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This splendid shot by Jordi L. Coy (at Morón de la Frontera, a Spanish town in Seville province) shows our Moon meeting Jupiter, visually speaking of course, in mid-June 2023.
Source and info ➡️ https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230808.html
In the image, you can see Jupiter's four Galileian moons,
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This splendid shot by Jordi L. Coy (at Morón de la Frontera, a Spanish town in Seville province) shows our Moon meeting Jupiter, visually speaking of course, in mid-June 2023.
Source and info ➡️ https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230808.html
In the image, you can see Jupiter's four Galileian moons,
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lined up diagonally left to right: Callisto, Ganymede, Io (very near to Jupiter), and Europa.
A bright, thin crescent Moon (about 16,5 % directly sunlit) is overexposed on the left, while its night side (the dark area not visible, on the right) is faintly illuminated by *Earthshine.
Our Moon and Jupiter always make a lovely pair, and the whole thing is a fascinating sight.
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*Earthshine is the visible earthlight reflected from the Moon's night side. It is also known as the Moon's ashen glow or as "the new Moon with the old Moon in her arm".
"Leonardo da Vinci explained the phenomenon in the early 16th century when he realized that both Earth and the Moon reflect sunlight at the same time. Light is reflected from Earth to the Moon and back to Earth as earthshine."
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetshine#Earthshine)