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Artemis II · Earthset · April 6, 2026

Earthset at 22:31 UTC: Earth sinking behind the Moon

Taken April 6, 2026 at 22:31:21 UTC (Apr 6, 6:31 PM EDT), mission time T+04d 23:56:21, with a Nikon D5 at 400 mm. Orion was 413,001 km (256,627 mi) from Earth and 6,789 km above the Moon. Directly below the spacecraft: the area near Korolev.

Taken

April 6, 2026 at 22:31:21 UTC · Apr 6, 6:31 PM EDT

Mission time

T+04d 23:56:21

Camera

Nikon D5 · 400 mm lens

From Earth

413,001 km · 256,627 mi

Above the Moon

6,789 km · 4,218 mi

Below Orion

1.8°S 163.6°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-19201 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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