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Artemis II · Earthset · April 6, 2026

Earthset at 22:38 UTC: Earth sinking behind the Moon

Taken April 6, 2026 at 22:38:15 UTC (Apr 6, 6:38 PM EDT), mission time T+05d 00:03:15, with a Nikon D5 at 80 mm. Orion was 413,052 km (256,659 mi) from Earth and 6,689 km above the Moon.

Taken

April 6, 2026 at 22:38:15 UTC · Apr 6, 6:38 PM EDT

Mission time

T+05d 00:03:15

Camera

Nikon D5 · 80 mm lens

From Earth

413,052 km · 256,659 mi

Above the Moon

6,689 km · 4,156 mi

Below Orion

2.0°S 167.4°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-21036 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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