Waxing Gibbous Moon above Indian Ocean | International Space Station

Waxing Gibbous Moon above Indian Ocean | International Space Station

The waxing gibbous Moon is pictured above Earth from the International Space Station as it orbited 264 miles above a partly cloudy Indian Ocean southeast of Madagascar. 

The waxing gibbous Moon is a lunar phase that occurs between the first quarter and full Moon, characterized by an increasing illumination of the Moon's surface.

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Expedition 74 Crew
Station Commander: Sergey-Kud Sverchkov (Russia)
Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineers: Andrey Fedyaev, Sergei Mikaev

European Space Agency Flight Engineer: Sophie Adenot

NASA Flight Engineers: Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, Chris Williams

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada.

Image Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center
Date: June 1, 2026

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