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Artemis II · Eclipse · April 7, 2026

The solar eclipse from Orion at 00:39 UTC

Taken April 7, 2026 at 00:39:12 UTC (Apr 6, 8:39 PM EDT), mission time T+05d 02:04:12, with a Nikon D5 at 400 mm. Orion was 412,143 km (256,094 mi) from Earth and 8,917 km above the Moon.

Taken

April 7, 2026 at 00:39:12 UTC · Apr 6, 8:39 PM EDT

Mission time

T+05d 02:04:12

Camera

Nikon D5 · 400 mm lens

From Earth

412,143 km · 256,094 mi

Above the Moon

8,917 km · 5,541 mi

Below Orion

3.6°S 131.3°E on the Moon

Chapter

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

NASA record

ART002-E-11287 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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