FREE RETURN / ECLIPSE / ART002-E-14293

Artemis II · Eclipse · April 7, 2026

The solar eclipse from Orion at 00:55 UTC

Taken April 7, 2026 at 00:55:22 UTC (Apr 6, 8:55 PM EDT), mission time T+05d 02:20:22, with a Nikon D5 at 20 mm. Orion was 411,829 km (255,899 mi) from Earth and 9,625 km above the Moon.

Taken

April 7, 2026 at 00:55:22 UTC · Apr 6, 8:55 PM EDT

Mission time

T+05d 02:20:22

Camera

Nikon D5 · 20 mm lens

From Earth

411,829 km · 255,899 mi

Above the Moon

9,625 km · 5,981 mi

Below Orion

3.6°S 125.9°E on the Moon

Chapter

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

NASA record

ART002-E-14293 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

More from Eclipse

ART002-E-10574
The solar eclipse from Orion at 00:34 UTCART002-E-9297
The solar eclipse from Orion at 00:34 UTCART002-E-11568
The solar eclipse from Orion at 01:00 UTCART002-E-9300
Total solar eclipse: the Moon blocks the Sun from Orion’s viewpointART002-E-16066
Sunlight bursts back around the lunar limb

Every chapter