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Artemis II · The long coast · April 6, 2026

The Moon ahead, 67,453 km away

Taken April 6, 2026 at 03:45:00 UTC (Apr 5, 11:45 PM EDT), mission time T+04d 05:10:00, with a Nikon D5 at 400 mm. Orion was 378,858 km (235,411 mi) from Earth and 67,453 km above the Moon.

Taken

April 6, 2026 at 03:45:00 UTC · Apr 5, 11:45 PM EDT

Mission time

T+04d 05:10:00

Camera

Nikon D5 · 400 mm lens

From Earth

378,858 km · 235,411 mi

Above the Moon

67,453 km · 41,913 mi

Below Orion

27.0°S 1.4°W on Earth

Chapter

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

NASA record

ART002-E-25806 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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