
This picture of a crescent-shaped Earth and Moon -- the first of its kind ever taken by a spacecraft -- was recorded Sept. 18, 1977, by NASA Voyager 1 when it was 7.25 million miles 11.66 million kilometers from Earth.
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NASA ID
PIA01967
Date Created
May 15, 1999
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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