Moon - Page 2

Skywalker · 01-11-2009, 12:58 AM

Clear in Northern California tonight and the moon was bright!!!

Heck, I'm a poet and didn't know it!!!

G G · 01-11-2009, 11:15 AM

I went out to take the dog out and it was very big and bright in NE Florida.

Rabidsquirrel · 01-11-2009, 12:10 PM

I either missed it, or it was too low in the sky for me to see it.

Anyone know the distance when the astronauts landed on it?

theonlybear4CORT · 01-11-2009, 12:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rabidsquirrel

I either missed it, or it was too low in the sky for me to see it.

Anyone know the distance when the astronauts landed on it?

*Apollo 11 Moon landing on July 20, 1969:
*Launched on July 16, 1969 at 9:32 am.
*Apollo 11 attains an orbital height of 101 nautical miles in 11 minutes, 40
*seconds after launch & reaches the speed of 17,380 mph.
*Approximate distance from Earth to Moon is 238,857 miles

I got my answers from here

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