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Artemis II · Eclipse · April 7, 2026

The solar eclipse from Orion at 00:55 UTC

Taken April 7, 2026 at 00:55:37 UTC (Apr 6, 8:55 PM EDT), mission time T+05d 02:20:37, with a Nikon D5 at 20 mm. Orion was 411,819 km (255,892 mi) from Earth and 9,638 km above the Moon.

Taken

April 7, 2026 at 00:55:37 UTC · Apr 6, 8:55 PM EDT

Mission time

T+05d 02:20:37

Camera

Nikon D5 · 20 mm lens

From Earth

411,819 km · 255,892 mi

Above the Moon

9,638 km · 5,989 mi

Below Orion

3.6°S 125.8°E on the Moon

Chapter

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

NASA record

ART002-E-14294 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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