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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.

                               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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