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NOAA’s satellites have a unique relationship with Earth’s natural satellite. They use the Moon’s reflected sunlight to “see” Earth’s weather features at night and they use its orbital position for calibration.

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English: NOAA’s satellites have a unique relationship with Earth’s natural satellite. They use the Moon’s reflected sunlight to “see” Earth’s weather features at night and they use its orbital position for calibration. Although not specifically designed to do so, NOAA satellites also occasionally catch breathtaking glimpses of the Moon from their perspective in space. In this image from GOES-16 on January 15, 2017, the satellite captured the Waning Gibbous Moon over the horizon as it was monitoring the weather below.
Date Taken on 15 January 2017
Source The Moon Seen from GOES, 2017
Author NOAASatellites
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Five Decades from Above

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by NOAASatellites at https://flickr.com/photos/125201706@N06/50700748191. It was reviewed on 20 February 2024 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the Public Domain Mark.

20 February 2024

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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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