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Artemis II · The long coast · April 6, 2026

The Moon ahead, 67,075 km away

Taken April 6, 2026 at 03:43:53 UTC (Apr 5, 11:43 PM EDT), mission time T+04d 05:08:53, with a Nikon D5 at 80 mm. Orion was 378,817 km (235,386 mi) from Earth and 67,075 km above the Moon.

Taken

April 6, 2026 at 03:43:53 UTC · Apr 5, 11:43 PM EDT

Mission time

T+04d 05:08:53

Camera

Nikon D5 · 80 mm lens

From Earth

378,817 km · 235,386 mi

Above the Moon

67,075 km · 41,678 mi

Below Orion

27.0°S 1.2°W on Earth

Chapter

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

NASA record

ART002-E-25801 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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