Astronomy Picture of the Day [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2025 August 23 [2]See Explanation. Clicking on the picture will download the highest resolution version available. Fishing for the Moon Image Credit & [3]Copyright: Marco Bellelli Explanation: [4]How big is planet Earth's Moon? Compared to other moons of the Solar System, it's number 5 on the [5]largest to smallest ranked list, following Jupiter's moon [6]Ganymede, Saturn's moon [7]Titan, and Jovian moons [8]Callisto and [9]Io. Continuing the list, the Moon comes before Jupiter's [10]Europa and Neptune's [11]Triton. It's also larger than [12]dwarf planets Pluto and Eris. With a diameter of 3,475 kilometers the Moon is about 1/4 the size of Earth though, and that does make it the largest moon when compared to the size of its parent Solar System planet. Of course in this serene, twilight sea and skyscape, August's rising Full Moon still appears small enough to be caught in the nets of an ancient fishing rig. The telephoto snapshot was taken along the Italian Costa dei [13]Trabocchi, on the Adriatic Sea. Tomorrow's picture: 30 times a second __________________________________________________________________ [14]< | [15]Archive | [16]Submissions | [17]Index | [18]Search | [19]Calendar | [20]RSS | [21]Education | [22]About APOD | [23]Discuss | [24]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [25]Robert Nemiroff ([26]MTU) & [27]Jerry Bonnell ([28]UMCP) NASA Official: Amber Straughn [29]Specific rights apply. [30]NASA Web Privacy, [31]Accessibility, [32]Notices; A service of: [33]ASD at [34]NASA / [35]GSFC, [36]NASA Science Activation & [37]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2508/1000212902_bellelli.jpg 3. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 4. https://science.nasa.gov/moon/facts/ 5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Solar_System_objects_by_size 6. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap231128.html 7. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250503.html 8. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap020120.html 9. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap231023.html 10. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240329.html 11. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap140826.html 12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf_planet 13. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trabocchi_Coast 14. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250822.html 15. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 16. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 17. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 18. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 20. https://apod.com/feed.rss 21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 22. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 23. https://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=250823 24. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250824.html 25. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 26. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 27. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 28. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 29. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 30. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 31. https://www.nasa.gov/general/accessibility/ 32. https://www.nasa.gov/privacy/ 33. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 34. https://www.nasa.gov/ 35. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 36. https://science.nasa.gov/learners 37. http://www.mtu.edu/