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Keywords: Apollo 8, Moon, Earth
![Окаймленные солнечным светом](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2022/02/03/0001808925/VenusMoonSamePhase1024.preview.jpg)
2.02.2022
Even though Venus (left) was the brightest planet in the sky it was less than 1/30th the apparent size of the Moon on January 29. But as both rose before the Sun they shared a crescent phase.
![Часовые северного неба](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2017/01/10/0001374231/SnowTreesAurora_Destribats_1080.preview.jpg)
9.01.2017
Who guards the north? The featured picture was taken last March in Finnish Lapland where weather can include sub-freezing temperatures and driving snow. Surreal landscapes sometimes result, where white alien-looking sentinels seem to patrol the landscape.
![Облака, птицы, Луна и Венера](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2018/03/04/0001399924/venusmoon_pascual_960.preview.jpg)
3.03.2018
Sometimes the sky above can become quite a show. In early September of 2010, for example, the Moon and Venus converged, creating quite a sight by itself for sky enthusiasts around the globe. From some locations, though, the sky was even more picturesque.
![Сближение в небе над побережьем Сицилии](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2019/03/04/0001460449/MoonPlanetsStar_Giannobile_1313_annotated.preview.jpg)
3.03.2019
This was a sunrise to remember. About a month ago, just before the dawn of the Sun, an impressive alignment of celestial objects was on display to the east. Pictured, brightest and closest to the horizon, is the Moon.
![Восход Солнца в кратере Коперник](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2019/05/30/0001472103/SunriseCopernicusC.preview.jpg)
29.05.2019
A prominent impact site anchored in the lunar Oceanus Procellarum, Copernicus crater is at the center of this telescopic portrait in light and shadow. Caught in stacked and sharpened video frames recorded on April...
![Тени на южном полюсе Луны](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2022/04/10/0001826387/SouthPoleShadows_LRO_960.preview.jpg)
9.04.2022
Was this image of the Moon's surface taken with a microscope? No -- it's a multi-temporal illumination map made with a wide-angle camera. To create it, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft collected...
![Юйту-2 на обратной стороне](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2019/01/05/0001453566/Jan3yutu2CNSA1024.preview.jpg)
4.01.2019
On January 3, the Chinese Chang'e-4 spacecraft made the first successful landing on the Moon's farside. Taken by a camera on board the lander, this image is from the landing site inside Von Karman crater.
![Луна закрывает Сатурн](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2019/04/09/0001465938/SaturnMoon_Schmitz_960.preview.jpg)
8.04.2019
Sometimes Saturn disappears. It doesn't really go away, though, it just disappears from view when our Moon moves in front. Such a Saturnian eclipse was visible along a small swath of Earth -- from Brazil to Sri Lanka -- near the end of last month.
![Силуэт космической станции на фоне Луны](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2021/12/06/0001791187/IssMoon_McCarthy_960.preview.jpg)
5.12.2021
What's that unusual spot on the Moon? It's the International Space Station. Using precise timing, the Earth-orbiting space platform was photographed in front of a partially lit gibbous Moon last month.
![Восточное море на западе Луны](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2022/01/28/0001807014/Mare_Orientale_Nov_27_2021_TGlenn_1024.preview.jpg)
27.01.2022
The Mare Orientale, Latin for Eastern Sea, is one of the most striking large scale lunar features. The youngest of the large lunar impact basins it's very difficult to see from an earthbound perspective.
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