<p>Space Shuttle Discovery's crew witnessed this bright full moon from orbit during a December 1999 mission that included servicing the Hubble Space Telescope (the top of HST is seen on the right). To the left is Earth's horizon. The full moon on that day, December. 22, 1999, was brighter than average because it was full at nearly the same time it was at its closest to the Earth and when the Earth was relatively close to the sun.
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Image Credit: NASA
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1999-12-22
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