Moonset on the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Launch

orange moon seen next to columned building
CreditNASA/Bill Ingalls
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The Moon sets behind the Jefferson Memorial in Washington 50 years to the day after astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin launched on Apollo 11, the first mission to land astronauts on the Moon. Tuesday, July 16, 2019.