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Earthset Over the Lunar Limb
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art002e009284 (April 6, 2026) – Earth appears tiny as the Moon looms large in this photo taken by the Artemis II crew during their lunar flyby on April 6, 2026. Taken 36 minutes before Earthset, our home planet is visible in the blackness of space off the limb of the illuminated Moon. Earth is in a crescent phase, with sunlight coming from the right. Orientale mare basin, with its dark floor of cooled lava and outer rings of mountains, covers nearly the lower third of the imaged lunar surface.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineEarthset Over the Lunar Limb. NASA/JSC, 2026-04-06. Public domain. ID: art002e009284.
