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 January 6
    [2]See Explanation. Clicking on the picture will download the highest
                        resolution version available.

                              Moon O'Clock 2022
                Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Niveth Kumar

   Explanation: [5]The first Full Moon of 2023 is in [6]the sky tonight
   opposite the Sun at 23:08 [7]UTC. Big and beautiful, the Moon at its
   [8]brightest phase should be easy to spot. Still, for quick reference
   images captured near the times of all the full moons of 2022 are
   aranged in this [9]dedicated astro-imaging project from Sri Lanka,
   planet Earth. The day, month, and a traditional popular name for 2022's
   twelve full moons are given in the chart. The apparent size of each
   full moon depends on how close the full lunar phase is to [10]perigee
   or apogee, the closest or farthest point in the Moon's elliptical
   orbit. Like the 2022 Wolf Moon at the 1 o'clock position, tonight's
   Full Moon occurs within a about two days of apogee. But unlike in 2022,
   [11]the year 2023 will have 13 full moons that won't all fit nicely on
   the twelve hour clock.

                    Tomorrow's picture: stations in space
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References

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   3. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply
   4. https://www.instagram.com/nivethz/
   5. https://earthsky.org/tonight/january-full-moon-is-the-wolf-moon/
   6. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/skywatching/whats-up/
   7. https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/universal-time/
   8. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap211118.html
   9. https://www.instagram.com/p/Cmwq5ubSyw_/
  10. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2301/MoonApogeePerigee1024.jpg
  11. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/2785/moon-phases-2023/
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