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Artemis II · Lunar approach · April 6, 2026

Day five. The Moon grows in the window, 72,500 km away

Taken April 6, 2026 at 02:42:47 UTC (Apr 5, 10:42 PM EDT), mission time T+04d 04:07:47, with a Nikon D5 at 400 mm. Orion was 376,598 km (234,007 mi) from Earth and 70,792 km above the Moon.

Taken

April 6, 2026 at 02:42:47 UTC · Apr 5, 10:42 PM EDT

Mission time

T+04d 04:07:47

Camera

Nikon D5 · 400 mm lens

From Earth

376,598 km · 234,007 mi

Above the Moon

70,792 km · 43,988 mi

Below Orion

27.0°S 14.1°E on Earth

Chapter

Lunar approach — The Moon fills the windows. The crew begins seven hours of lunar photography.

NASA record

ART002-E-24168 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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