International Moon Day 2023: Date, Theme and Everything you need to know

International Moon Day is a yearly day dedicated to the Earth’s one and only natural satellite, the Moon!. It is celebrated annually on July 20th, the day that anniversary the famous 1969 landing of astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong on the Moon. The Moon landing is as yet considered one of humanity’s most achievements, thus Worldwide Moon Day is tied in with recognizing the Apollo 11 mission while showing people the Moon and astronomy.

Date of International Moon Day 2023:

International Moon Day 2023 is celebrated annually on July 20. It revives the memories of enthralling moon landing. In addition, this day makes each one mindful of the need of learning sustainable moon exploration and the value of the Moon. Allow us to go through the subtleties of International Moon Day 2023 Date through a table.

Event	Date	Day
International Moon Day 2023	July 20, 2023	Thursday
International Moon Day 2024	July 20, 2024	Saturday
International Moon Day 2025	July 20, 2025	Sunday
International Moon Day 2026	July 20, 2026	Monday
International Moon Day 2027	July 20, 2027	Tuesday

Theme of International Moon Day 2023:

The current year’s Worldwide Moon Day 2023 theme will be ‘Lunar Exploration Coordination & Sustainability.’ This theme will depict that taking on reasonable methodologies for lunar exploration is so essential. The first-global festival of International Moon Day happened on 20 July 2022. The awareness of international cooperation in Moon exploration will also be elaborated on during the day.

History of Worldwide Moon Day

American astronauts Neil Armstrong, and Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin became thefirst humans in history to land on the Moon on July 20, 1969. The grand Apollo 11 mission occurred eight years after the national goal declaration by President John F. Kennedy to send a man to the moon toward the finish of the 1960s.

The thought for the mission to send astronauts to the moon began when President Kennedy spoke to an extraordinary joint meeting of Congress in 1961, expressing “I believe this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth.”

At the time of Kennedy’s proposal, the United States was still head-to-head with the Soviet Union in advancements in space exploration and, since it was during the time of the Cold War, the proposal was welcomed. After five years of effort and hard work by their international team of engineers and scientists, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA, launched the first unmanned Apollo mission. The launch spacecraft vehicle’s structural resilience was tested during the first mission.

On July 16, 1969, at 9:32 a.m., Apollo 11 with three astronauts on board took off from Kennedy Space Center. Neil Armstrong was the leader of the mission. On July 19, after three days, the spacecraft entered the lunar orbit. The lunar module, Bird, withdrew from the main command module the next day, monitored by Armstrong and Aldrin. At the point when Bird contacted the lunar surface, Armstrong radioed his authentic message to Mission Control in Houston, Texas: “The Eagle has landed.”

Armstrong descended the ladder from the lunar module at 10:39 p.m. His advancement was being recorded by a TV camera joined to the module, transmitting signals back to Earth, where the world was watching eagerly.

Armstrong stepped onto the lunar surface at 10:56 p.m. and uttered the famous phrase, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”

Significance of International Moon Day:

International Moon Day 2023 has been reported by the Overall Gathering which was tagged as a Unified Countries began international day. As per the worries of the Moon Town Affiliation, Worldwide Moon Day 2023 turns into a channel for learning feasible investigation of the Moon. Worldwide Moon Day 2023 will mean the guidelines and exercises that must be taken on for the better use of the lunar planet in a reasonable manner. Individuals need to grasp the noticeable quality of this natural planet.

Happy International Moon Day !