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Artemis II · The far side · April 6, 2026

The far side of the Moon from 7,534 km

Taken April 6, 2026 at 21:59:57 UTC (Apr 6, 5:59 PM EDT), mission time T+04d 23:24:57, with a Nikon D5 at 80 mm. Orion was 412,630 km (256,396 mi) from Earth and 7,534 km above the Moon.

Taken

April 6, 2026 at 21:59:57 UTC · Apr 6, 5:59 PM EDT

Mission time

T+04d 23:24:57

Camera

Nikon D5 · 80 mm lens

From Earth

412,630 km · 256,396 mi

Above the Moon

7,534 km · 4,681 mi

Below Orion

0.8°S 147.6°W on the Moon

Chapter

The far side — Ground no human eye had seen directly in 53 years: Orientale, Hertzsprung, Vavilov.

NASA record

ART002-E-10537 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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