The photon is always in the present of the moment it was emitted, crossing the Universe always in the present of its origin.
Here’s the thing...If you look up into the night sky, that faraway star you are seeing the light of may not even be a star anymore...it won’t be where you are looking anyway...If the star is 1,000,000 light years away, that light you are seeing is 1,000,000 years old...