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Artemis II · Eclipse · April 7, 2026

The solar eclipse from Orion at 00:53 UTC

Taken April 7, 2026 at 00:53:00 UTC (Apr 6, 8:53 PM EDT), mission time T+05d 02:18:00, with a Nikon D5 at 80 mm. Orion was 411,869 km (255,923 mi) from Earth and 9,519 km above the Moon.

Taken

April 7, 2026 at 00:53:00 UTC · Apr 6, 8:53 PM EDT

Mission time

T+05d 02:18:00

Camera

Nikon D5 · 80 mm lens

From Earth

411,869 km · 255,923 mi

Above the Moon

9,519 km · 5,915 mi

Below Orion

3.6°S 126.6°E on the Moon

Chapter

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

NASA record

ART002-E-11523 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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