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Artemis II · Eclipse · April 7, 2026

Sunlight bursts back around the lunar limb

Taken April 7, 2026 at 01:29:22 UTC (Apr 6, 9:29 PM EDT), mission time T+05d 02:54:22, with a Nikon Z 9 at 35 mm. Orion was 411,092 km (255,441 mi) from Earth and 11,260 km above the Moon.

Taken

April 7, 2026 at 01:29:22 UTC · Apr 6, 9:29 PM EDT

Mission time

T+05d 02:54:22

Camera

Nikon Z 9 · 35 mm lens

From Earth

411,092 km · 255,441 mi

Above the Moon

11,260 km · 6,997 mi

Below Orion

3.5°S 116.5°E on the Moon

Chapter

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

NASA record

ART002-E-16066 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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