                        Astronomy Picture of the Day

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                               2024 January 12

                              Good Morning Moon
       Image Credit & Copyright: Michael Luy, Trier Observatory, TWAN

   Explanation: Yesterday, the Moon was New. But on January 9, early
   morning risers around planet Earth were treated to the sight of an old
   Moon, low in the east as the sky grew bright before dawn. Above the
   city of Saarburg in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany, this simple
   snapshot found the waning Moon's sunlit crescent just before sunrise.
   But also never wandering far from the Sun in Earth's sky, inner planets
   Venus and Mercury shared the cold morning skyview. In the foreground
   are the historic city's tower and castle with ruins from the 10th
   century.

                  Tomorrow's picture: circle around the Sun
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