Earth-Moon distance traveled384 million m
16 millionthsVoyager 1 distances
1 quadrillionViolet light wavelengths
384 quadrillionthsMilky Way diameters
384,400 km
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Apollo 11 Moon Landing
July 20, 1969: humanity's greatest achievement/Events & Phenomena
On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the Moon while Michael Collins orbited above. The entire mission lasted 8 days, 3 hours, and 18 minutes. Armstrong's first step was watched by an estimated 600 million people. The astronauts spent 21 hours 36 minutes on the lunar surface and collected 21.5 kg of moon rocks.
Measurements
Total mission duration725,580 s
2 millionthsIce ages
34,551Mammal pees
2.9 quadrillionProcessor cycles
8 days 3 hours 18 minutes
Time on lunar surface77,760 s
130Car washes
6.2 thousandthsSemesters
370Taylor Swift songs
21 hours 36 minutes
Moon rocks collected21.5 kg
3.6 thousandthsAfrican elephants
2 hundredthsSmall cars
9.8 thousandthsRhinoceroses
Trans-lunar injection speed10,840 m/s
1.42Space Station orbits
5,420Houseflies
About 39,000 km/h
Distance walked on Moon250 m
170Necktie lengths
2,193Popsicle lengths
Approximate total EVA distance