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Long ago, WikiProject Spaceflight decided that times on the Moon would be in UTC, since terrestrial time zones have no meaning ion the Moon. Many Americans took umbrage at the date of the Moon landing changing to 21 July when it was 20 July in the United States. I see the Signpost editors are nailing their colours to the mast. (Best argument so far: to conform to Matthew 7:20. To which I could only reply "well if Eastern Daylight Time was good enough for Jesus...) Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:28, 1 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

In space no one can hear you scream, or tell what time it is. Since the Moon was facing Asia and Australia at the time of the Apollo 11 moonwalk it can be argued it was "High Noon on the Moon" (at least from the Aussies point of view). Randy Kryn (talk) 04:05, 1 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

On the middle of the side of the moon that faces the sun, it's always High Noon. Guess the "time" changes depending how far from that point you are... Chiswick Chap (talk) 18:54, 1 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

What was seen overhead near the equator (where all the Apollo missions landed) was the Earth, not the Sun. A day on the Moon is 29½ Earth days long. The Apollo missions all landed in the lunar early morning, and Apollo 17, which stayed for over three Earth days, stayed for less than three lunar hours, so it was always morning. They wanted to avoid the harsh lunar midday Sun. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:07, 1 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Author of the quoted report here, as someone from outside those projects or the United States to begin with (I'm South American), never would've expected such a reaction. igordebraga ≠ 00:06, 3 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

One small correction, Cori Gauff was not "the youngest player in the history of the tournament", that honour goes to Jennifer Capriati, who was 14 when she made her Wimbledon debut. Iffy★Chat -- 12:33, 2 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]