Skyborn
Home
PULL · 4 MAY 2021

This was
your sky.

Space Station, Solar Prominences, Sun

NASA APOD · Mehmet Ergün
COSMIC MESSAGE

The International Space Station, a complex spacecraft built by humanity, passes in front of the Sun. This transit is not a sunspot, which are dark, cooler regions on the Sun's surface. The ISS orbits Earth, while sunspots are features of the Sun itself.

CREDIT
© COPYRIGHTED Mehmet Ergün · Mehmet Ergün · used by permission via NASA APOD · not for redistribution. · View source
Try another date
EXPORT AS
On paper
Take home a plate from the same week

We cannot put this date's photograph on paper at poster size. We can print the nearest public archive plate to your date instead.

See print sizes

From $29.00

SB-2021-05-04 ©
COMMON
Space Station, Solar Prominences, Sun
2021-05-04 · ♉
SKYBORN
Space Station, Solar Prominences, Sun
NASA APOD · Mehmet Ergün
BORN 1950 days ago
SKYBORN.APP

Move your cursor across the card to tilt it. Holographic foil ripples through the edges and surface as you go.

ZODIAC CONTEXT
♉
TAURUS

In tropical astrology, 4 MAY 2021 falls under Taurus (♉). The sign's window runs from 04-20 through 05-20. Taurus holds the Pleiades star cluster and Aldebaran, the red giant that marks the eye of the Bull. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 4 MAY 2021.

THE ALMANAC FOR 4 MAY 2021
DAY
Tuesday
MOON
Last quarter, 49% lit
POSITION
Day 124 of 365
METEOR SHOWER
Eta Aquariid shower, peaks in 2 days
SAME DAY, OTHER YEARS
NEARBY DATES