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Artemis II · Earthset · April 6, 2026

Earthset at 23:09 UTC: Earth sinking behind the Moon

Taken April 6, 2026 at 23:09:34 UTC (Apr 6, 7:09 PM EDT), mission time T+05d 00:34:34, with a Nikon D5 at 400 mm. Orion was 413,144 km (256,716 mi) from Earth and 6,567 km above the Moon.

Taken

April 6, 2026 at 23:09:34 UTC · Apr 6, 7:09 PM EDT

Mission time

T+05d 00:34:34

Camera

Nikon D5 · 400 mm lens

From Earth

413,144 km · 256,716 mi

Above the Moon

6,567 km · 4,081 mi

Below Orion

2.8°S 174.5°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-14060 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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