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Artemis II · Eclipse · April 7, 2026

The solar eclipse from Orion at 00:34 UTC

Taken April 7, 2026 at 00:34:11 UTC (Apr 6, 8:34 PM EDT), mission time T+05d 01:59:11, with a Nikon D5 at 300 mm. Orion was 412,232 km (256,149 mi) from Earth and 8,710 km above the Moon.

Taken

April 7, 2026 at 00:34:11 UTC · Apr 6, 8:34 PM EDT

Mission time

T+05d 01:59:11

Camera

Nikon D5 · 300 mm lens

From Earth

412,232 km · 256,149 mi

Above the Moon

8,710 km · 5,412 mi

Below Orion

3.6°S 133.1°E on the Moon

Chapter

Eclipse — The Sun disappears behind the Moon. The corona blooms around a black disk.

NASA record

ART002-E-10574 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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