the sky is lit all the way around the moon. but an eerie sight because of the very marked three dimensional aspect of having the sun's corona coming from behind the moon the way it is. >> it's a view worth the price of the trip. mother earthing is 206059 nautical miles behind coming up on the lunar orbit insertion burn in which the spacecraft will start its initial orbit around the moon. that maneuver will slow the spacecraft down considerably from its present velocity, and it should come from behind the east face of the moon 33 minutes later. >> and the moon is there, boy, in all its splendor. >> hello moon. how is your backside?