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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
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                                   2023 August 4   
      
                                Moonrays of August   
                      Image Credit & Copyright: Gianni Tumino   
      
      Explanation: A Full Moon rose as the Sun set on August 1. Near perigee,   
      the closest point in its almost moonthly orbit, the brighter than   
      average lunar disk illuminated night skies around planet Earth as the   
      second supermoon of 2023. Seen here above Ragusa, Sicily, cloud banks   
      cast diverging shadows through the supermoonlit skies, creating   
      dramatic lunar crepuscular rays. The next Full Moon in 2023 will also   
      shine on an August night. Rising as the Sun sets on August 30/31, this   
      second Full Moon in a month is known as a Blue Moon. Blue moons occur   
      only once every 2 or 3 years because lunar phases take almost a   
      calendar month (29.5 days) to go through a complete cycle. But August's   
      Blue Moon will also be near perigee, the third supermoon in 2023.   
      
                         Tomorrow's picture: a robin's egg   
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