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Artemis II · The long coast · April 6, 2026

The Moon ahead, 67,965 km away

Taken April 6, 2026 at 03:28:41 UTC (Apr 5, 11:28 PM EDT), mission time T+04d 04:53:41, with a Nikon Z 9 at 310 mm. Orion was 378,269 km (235,045 mi) from Earth and 67,965 km above the Moon.

Taken

April 6, 2026 at 03:28:41 UTC · Apr 5, 11:28 PM EDT

Mission time

T+04d 04:53:41

Camera

Nikon Z 9 · 310 mm lens

From Earth

378,269 km · 235,045 mi

Above the Moon

67,965 km · 42,231 mi

Below Orion

27.0°S 2.6°E on Earth

Chapter

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

NASA record

ART002-E-28745 on NASA's Gateway to Astronaut Photography ↗

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