How long did it take to get to the Moon in 1969?

Apollo 11

Operator	NASA
COSPAR ID	CSM: 1969-059A LM: 1969-059C
SATCAT no.	CSM: 4039 LM: 4041
Mission duration	8 days, 3 hours, 18 minutes, 35 seconds
Spacecraft properties

How long did it take for people to reach the Moon?

It began at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center on July 16, 1969, taking the three astronauts around six days to reach the Moon.

How fast did Apollo 13 travel to the Moon?

5,129 feet per second
Long comm break. Apollo 13, now traveling at a speed of 5,129 feet per second. This is 1,563 metres per second. After passing the Moon, the lunar gravity is now slowing them down as it tries to pull them back towards itself.

How long does it generally take to reach Moon from the Earth?

It takes about 3 days for a spacecraft to reach the Moon. During that time a spacecraft travels at least 240,000 miles (386,400 kilometers) which is the distance between Earth and the Moon.

How many hours does it take to get to the Moon?

Apollo missions took about three days to reach the moon. But the quickest trip to the moon was the New Horizons probe, which zipped past the moon in just 8 hours 35 minutes on its way to Pluto. However, the spacecraft didn’t even slow down or approach lunar orbit.

How long does it take for the Moon to go through all it phases?

The moon takes just under one month — an average of 29 1/2 days — to complete its phases. As the moon passes gradually and continually through its monthly cycle, each phase lasts only an instant. The Full Moon, for example, is simply a point halfway between waxing gibbous and waning gibbous.

How long will it take the drive to the Moon?

How long would it take to drive to the Moon? Earth’s natural satellite, the Moon, is about 380,000 km away. That is almost equal to 10 times the circumference of the Earth! If were possible to drive upwards to the Moon and you were to drive at a constant speed of 96.5 km/hr, it would take almost 6 months to reach there!