Bruce Murray Space Image Library

Rosetta views a crescent Moon (detail)

Rosetta views a crescent Moon (detail)
Rosetta views a crescent Moon (detail) On 4 March 2005, while approaching the Earth for the first of a series of fly-bys, Rosetta turned its navigation camera to the Moon, half lit by the Sun. This image was taken at 15:10 UTC when Rosetta was 428,000 km from the surface of the Moon. ESA / ESOC