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Artemis II · Earthset · April 6, 2026

Earthset at 23:22 UTC: Earth sinking behind the Moon

Taken April 6, 2026 at 23:22:23 UTC (Apr 6, 7:22 PM EDT), mission time T+05d 00:47:23, with a Nikon D5 at 400 mm. Orion was 413,106 km (256,692 mi) from Earth and 6,678 km above the Moon.

Taken

April 6, 2026 at 23:22:23 UTC · Apr 6, 7:22 PM EDT

Mission time

T+05d 00:47:23

Camera

Nikon D5 · 400 mm lens

From Earth

413,106 km · 256,692 mi

Above the Moon

6,678 km · 4,150 mi

Below Orion

3.1°S 167.2°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-24980 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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