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Artemis II · The long coast · April 6, 2026

The Moon ahead, 74,048 km away

Taken April 6, 2026 at 01:34:42 UTC (Apr 5, 9:34 PM EDT), mission time T+04d 02:59:42, with a Nikon D5 at 280 mm. Orion was 374,085 km (232,446 mi) from Earth and 74,048 km above the Moon.

Taken

April 6, 2026 at 01:34:42 UTC · Apr 5, 9:34 PM EDT

Mission time

T+04d 02:59:42

Camera

Nikon D5 · 280 mm lens

From Earth

374,085 km · 232,446 mi

Above the Moon

74,048 km · 46,011 mi

Below Orion

26.9°S 31.0°E on Earth

Chapter

The long coast — Three days coasting outbound. Earth shrinks to a crescent; the Moon grows ahead.

NASA record

ART002-E-24041 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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