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Artemis II · Earthset · April 6, 2026

Earthset at 22:36 UTC: Earth sinking behind the Moon

Taken April 6, 2026 at 22:36:05 UTC (Apr 6, 6:36 PM EDT), mission time T+05d 00:01:05, with a Nikon D5 at 400 mm. Orion was 413,038 km (256,650 mi) from Earth and 6,717 km above the Moon.

Taken

April 6, 2026 at 22:36:05 UTC · Apr 6, 6:36 PM EDT

Mission time

T+05d 00:01:05

Camera

Nikon D5 · 400 mm lens

From Earth

413,038 km · 256,650 mi

Above the Moon

6,717 km · 4,174 mi

Below Orion

1.9°S 166.2°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-20950 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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