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Artemis II · Earthset · April 6, 2026

Role reversal: a crescent Earth hangs beyond the Moon

Taken April 6, 2026 at 22:40:25 UTC (Apr 6, 6:40 PM EDT), mission time T+05d 00:05:25, with a Nikon D5 at 140 mm. Orion was 413,067 km (256,668 mi) from Earth and 6,663 km above the Moon.

Taken

April 6, 2026 at 22:40:25 UTC · Apr 6, 6:40 PM EDT

Mission time

T+05d 00:05:25

Camera

Nikon D5 · 140 mm lens

From Earth

413,067 km · 256,668 mi

Above the Moon

6,663 km · 4,140 mi

Below Orion

2.0°S 168.6°W on the Moon

Chapter

Earthset — Behind the Moon, out of contact with home, they watch Earth slip below the lunar horizon.

NASA record

ART002-E-21106 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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