Editing Apollo 12 (section)

===Return===
[[File:Apollo 12 view of Solar Eclipse (5052129615).jpg|thumb|A solar eclipse seen from Apollo 12]]

LM ''Intrepid'' lifted off from the Moon at mission time 143:03:47.78, or 14:25:47 UTC on November 20, 1969; after several maneuvers, CSM and LM docked three and a half hours later.{{sfn|Orloff & Harland 2006|p=358}} At 147:59:31.6, the LM ascent stage was jettisoned, and shortly thereafter the CSM maneuvered away. Under control from Earth, the LM's remaining propellant was depleted in a burn that caused it to impact the Moon {{convert|39|nmi}} from the Apollo 12 landing point.{{sfn|Orloff & Harland 2006|p=358}}  The seismometer the astronauts had left on the lunar surface registered the resulting vibrations for more than an hour.<ref name = "a12" >{{cite web|date=July 8, 2009|title=Apollo 12|access-date=January 27, 2021|url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo12.html|publisher=[[NASA]]}}</ref>

The crew stayed another day in lunar orbit taking photographs of the surface, including of candidate sites for future Apollo landings. A second plane change maneuver was made at 159:04:45.47, lasting 19.25 seconds.{{sfn|Orloff & Harland 2006|pp=336–337}}

The trans-Earth injection burn, to send the CSM ''Yankee Clipper'' towards home, was conducted at 172:27:16.81 and lasted 130.32 seconds. Two short midcourse correction burns were made en route. A final television broadcast was made, the astronauts answering questions submitted by the media.{{sfn|Orloff & Harland 2006|p=338}} There was ample time for rest on the way back to Earth.{{sfn|Chaikin 1995|p=282}} One event was the photography of a solar eclipse that occurred when the Earth came between the spacecraft and the Sun; Bean described it as the most spectacular sight of the mission.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|title=Moon film and rocks are viewed|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1969/11/28/79439729.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0|url-access=subscription|date=November 28, 1969}}</ref>