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If you look up at the sky this evening after sunset, you will likely catch a glimpse of the biggest and brightest full moon of 2020.

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English: The image above was taken on July 5, 2016 by the Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) aboard the NOAA/NASA Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite, and it's one of our favorites. Although not a pink moon, here, the full far side of the moon can be seen as it passes in front of the Earth. Positioned at Lagrange point 1 (L1) between the Earth and sun, the DSCOVR satellite not only monitors the weather on our planet, but also the weather in space. Without timely and accurate warnings, space weather events like the geomagnetic storms caused by changes in solar wind have the potential to disrupt nearly every major public infrastructure system, including power grids, telecommunications, aviation and GPS. DSCOVR, which had been offline for about nine months due to a technical glitch, became fully operational again last month after NOAA and NASA engineers developed a flight software patch to restore its operations.
Date 7 April 2020 (upload date)
Source Super “Pink” Moon is the Biggest and Brightest of the Year
Author NOAA

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This image is in the public domain because it contains materials that originally came from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, taken or made as part of an employee's official duties.

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