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Artemis II · Eclipse · April 7, 2026

The solar eclipse from Orion at 00:59 UTC

Taken April 7, 2026 at 00:59:34 UTC (Apr 6, 8:59 PM EDT), mission time T+05d 02:24:34, with a Nikon D5 at 80 mm. Orion was 411,741 km (255,844 mi) from Earth and 9,817 km above the Moon.

Taken

April 7, 2026 at 00:59:34 UTC · Apr 6, 8:59 PM EDT

Mission time

T+05d 02:24:34

Camera

Nikon D5 · 80 mm lens

From Earth

411,741 km · 255,844 mi

Above the Moon

9,817 km · 6,100 mi

Below Orion

3.6°S 124.6°E on the Moon

Chapter

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

NASA record

ART002-E-11559 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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