﻿ 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. 2022 July 27 [2]The featured image shows the Moon rising over water surrounded by bright rays that peek through clouds. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. Crepuscular Moon Rays over Denmark Image Credit & Copyright: [3]Ruslan Merzlyakov ([4]astrorms) Explanation: This moon made quite an entrance. Typically, a [5]moonrise is quiet and serene. Taking a few minutes to fully peek above the horizon, [6]Earth's largest orbital companion can remain [7]relatively obscure until it rises high in the nighttime sky. About a week ago, however, and despite being only half lit by [8]the Sun, this rising moon put on a show -- at least from this location. The reason was that, as seen from [9]Limfjord in [10]Nykøbing Mors, [11]Denmark, the moon rose below scattered clouds near the horizon. The result, captured here in a single exposure, was that [12]moonlight poured through gaps in the clouds to created what are called [13]crepuscular rays. These rays can fan out [14]dramatically across the sky when starting near the horizon, and can even appear to [15]converge on the other side of the sky. Well behind [16]our Moon, stars from our [17]Milky Way galaxy dot the background, and our galaxy's largest orbital companion -- the [18]Andromeda galaxy -- can be found on the upper left. Almost Hyperspace: [19]Random APOD Generator Tomorrow's picture: tree north __________________________________________________________________ [20]< | [21]Archive | [22]Submissions | [23]Index | [24]Search | [25]Calendar | [26]RSS | [27]Education | [28]About APOD | [29]Discuss | [30]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [31]Robert Nemiroff ([32]MTU) & [33]Jerry Bonnell ([34]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [35]Specific rights apply. [36]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [37]ASD at [38]NASA / [39]GSFC, [40]NASA Science Activation & [41]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2207/CrepuscularMoonrise_Merzyakov_1308.jpg 3. https://www.facebook.com/astrorms 4. https://www.instagram.com/astrorms/ 5. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap211010.html 6. https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/all-about-the-moon/en/ 7. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220725.html 8. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/sun/in-depth/ 9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limfjord 10. https://youtu.be/y7Tj4luxgzQ 11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark 12. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090518.html 13. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crepuscular_rays 14. https://i.pinimg.com/736x/6f/b1/f5/6fb1f5f39d452ba80e6f64fd8ecec743.jpg 15. https://apod.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search?tquery=anticrepuscular 16. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190717.html 17. http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/galaxy.html 18. https://youtu.be/TijClV4uHIk 19. http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/random_apod.html 20. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220726.html 21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 22. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 23. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 24. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 25. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 26. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 27. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 28. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 29. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=220727 30. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220728.html 31. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 32. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 33. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 34. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 35. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 36. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 37. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 38. https://www.nasa.gov/ 39. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 40. https://science.nasa.gov/learners 41. http://www.mtu.edu/