The near-full Moon from a perspective not visible from Earth, December 7-19, 1972
Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), numbered 'AS17-152-23308' with NASA MSFC caption and 'This Paper Manufactured By Kodak' watermarks on verso

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This view of the almost-full lunar disk was taken as Apollo 17 was several thousand miles from the Moon on its way home. More than a third of the area covered is never visible from the Earth. Smyth’s Sea straddles the 90° east meridian, and the lunar crater "Tsiolkovsky" is near the terminator.

From the mission transcript as the crew began the journey back to Earth:

240:03:07 Cernan: Gordy, as we’re maneuvering, I guess we got one of the most spectacular views of the Moon I’ve ever seen, from a position like this. It’s like - just short of being 100 percent full. We can still see from Tsiolkovsky all the way across the Moon and it’s just absolutely magnificent and I’m afraid we’re talking here that pictures just won’t capture
the real three dimensional picture we’re looking at.