It was on the moon for roughly 21 hours.
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Apollo 11 spent about 21.5 hours on the Moon's surface. The lunar module landed on the Moon on July 20, 1969, and astronaut Neil Armstrong took his historic first steps about 6.5 hours later. The astronauts left the Moon's surface after a little over 21 hours and headed back to Earth.
The Apollo 11 project was about 8 years long, from when it was announced in 1961 to the successful moon landing in 1969.
There was no Apollo 6. The first manned Apollo mission was Apollo 7. The first Apollo mission to go to the moon was Apollo 8, the first to land was Apollo 11.
Apollo 11 landed on the moon on July 20, 1969.
Apollo 11 stayed on the moon for about 21.5 hours. The astronauts spent approximately 2.5 hours outside the spacecraft conducting experiments and collecting samples.
There were six manned landings on the moon before Apollo 11: Apollo 11, Apollo 12, Apollo 14, Apollo 15, Apollo 16, and Apollo 17.