Sun Angles
Compiled by Brian W. Lawrence.
Last revised 8 February1999
In the following table, for each mission we list the landing time and sun angle; and, then, for each EVA, the start time and sun elevation and the ending time and sun elevation
Apollo 11
- Landing: 102.75 GET
- EVA
- Start: 109.00 GET, 14.0 deg.
- Finis: 111.75 GET, 15.4 deg.
Apollo 12
- Landing: 110.50 GET
- EVA-1
- Start: 115.25 GET, 7.5 deg.
- Finis: 119.25 GET, 9.5 deg.
- EVA-2
- Start: 131.50 GET, 15.8 deg.
- Finis: 135.50 GET, 17.8 deg.
Apollo 14
- Landing: 108.25 GET
- EVA-1
- Start: 113.50 GET, 13.0 deg.
- Finis: 118.50 GET, 15.5 deg.
- EVA-2
- Start: 131.25 GET, 22.0 deg.
- Finis: 135.75 GET, 24.3 deg.
Apollo 15
- Landing: 104.75 GET
- SEVA
- Start: 106.75 GET, 13.0 deg.
- Finis: 107.25 GET, 13.3 deg.
- EVA-1
- Start: 119.75 GET, 19.6 deg.
- Finis: 126.25 GET, 22.9 deg.
- EVA-2
- Start: 142.25 GET, 31.0 deg
- Finis: 149.50 GET, 34.7 deg.
- EVA-3
- Start: 163.25 GET, 41.7 deg.
- Finis: 168.25 GET, 44.3 deg.
Apollo 16
- Landing: 104.50 GET
- EVA-1
- Start: 119.00 GET, 22.2 deg.
- Finis: 126.00, 25.7 deg.
- EVA-2
- Start: 142.50 GET, 34.1 deg.
- Finis: 150.00 GET, 37.9 deg.
- EVA-3
- Start: 165.50 GET, 45.8 deg.
- Finis: 171.25 GET, 48.7 deg.
Note: The Apollo 16 landing was delayed by a bit less than 6 hours.
The following are the data for the planned EVAs.
Apollo 16 (as planned)
- Landing: 98.75 GET
- EVA-1
- Start: 102.25 GET, 13.7 deg.
- Finis: 109.25 GET, 17.2 deg.
- EVA-2
- Start: 124.75, 25.1 deg.
- Finis: 132.25, 28.9 deg.
- EVA-3
- Start: 152.50 GET, 39.2 deg.
- Finis: 158.25 GET, 42.1 deg.
Apollo 17
- Landing: 113.00 GET
- EVA-1
- Start: 117.00 GET, 15.3 deg.
- Finis: 124.25 GET, 19.0 deg.
- EVA-2
- Start: 140.50 GET, 27.3 deg.
- Finis: 148.25 GET, 31.2 deg.
- EVA-3
- Start: 163.50 GET, 39.0 deg.
- Finis: 170.75 GET, 42.6 deg.
EVAs Sorted by Sun Angle at EVA Start
Mission EVA-# Sun Angles
- Apollo 12 EVA-1 7.5 - 9.5
- Apollo 14 EVA-1 13.0 - 15.5
- Apollo 15 SEVA 13.0 - 13.3
- Apollo 11 EVA-1 14.0 - 15.4
- Apollo 17 EVA-1 15.3 - 19.0
- Apollo 12 EVA-2 15.8 - 17.8
- Apollo 15 EVA-1 19.6 - 22.9
- Apollo 14 EVA-2 22.0 - 24.3
- Apollo 16 EVA-1 22.1 - 25.7
- Apollo 17 EVA-2 27.3 - 31.2
- Apollo 15 EVA-2 31.0 - 34.7
- Apollo 16 EVA-2 34.1 - 37.9
- Apollo 17 EVA-3 39.0 - 42.6
- Apollo 15 EVA-3 41.7 - 44.2
- Apollo 16 EVA-3 45.8 - 48.7
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