Moon-Earth question

Phil T wrote in
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Greetings to all...

When the first moon landing accurred in July, 1969, and the astronauts
looked back towards Earth, what continents did they see?

Thanks in advance!

--
Phil


In the lunar sky Earth was at an altitude of about 60 degrees due west at
the instant Armstrong set foot on the Moon. Earth was just before its last
quarter phase and presenting the entire Pacific Ocean with Australia just
entering from the west and the Americas exiting in the east.
By the time the astronauts re-entered the LEM 2 hours later eastern Asia
was entering the west Earth limb.

Info compiled courtesy of the free software Celestia
http://www.shatters.net/celestia
and NASA timeline data
http://history.nasa.gov/ap11ann/apollo11_log/log.htm

Martin Lewicki

"Phyloe" wrote in message
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| Hang around for awhile and you will learn and someday you
| will have a brain.

Are you saying that the more you learn and understand, the more you'll be
properly convinced that the moon landings were fake?

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The universe is not required to conform | Jay Windley
to the expectations of the ignorant. | webmaster @ clavius.org

"Phyloe" wrote in message
...
|
| Hang around for awhile and you will learn and someday you
| will have a brain.

Are you saying that the more you learn and understand, the more you'll be
properly convinced that the moon landings were fake?

--
|
The universe is not required to conform | Jay Windley
to the expectations of the ignorant. | webmaster @ clavius.org

"Martin" wrote in message
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| Earth was just before its last
| quarter phase and presenting the entire Pacific Ocean with Australia just
| entering from the west and the Americas exiting in the east.

I was going to answer similarly based on my recollection of which tracking
stations were receiving the signals. But I don't trust my recollection for
things like that. I remember that both Goldstone and one of the Aussie
sites were receiving television. I guess that makes it pretty clear that
the Pacific was facing the moon at the time.

I found two of the pictures that Armstrong took of the LM with the earth
above it, but all I can see are clouds.

--
|
The universe is not required to conform | Jay Windley
to the expectations of the ignorant. | webmaster @ clavius.org

"Martin" wrote in message
...
|
| Earth was just before its last
| quarter phase and presenting the entire Pacific Ocean with Australia just
| entering from the west and the Americas exiting in the east.

I was going to answer similarly based on my recollection of which tracking
stations were receiving the signals. But I don't trust my recollection for
things like that. I remember that both Goldstone and one of the Aussie
sites were receiving television. I guess that makes it pretty clear that
the Pacific was facing the moon at the time.

I found two of the pictures that Armstrong took of the LM with the earth
above it, but all I can see are clouds.

--
|
The universe is not required to conform | Jay Windley
to the expectations of the ignorant. | webmaster @ clavius.org

In message , Kent
writes
Phil T wrote:

When the first moon landing accurred in July, 1969, and the astronauts
looked back towards Earth, what continents did they see?

My advice is to post this question to sci.space.history. Those folks
will know and could probably tell you how many times Buzz blinked while
looking at them into the bargain.

It's much more fun to do it myself (with some very powerful help)
Plugging the appropriate time (2256 EDT, 20 July 1969) into Bill Gray's
"Guide 8.0" I find - practically nothing. It's all Pacific Ocean, with a
bit of the west coast of the USA and most of Australia (that makes
sense, as anyone who has seen "The Dish" knows that Parkes had a good
view and they had to tilt the aerial to do it.)
I don't know if the astronauts actually looked at Earth but it was at an
altitude of about 70 degrees so I doubt it.
--
"Forty millions of miles it was from us, more than forty millions of miles of
void"
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In message , Kent
writes
Phil T wrote:

When the first moon landing accurred in July, 1969, and the astronauts
looked back towards Earth, what continents did they see?

My advice is to post this question to sci.space.history. Those folks
will know and could probably tell you how many times Buzz blinked while
looking at them into the bargain.

It's much more fun to do it myself (with some very powerful help)
Plugging the appropriate time (2256 EDT, 20 July 1969) into Bill Gray's
"Guide 8.0" I find - practically nothing. It's all Pacific Ocean, with a
bit of the west coast of the USA and most of Australia (that makes
sense, as anyone who has seen "The Dish" knows that Parkes had a good
view and they had to tilt the aerial to do it.)
I don't know if the astronauts actually looked at Earth but it was at an
altitude of about 70 degrees so I doubt it.
--
"Forty millions of miles it was from us, more than forty millions of miles of
void"
Remove spam and invalid from address to reply.

"Phyloe" wrote in message ...
"Phil T" wrote in message
...
Greetings to all...

When the first moon landing accurred in July, 1969, and the astronauts
looked back towards Earth, what continents did they see?

Thanks in advance!

Well they did not see any 'cause they never landed on the moon.
Phyloe

So how do you explain the Moon rocks?

"Phyloe" wrote in message ...
"Phil T" wrote in message
...
Greetings to all...

When the first moon landing accurred in July, 1969, and the astronauts
looked back towards Earth, what continents did they see?

Thanks in advance!

Well they did not see any 'cause they never landed on the moon.
Phyloe

So how do you explain the Moon rocks?

Phil T wrote in message . ..
Greetings to all...

When the first moon landing accurred in July, 1969, and the astronauts
looked back towards Earth, what continents did they see?

Thanks in advance!

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/research/apo...gazine.html?36