 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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...planet Earth.

I'm glad they pointed this out.

4 posted on 11/29/2025 3:36:51 PM PST by BlackbirdSST (FTL)
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Stunning! I saw that exact Crescent Moon earlier this week. Also stunning in Real Life.

We live on the BEST planet in the COOLEST Solar System in the Coolest Galaxy ever - EVER!

Thank you, God. :)


5 posted on 11/29/2025 3:41:06 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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Beautiful.


6 posted on 11/29/2025 3:58:24 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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Beautiful.


7 posted on 11/29/2025 3:58:24 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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