looking at the a few key time line entries back in 1969 :
July 16 at 13:32:00 UTC (11:32pm AEST 16th July) - launch of Apollo 11 via the Saturn V AS-506 rocket
July 19 at 17:21:50 UTC (03:21 AM AEST 20th July) - Apollo 11 passed behind the Moon and fired its service propulsion engine to enter lunar orbit.
July 20 at 12:52:00 UTC (10:52pm AEST 20th July) - Aldrin and Armstrong entered Eagle to prepare for lunar descent after 30 orbits of moon.
July 20 at 17:44:00 UTC (03:44am AEST 21st July) - Eagle (LM) separates from Columbia (CM)
July 20 at 20:17:40 UTC (06:17am AEST 21st July) - Eagle lands on moon
July 20 at 23:43 UTC (09:43am AEST 21st July) The two astronauts begin preparations to walk on the Moon
July 21 at 02:39:33 UTC (12:39pm AEST 21st July) - open the hatch
July 21 at 02:51 UTC (12:51pm AEST 21st July) - Armstrong starts descent
July 21 at 02:56:15 UTC (12:51pm AEST 21st July) - Armstrong steps on moon
July 21 at 05:11:13 UTC (03:11pm AEST 21st July) - hatch was closed again
July 21 at 17:54:00 UTC (03:54am AEST 22nd July) - lift off in Eagle's ascent stage
July 21 at 21:35 UTC (07:35am AEST 22nd July) - Eagle docked with Columbia
July 21 at 23:41 UTC (09:41am AEST 22nd July) - jettisoned Eagle into lunar orbit
July 24 at 16:44 UTC (02:44am AEST 24th July) - parachutes deployed
July 24 at 16:51 UTC (02:51am AEST 24th July) - landed in Pacific Ocean
Interesting fact, they used Slow Scan TV (SSTV) from Eagle on the moon, apart from normal TV.
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