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Artemis II · Earthset · April 6, 2026

Earthset at 22:35 UTC: Earth sinking behind the Moon

Taken April 6, 2026 at 22:35:42 UTC (Apr 6, 6:35 PM EDT), mission time T+05d 00:00:42, with a Nikon D5 at 400 mm. Orion was 413,035 km (256,648 mi) from Earth and 6,723 km above the Moon. Directly below the spacecraft: the area near Korolev.

Taken

April 6, 2026 at 22:35:42 UTC · Apr 6, 6:35 PM EDT

Mission time

T+05d 00:00:42

Camera

Nikon D5 · 400 mm lens

From Earth

413,035 km · 256,648 mi

Above the Moon

6,723 km · 4,177 mi

Below Orion

1.9°S 166.0°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-20928 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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