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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.   
      
                                 2023 November 12   
       A mostly full moon is seen over a snowy sloping hill. An airplane and   
       contrail are seen just about the Moon. Please see the explanation for   
                            more detailed information.   
      
                       Gibbous Moon beyond Swedish Mountain   
                      Image Credit & Copyright: G++ran Strand   
      
      Explanation: This is a gibbous Moon. More Earthlings are familiar with   
      a full moon, when the entire face of Luna is lit by the Sun, and a   
      crescent moon, when only a sliver of the Moon's face is lit. When more   
      than half of the Moon is illuminated, though, but still short of full   
      illumination, the phase is called gibbous. Rarely seen in television   
      and movies, gibbous moons are quite common in the actual night sky. The   
      featured image was taken in J+ñmtland, Sweden near the end of 2018   
      October. That gibbous moon turned, in a few days, into a crescent moon,   
      and then a new moon, then back to a crescent, and a few days past that,   
      back to gibbous. Setting up to capture a picturesque gibbous moonscape,   
      the photographer was quite surprised to find an airplane, surely well   
      in the foreground, appearing to fly past it.   
      
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