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Artemis II · Earthset · April 6, 2026

Earthset at 22:43 UTC: Earth sinking behind the Moon

Taken April 6, 2026 at 22:43:07 UTC (Apr 6, 6:43 PM EDT), mission time T+05d 00:08:07, with a Nikon D5 at 400 mm. Orion was 413,082 km (256,677 mi) from Earth and 6,634 km above the Moon.

Taken

April 6, 2026 at 22:43:07 UTC · Apr 6, 6:43 PM EDT

Mission time

T+05d 00:08:07

Camera

Nikon D5 · 400 mm lens

From Earth

413,082 km · 256,677 mi

Above the Moon

6,634 km · 4,122 mi

Below Orion

2.1°S 170.2°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-21317 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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