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Michael Collins orbited the Moon in the Command Module during the Apollo 11 mission.
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The Soviet Union's unmanned spacecraft Luna 9 was the first man-made probe to make a soft landing on the moon on February 3rd, 1966.
Apollo 14 was the 3rd successful moon landing, with Alan B. Shepard & Edgar Mitchell being the 5th and 6th men to walk on the moon on 5 & 6 February 1971
Both the 1st Quarter moon and the 3rd (last) Quarter moon can be referred to as the "half moon" since we see half of the sunlit side of the moon.
There are conspiracy theories that the moon landing was faked by NASA. Possible motives are: 1. National prestige during the space race. 2. A distraction from the Vietnam War. 3. NASA trying to save face after the Apollo 1 disaster. Conspiracy Theorists believe the landing was faked and all video footage and all evidence was fabricated by NASA, with some believing that Hollywood producers helped film the "fake" footage. The moon landings have been verified by several 3rd party sources and the conspiracy theories have been thoroughly debunked.
The first book is called Twilight, 2nd is New Moon, 3rd is Eclipse and the 4th is Breaking Dawn.
3rd Quarter Moon
1st quarter moon . . . 7.38 days after New Moon Full moon . . . 14.77 days after New Moon 3rd quarter moon . . . 22.15 days after New Moon New Moon . . . 29.53 days after the previous New Moon.
August 3, 1987 was a Monday.
September 3rd, 1987 fell on a Thursday.