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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
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                                  2025 August 30   
      
                                A Two Percent Moon   
                       Image Credit & Copyright: Marina Prol   
      
      Explanation: A young crescent moon can be hard to see. That's because   
      when the Moon shows its crescent phase (young or old) it can never be   
      far from the Sun in planet Earth's sky. But even though the sky is   
      still bright, a slender sunlit lunar crescent is clearly visible in   
      this early evening skyscape. The telephoto snapshot was captured on   
      August 24, with the Moon very near the western horizon at sunset. Seen   
      in a narrow crescent phase about 1.5 days old, the visible sunlit   
      portion is a mere two percent of the surface of the Moon's familiar   
      nearside. At the Canary Islands Space Centre, a steerable radio dish   
      for communication with spacecraft is tilted in the direction of the two   
      percent Moon. The sunset sky's pastel pinkish coloring is partly due to   
      fine sand and dust from the Sahara Desert blown by the prevailing   
      winds.   
      
                      Tomorrow's picture: a planetary pillow   
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