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Artemis II · The long coast · April 6, 2026

The Moon ahead, 68,532 km away

Taken April 6, 2026 at 03:17:50 UTC (Apr 5, 11:17 PM EDT), mission time T+04d 04:42:50, with a Nikon D5 at 80 mm. Orion was 377,874 km (234,800 mi) from Earth and 68,532 km above the Moon.

Taken

April 6, 2026 at 03:17:50 UTC · Apr 5, 11:17 PM EDT

Mission time

T+04d 04:42:50

Camera

Nikon D5 · 80 mm lens

From Earth

377,874 km · 234,800 mi

Above the Moon

68,532 km · 42,584 mi

Below Orion

27.0°S 5.3°E on Earth

Chapter

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

NASA record

ART002-E-24177 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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