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Moon, Mercury, and Twilight Radio
Mercury, the Moon, and a radio telescope array share the dawn sky in Italy. Mercury is at its maximum elongation from the Sun, making it visible to us. The Moon shows both its sunlit crescent and the faint glow of Earthshine on its nightside. Below, the Medicina Radio Astronomical Station, part of Italy's first radio telescope array, points towards the sky.
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In tropical astrology, 8 OCT 2016 falls under Libra (♎). The sign's window runs from 09-23 through 10-22. Libra is the only zodiac constellation named for an inanimate object, the scales of judgment. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 8 OCT 2016.