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Artemis II · Earthset · April 6, 2026

Earthset at 22:32 UTC: Earth sinking behind the Moon

Taken April 6, 2026 at 22:32:49 UTC (Apr 6, 6:32 PM EDT), mission time T+04d 23:57:49, with a Nikon D5 at 400 mm. Orion was 413,013 km (256,634 mi) from Earth and 6,765 km above the Moon. Directly below the spacecraft: the area near Korolev.

Taken

April 6, 2026 at 22:32:49 UTC · Apr 6, 6:32 PM EDT

Mission time

T+04d 23:57:49

Camera

Nikon D5 · 400 mm lens

From Earth

413,013 km · 256,634 mi

Above the Moon

6,765 km · 4,204 mi

Below Orion

1.8°S 164.4°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-20868 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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