449 a
Jack Swigert, Fred Haise, or James Lovell

The Crescent Moon seen from the approaching spacecraft

Apollo 13, April 11-17, 1970

Unreleased photograph, vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, numbered “NASA AS13-62-8896” (NASA MSC) in red in top margin

449 b
Jack Swigert, Fred Haise, or James Lovell

The crescent Earth seen by the spacecraft approaching the Moon

Apollo 13, April 11-17, 1970, 073:32:00 GET

Unreleased photograph, vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, numbered “NASA AS13-60-8601” (NASA MSC) in red in top margin
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)

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449 a
An amazing view of the crescent Moon taken with the 60mm lens as the crew had to undertake a modified free-return trajectory and make a “slingshot” around the celestial body to get back to Earth, more than 200,000 nautical miles away.

“Looking at the mission rules, and I knew it already without looking, we couldn’t even go into lunar orbit. So the mission was gone, right there.”
Fred Haise (Chaikin, Voices, p. 135)

449 b
This photograph was taken through the 250mm telephoto lens. The Earth was more than 200,000 nautical miles away.

From the mission transcript as the spacecraft was approaching the Moon:

072:41:24 Duke (Mission Control): Now, on the Earth, we estimate it - if you have to do this alignment, that the Earth will be about a 2-degree Earth. And it’ll be approximately three-quarters lighted. Now, to mark on the Earth, we’d like you to take an imaginary line between the horns of the crescent and mark midway between the horns. Over.
072:42:00 Haise: Okay. We got a 2-degree Earth that’s three-quarter lighted, and we’re to imagine a line between the horns of the Earth and mark right in the center of that line.