The Moon imaged from Artemis II earlier today. Compared to the image of the near side ...

2026-04-06 01:35:30 UTC

The Moon imaged from Artemis II earlier today.

Compared to the image of the near side of moon taken from Earth (the 2nd image), this image is rotated right by about 45°, since Orion's look-angle is towards the "left side" on the moon. See post #49 for look-angles from Orion and Earth.

Camera: NIKON D5
Lens: 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6
FocalLength: 400 mm
ISO 400
ExposureTime: 1/1000 s
CreateDate: 2026:04:05 04:02:50 UTC
Distance to Moon: 142,000 km
From Earth: 311,200 km
https://images.nasa.gov/details/art002e009057
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