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Artemis II · Earthset · April 6, 2026

Earthset at 23:12 UTC: Earth sinking behind the Moon

Taken April 6, 2026 at 23:12:51 UTC (Apr 6, 7:12 PM EDT), mission time T+05d 00:37:51, with a Nikon D5 at 400 mm. Orion was 413,142 km (256,714 mi) from Earth and 6,588 km above the Moon.

Taken

April 6, 2026 at 23:12:51 UTC · Apr 6, 7:12 PM EDT

Mission time

T+05d 00:37:51

Camera

Nikon D5 · 400 mm lens

From Earth

413,142 km · 256,714 mi

Above the Moon

6,588 km · 4,094 mi

Below Orion

2.9°S 172.6°E 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-24849 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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