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Three Faces of the Moon over Kitt Peak
On 3 March 2026, the Moon showed us three of its “faces”: the full Moon, the blood Moon, and the distorted Moon. This image compares these views as seen from the U.S. National Science Foundation ( NSF ) Kitt Peak National Observatory ( KPNO ) in Arizona, a Program of NSF NOIRLab. When full, the Moon is completely illuminated by the Sun. The full Moon appears on the left of the image, taken at 1:12 a.m., before the…
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- NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
- Telescope
- Kitt Peak National Observatory
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- CC BY 4.0 — credit required
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- NOIRLab release page
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