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Artemis II · Earthset · April 6, 2026

Earthset at 22:39 UTC: Earth sinking behind the Moon

Taken April 6, 2026 at 22:39:21 UTC (Apr 6, 6:39 PM EDT), mission time T+05d 00:04:21, with a Nikon D5 at 310 mm. Orion was 413,057 km (256,662 mi) from Earth and 6,675 km above the Moon.

Taken

April 6, 2026 at 22:39:21 UTC · Apr 6, 6:39 PM EDT

Mission time

T+05d 00:04:21

Camera

Nikon D5 · 310 mm lens

From Earth

413,057 km · 256,662 mi

Above the Moon

6,675 km · 4,148 mi

Below Orion

2.0°S 168.0°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-21080 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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