Mean distance from earth 240,000 miles
Distance from earth in light years 1.5 light seconds
Length of lunar day 27.3 earth days
Radius 1080 miles
Circumference 6790 miles
Weight 81 quintillion tons
Surface temperature (day) 134° C
Surface temperature (night) –154°C
Gravity on surface 0.1667g (1/6th of earth's)
Orbital speed 22,887mph
Driving time by car at 70mph 135 days
Flying time by rocket 60–70 hours
Walking time at 3mph 8.6 years
Men who have walked on the moon 12
Age of oldest collected rock over 4 billion years
Weight of rocks collected by Apollo missions 842 pounds
Widest craters 140 miles in diameter
Deepest craters over 15,000 feet
Highest mountains over 16,000 feet

Commander Neil Armstrong
Command module pilot Mike Collins
Lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin
Command module call sign Columbia
Lunar module call sign Eagle
Launch vehicle Saturn-V AS-506 (6)
Launch 16 July 1969, 13.32.00 UTC*
Moon landing site Sea of Tranquillity
Extra-vehicular activity duration 02h 31m 40s
Time on moon's surface 21h 36m 20s
Moon take-off 17.54 UTC
Splashdown 24 July 1969, 16.50.35 UTC
Mission duration 8d 03h
Mission objectives Perform manned lunar landing and return mission safely
*Coordinated Universal Time

From The Book of the Moon by Rick Stroud (Doubleday, 2009); reproduced by permission

Originally produced for Sound And Music and the Science Museum, London, to mark the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landings in July 2009.

With many thanks to Al Reinert, Director of For All Mankind, and Apollo Associates for permission to use footage from the documentary.
Apollo was originally recorded by Brian Eno, Roger Eno & Daniel Lanois in 1983. The DVD of the film is available from www.eurekavideo.co.uk
Atmospheres and Soundtracks

Thanks to Alison Latham and Brighton Festival for permission to use materials from the programme, also to David Harman

With thanks to Geeta Dayal for her essay on Apollo

Thanks to Rick Stroud for permission to use material from www.thebookofthemoon.com/index.htm

Thanks also to Time Boon, Chief Curator of the Science Museum for Music for Space and his expertise and support of the project.