The first full Moon photographed by humans from a perspective different from Earth, 16-24 July 1969

Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based paper, printed 1969, numbered "NASA AS 11-44-6667" (NASA MSC) in red in top margin, with "A KODAK PAPER" watermark on verso, 20,3 x 25,4 cm

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 bottom, the far side is to the top, and the geometry of the situation meant that on Earth, located off camera to the bottom, 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)
“It really does appear that there are three different Moons. One that you’re on, one that you’re in orbit of, and one that’s a long way away. And they don’t blend, and you don’t get the transition. There was only one exception to it, and that was shortly after we left the Moon, heading back to Earth, after we made the burn and it was okay. Then we could orient and look back and watch it grow smaller, from the back side... And that was the only time when we were really allowed to experience the change.”
Buzz Aldrin (Chaikin, Voices, p. 119).