LM Lunar Landing

LM Lunar Landing

 

 

Apollo 10

Apollo 11

Apollo 12

Apollo 13

Apollo 14

Apollo 15

Apollo 16

Apollo 17

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LM Lunar Landing Conditions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PDI Burn Duration (sec)

---

756.39

717.0

---

764.61

739.2

734

721

Hover Time Remaining (sec)

---

45

103

---

68

103

102

117

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Landing Site

Sea of

Tranquility

Sea of

Tranquility

Ocean of

Storms

Fra Mauro

Fra Mauro

Hadley-

Apennine

Plain of

Descartes

Taurus-

Littrow

Targeted Latitude (deg N)

0.7333°

0.6833°

-2.9833°

-3.6167°

-3.6719°

26.0816°

-9.0002°

20.1639°

Targeted Longitude (deg E)

23.6500°

23.7167°

-23.4000°

-17.5500°

-17.4627

3.6583°

15.5164°

30.7495°

Actual Landing Latitude (deg N)

---

0.67408

-3.01239

---

-3.64530

26.13222

-8.97301

20.19080

Actual Landing Longitude (deg E)

---

23.47297

-23.42157

---

-17.47136

3.63386

15.50019

30.77168

GET

---

102:45:39.9

110:32:36.2

---

108:15:11.40

104:42:29.3

104:29:35

110:21:58

KSC Date

  

20 Jul 1969

19 Nov 1969

  

05 Feb 1971

30 Jul 1971

20 Apr 1972

11 Dec 1972

GMT Date

  

20 Jul 1969

19 Nov 1969

  

05 Feb 1971

30 Jul 1971

21 Apr 1972

11 Dec 1972

KSC Time

---

04:17:39 p.m.

01:54:36 a.m.

---

04:18:13 a.m.

06:16:29 p.m.

09:23:35 p.m.

02:54:58 p.m.

Time Zone

---

EDT

EST

---

EST

EDT

EST

EST

GMT Time

---

20:17:39

06:54:36

---

09:18:13

22:16:29

02:23:35

19:54:58

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sun Angle (deg)

11.0

10.8

5.1

18.5

10.3

12.2

11.9

13.0

LM Surface Angle (deg)

---

4.5° tilt east;

yaw 13° south

3° pitch up,

3.8° roll left

---

1° pitch down;

6.9° roll right;

1.4° yaw left

6.9° pitch up;

8.6° roll left

resulting

in tilt of 11°

from horizontal

0° roll, 2.5°

pitch up,

slight

yaw south

4 to 5°

pitch up,

0° roll,

near 0° yaw

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LM Distance To Target (ft)

 

22,500 ft W

of landing

ellipse center

535 ft NW of

Surveyor III

---

55 ft N;

165 ft E

1,800 ft NW

668 ft N;

197 ft W

656 ft

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distance To Seismic Stations (n mi)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apollo 12

 

---

---

---

98

641

641

---

Apollo 14

 

---

98

---

---

591

544

---

Apollo 15

 

---

641

---

591

---

604

---

Apollo 16

 

---

641

---

544

604

---

---

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Azimuth To Seismic Stations (deg)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apollo 12

 

---

---

---

96

40

100

---

Apollo 14

 

---

276

---

---

33

101

---

Apollo 15

 

---

226

---

218

---

160

---

Apollo 16

 

---

276

---

277

342

---

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Compiled from mission reports and summary science reports. Actual landing site coordinates based on International Astronomical Union (IAU) Mean Earth Polar Axis coordinate system as described in the Journal of  Geophysical Research, vol. 105, pages 20,227 to 20,280, 2000.

Although not planned as a lunar landing mission, Apollo 10 flew over the area to be targeted by the first lunar landing mission.

Data is for intended landing site; mission aborted.

 

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