The Full Moon after transearth injection, showing an hemisphere not visible from Earth, July 16-24, 1969, Michael Collins [Apollo 11]

Michael Collins

The Full Moon after transEarth injection, showing an hemisphere not visible from Earth

Apollo 11, July 16-24, 1969, 136:15:40 GET

Unreleased photograph, vintage chromogenic print on resin coated Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso [NASA AS11-44-6664]
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)

Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, La Lune: Du Voyage Réel aux Voyages Imaginaires, April-July 2019; exhibition catalogue, p. 18, no. 1, illustrated.

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Lot Essay

This view of the full Moon never seen before the space age was taken with the 80mm lens as the Apollo 11 spacecraft was 2,300 nautical miles (4,300 km) from the Moon. The Moon is centered on a point between the Sea of Crisis and the Sea of Fertility.

“A full Moon, but not a Moon familiar to humans. This is a new Moon in the sense that it was one that had been walked upon by humans. This is a Moon that Michael Collins photographed as Apollo 11 departed the Earth. The Earthward face is to the top, the far side is to the bottom, and the geometry of the situation meant that on Earth, located off camera to the top, anyone looking would see a half Moon. The large, isolated dark marking near the center is the Sea of Crisis with which humans are familiar as appearing near the Moon’s limb” (Mailer, p.493).