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Artemis II · Eclipse · April 7, 2026

The solar eclipse from Orion at 01:00 UTC

Taken April 7, 2026 at 01:00:03 UTC (Apr 6, 9:00 PM EDT), mission time T+05d 02:25:03, with a Nikon D5 at 80 mm. Orion was 411,724 km (255,833 mi) from Earth and 9,840 km above the Moon.

Taken

April 7, 2026 at 01:00:03 UTC · Apr 6, 9:00 PM EDT

Mission time

T+05d 02:25:03

Camera

Nikon D5 · 80 mm lens

From Earth

411,724 km · 255,833 mi

Above the Moon

9,840 km · 6,114 mi

Below Orion

3.6°S 124.4°E on the Moon

Chapter

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

NASA record

ART002-E-11568 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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