The whole moon seen from the spacecraft in the Earth's gravitational sphere of influence, 3-13 March 1969

Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based paper, printed 1969, numbered "NASA AS10-27-3966" (NASA MSC) in red in top margin, with "A KODAK PAPER" watermark on verso, 20,3 x 25,4 cm

The photograph was taken through the 250mm lens after the first night of sleep of the crew on the way back to Earth about 45,000 nautical miles from the Moon. The Earth and Moon appeared the same relative size to the astronauts as the spacecraft had entered in the Earth’s gravitational sphere of influence.

From the mission transcript during the TV transmission preceding this photograph (taken at T+153:44:56 after launch):
152:33:10 Cernan: OK. The Moon and the Earth are the same relative size to us now. The planet Jupiter is easily visible about 5 diameters from the Moon. We can see stars within 6 diameters of the Moon. Anything within that is washed out. The maria areas are very easily visible. The Sea of Fertility, the Sea of Tranquility, where the basic landing sites are, the Sea of Serenity, are the large maria areas to the center part of the height of your screen as you approach the terminator. I don't know whether you heard me the first time, but the Moon is technically - to us it's upside down. The north pole is at the bottom, the south pole at the top. The east is the most prominent area to the left, and the west goes toward the terminator. We're actually pointing in the heavens towards the southern stars.

Watch more: Apollo 10 TV transmission - 152:29:19 GET - Interior, Earth & Moon

Literature:
First photograph: Time, 6 June 1969, ppg. 64-65 Apollo: Through the Eyes of the Astronauts, Jacobs, pg. 50.
Second photograph: LIFE, 6 June 1969, p. 33.