# @nasaartemis on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BXfmj2slx1V
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/15345135-nasaartemis-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2017-08-07T13:11:43.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA Artemis (@nasaartemis) — https://gondola.cc/nasaartemis

## Caption

The next full Moon, the Sturgeon Moon, will be this afternoon, appearing "opposite" the Sun (in Earth-based longitude) at 2:11 PM EDT. The Moon will appear full for about three days centered on this time, from around midnight early Sunday morning until after midnight on Tuesday night/Wednesday morning.

This shot was taken by the crewmembers aboard the space shuttle Columbia, you can see a full moon about to set beyond the limb of Earth. A full moon should be round but when it is near the limb, or edge of Earth, the atmosphere tends to distort the shape. 
Credit: NASA | c. 1996

#NASA #fullmoon #skygazing #spaceshuttle

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