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Artemis II · Earthset · April 6, 2026

Earthset at 22:30 UTC: Earth sinking behind the Moon

Taken April 6, 2026 at 22:30:14 UTC (Apr 6, 6:30 PM EDT), mission time T+04d 23:55:14, with a Nikon D5 at 120 mm. Orion was 412,994 km (256,622 mi) from Earth and 6,808 km above the Moon. Directly below the spacecraft: the area near Korolev.

Taken

April 6, 2026 at 22:30:14 UTC · Apr 6, 6:30 PM EDT

Mission time

T+04d 23:55:14

Camera

Nikon D5 · 120 mm lens

From Earth

412,994 km · 256,622 mi

Above the Moon

6,808 km · 4,230 mi

Below Orion

1.7°S 163.0°W 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-19177 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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