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Artemis II · Earthset · April 6, 2026

Earthset at 23:03 UTC: Earth sinking behind the Moon

Taken April 6, 2026 at 23:03:17 UTC (Apr 6, 7:03 PM EDT), mission time T+05d 00:28:17, with a Nikon D5 at 400 mm. Orion was 413,142 km (256,714 mi) from Earth and 6,547 km above the Moon.

Taken

April 6, 2026 at 23:03:17 UTC · Apr 6, 7:03 PM EDT

Mission time

T+05d 00:28:17

Camera

Nikon D5 · 400 mm lens

From Earth

413,142 km · 256,714 mi

Above the Moon

6,547 km · 4,068 mi

Below Orion

2.7°S 178.2°E on the Moon

Chapter

Earthset — Behind the Moon, out of contact with home, they watch Earth slip below the lunar horizon.

NASA record

ART002-E-12708 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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