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It’s the final #Eclipse of 2024!
 On Wednesday, October 2, an annular or “#RingOfFire” eclipse will sweep across Easter Island, and a remote stretch of Chile and Argentina. Follow the eclipse #LIVE: timeanddate.com/live/eclipse… Find out more: timeanddate.com/news/astrono…
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It's a #SuperHarvestMoonEclipse! September’s #FullMoon is #HarvestMoon and a #Supermoon, and some skywatchers will also see it partially eclipsed by Earth’s shadow. We will, of course, be live-streaming the eclipse on September 17–18. timeanddate.com/news/astrono…
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🎈Happy birthday to us! We are 26 years old today, May 24, and last year, we shared some cringy facts about ourselves from 1998. Check out how we looked then compared to now—including this photo of our CEO, Steffen Thorsen, from his university days. timeanddate.com/company/tad-…
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🌸 This month's #FullMoon (on May 23 at 13:53 UTC) is known as the #FlowerMoon. But that's not its only name. What are the other names? timeanddate.com/astronomy/mo… 📷: ©iStockphoto.com/kumikomini
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timeanddate.com is based in #Stavanger, Norway, and here we are counting down to celebrate our #ConstitutionDay on #May17. 🇳🇴 One way we honor our day is by having #parades. Read more abot how we celebrate here: timeanddate.com/news/calenda… 📷: ©iStockphoto.com/MaxOzerov
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About two days after the #FirstQuarterMoon —which is on May 15 at 11:48 UTC—look for a visual effect called the #GoldenHandle. You'll need a pair of binoculars or the zoom function on your camera. timeanddate.com/astronomy/mo… 📷: ©iStockphoto.com/BrianEKushne… & ©timeanddate.com
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It's #MothersDay in the US on Sunday, May 12. The holiday is observed in 104 countries worldwide, and though most of them celebrate in May, others don't. So when is Mother's Day, really? Check out our map and find out: timeanddate.com/news/calenda…
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Happy 98th #birthday, David Attenborough! The third planet from the Sun is home to an astonishing variety of animal and plant life—most of which has been covered by Sir David in a career spanning eight decades. timeanddate.com/on-this-day/… 📷: ©iStockphoto.com/Kevin Wells
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#NewMoon on May 8 at 03:21 UTC. This #MoonPhase is also known as the invisible phase. but, on April 8 we saw it as it caused a #TotalSolarEclipse timeanddate.com/astronomy/mo… Amazing #totality image by Steffen Thorsen, CEO and chief eclipse chaser at timeanddate.com.
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Did you know there are two #Easter dates, and that one is 35 days later than the other this year? While Western Christian churches celebrated in March, Eastern churches are getting ready to celebrate in May. timeanddate.com/news/calenda… 📷: ©iStockphoto.com/Igor Radchenko
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#ShootingStar alert! The Eta Aquarid #MeteorShower peaks in the nights around May 5-6. Paired with a very thin #CrescentMoon, viewing conditions are favorable. The #EtaAquarids can produce up to 50 #meteors per hour. How to see the Eta Aquarids: timeanddate.com/astronomy/me…
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#Earth lights up the #Moon! The days around #NewMoon are a good time to see #earthshine, where the dark part of the Moon is subtly illuminated by sunlight reflected from Earth. timeanddate.com/astronomy/ea… 📷: ©iStockphoto.com/TokioMarineL…
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Happy #May! The fifth month of the year kicks off with #LabourDay or #MayDay. Many countries in Europe and North America celebrate May Day by dancing around a maypole, a high wooden pole adorned with colors and flowers. timeanddate.com/calendar/mon… 📷: ©iStockphoto.com/Spitzt-Foto
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The #Moon will reach #ThirdQuarter on May 1 at 11:27 UTC. The last primary Moon phase of the #LunarMonth, the Moon will then shrink through its #WaningCrescent phase to #NewMoon—and the start of a new cycle. timeanddate.com/astronomy/mo… 📷: ©iStockphoto.com/GibsonPictur…
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Is Earth’s spin slowing? After a recent acceleration—which produced the shortest days ever recorded by atomic clocks—Earth’s rotational speed is decreasing. But predicting what happens next is notoriously difficult. timeanddate.com/news/astrono… Image: ©ESA
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What is time? And why should you lie flat on the floor if you want to age as slowly as possible? We recently chatted with theoretical physicist Astrid Eichhorn about the knowns and unknowns of time and space. timeanddate.com/time/spaceti… 📷: ©Unsplash.com/photo nic
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#FullPinkMoon in the night skies 🌸. The #FullMoon on April 23 at 23:48 UTC is named the #PinkMoon after the pink wildflowers that bloom in spring in the Northern Hemisphere. timeanddate.com/astronomy/mo… 📷: ©iStockphoto.com/Smitt
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What is deep time? Imagining processes that can last billions of years is no easy feat. timeanddate.com/time/deep-ti… Credit: ©iStockphoto.com/bluejayphoto
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The #Moon will reach #FirstQuarter on April 15 at 19:13 UTC. This Moon phase rises in the middle of the day and sets in the middle of the night, so you can see it in the afternoon sky. timeanddate.com/astronomy/mo… 📷: ©iStockphoto.com/Tamas-V
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Our #eclipsechasers in the US overcame challenging weather and got us some #stunning views of the #totalsolareclipse!🤩 youtube.com/shorts/5qehKyrYV… 🔭 : Our CEO and chief eclipse-chaser, Steffen, from Burlington, Vermont, USA. #aprileclipse #eclipse2024 #greatnorthamericaneclipse
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