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Artemis II · The long coast · April 6, 2026

The Moon ahead, 60,438 km away

Taken April 6, 2026 at 05:50:11 UTC (Apr 6, 1:50 AM EDT), mission time T+04d 07:15:11, with a Nikon D5 at 35 mm. Orion was 383,232 km (238,129 mi) from Earth and 60,438 km above the Moon.

Taken

April 6, 2026 at 05:50:11 UTC · Apr 6, 1:50 AM EDT

Mission time

T+04d 07:15:11

Camera

Nikon D5 · 35 mm lens

From Earth

383,232 km · 238,129 mi

Above the Moon

60,438 km · 37,554 mi

Below Orion

3.1°N 66.0°W on the Moon

Chapter

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

NASA record

ART002-E-24198 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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