Ephemeris

The night man first walked on the Moon

20 July 1969 · 21:56 · Houston, United States

The night man first walked on the Moon: Ombrocalde

At 9:56 pm in Houston, Neil Armstrong stepped onto the Moon while Mission Control listened. This is the sky and the weather above Houston that night.

The weather that day

  • 25.3 to 31.9 °C, rain, 8.2 mm of rain.
  • A west wind, 9 km/h on average, and pressure from 1014 to 1013 hPa.

The sky

  • Sunrise at 06:33, sunset at 20:20.
  • The moon: first quarter, 36% lit.

Its name

Ombrocalde: A day of steady rain, 32 °C by the afternoon, under a first-quarter moon.

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Weather: ERA5 reanalysis, Copernicus Climate Change Service. Not made by AI.