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Artemis II · The long coast · April 6, 2026

The Moon ahead, 68,039 km away

Taken April 6, 2026 at 03:26:14 UTC (Apr 5, 11:26 PM EDT), mission time T+04d 04:51:14, with a Nikon Z 9 at 400 mm. Orion was 378,180 km (234,990 mi) from Earth and 68,039 km above the Moon.

Taken

April 6, 2026 at 03:26:14 UTC · Apr 5, 11:26 PM EDT

Mission time

T+04d 04:51:14

Camera

Nikon Z 9 · 400 mm lens

From Earth

378,180 km · 234,990 mi

Above the Moon

68,039 km · 42,277 mi

Below Orion

27.0°S 3.2°E on Earth

Chapter

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

NASA record

ART002-E-28731 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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