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Astronomy Picture of the Day birthday finder

Find the Astronomy Picture of the Day for your birthday

Search by birth date, see the NASA APOD image from that day, and turn it into a birthday card made for downloading.

Enter a birthday and find the NASA image that shares its date.

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NGC 1232: A Grand Design Spiral Galaxy, NASA APOD exampleA glimpse of your keepsake

A date worth keeping

January 1, 2024

Here’s to the beginning of something wonderful.

NGC 1232: A Grand Design Spiral Galaxy · APOD published January 1, 2024

How it works

A real NASA image, matched to your birthday

Astronomy Picture of the Day is NASA's long-running public archive of space images and explanations. Cosmic Post matches that archive to your birthday and packages the result as a clean card.

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What does APOD mean?

APOD means Astronomy Picture of the Day, NASA's public archive of daily astronomy images and explanations.

Why does the search ask for a birth year?

The year helps Cosmic Post find the exact archive entry for your birthday when NASA has one for that date.

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