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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       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.   
      
                                  2022 January 1   
      
                               The Full Moon of 2021   
                  Image Credit & Copyright: Soumyadeep Mukherjee   
      
      Explanation: Every Full Moon of 2021 shines in this year-spanning   
      astrophoto project, a composite portrait of the familiar lunar nearside   
      at each brightest lunar phase. Arranged by moonth, the year progresses   
      in stripes beginning at the top. Taken with the same camera and lens   
      the stripes are from Full Moon images all combined at the same pixel   
      scale. The stripes still looked mismatched, but they show that the Full   
      Moon's angular size changes throughout the year depending on its   
      distance from Kolkata, India, planet Earth. The calendar month, a full   
      moon name, distance in kilometers, and angular size is indicated for   
      each stripe. Angular size is given in minutes of arc corresponding to   
      1/60th of a degree. The largest Full Moon is near a perigee or closest   
      approach in May. The smallest is near an apogee, the most distant Full   
      Moon in December. Of course the full moons of May and November also   
      slid into Earth's shadow during 2021's two lunar eclipses.   
      
                       Tomorrow's picture: bright moon halos   
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