What was the name of Apollo 11’s lunar landing site in 1969?

Apollo 11’s lunar landing site in 1969 was named Tranquility Base.

The name was announced by astronaut Neil Armstrong shortly after the lunar module Eagle landed on July 20, 1969. Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed in the southwestern part of Mare Tranquillitatis, a broad basaltic plain on the Moon.

The landing site was officially designated Statio Tranquillitatis in 2018, using Latin for “Tranquility Base.” The original English name remains far more familiar and is used in historical accounts of the mission.

A common mix-up is confusing Tranquility Base with the name of the lunar module, Eagle. Eagle was the spacecraft that landed; Tranquility Base was the location. The mission’s command module, Columbia, remained in lunar orbit with Michael Collins aboard.