What is the famous central panel of the Sistine Chapel ceiling showing God creating Adam called?

The central panel showing God creating Adam is called The Creation of Adam. It is one of Michelangelo’s nine Genesis scenes on the Sistine Chapel ceiling and shows the near-touching hands of God and Adam.

The scene illustrates the moment when God gives life to the first human, based on the Book of Genesis. Adam reclines on the earth while God approaches with a group of figures, creating a compact composition that became one of the most recognizable images in Western art.

The painting is sometimes mistakenly called The Touch of God, but that is not its canonical title. The famous hands do not quite touch, and the surrounding figures have prompted centuries of artistic and anatomical interpretation.