Re: Watching at the time?
Watched every second that I was allowed to.
Even touching the TV set required permission when I was a kid.
Thankfully my parents indulged me. It helped that Dad had been a jet fighter pilot.
Watched the lunar excursion from school. The whole school, 100 kids, around a single 26” AWA B&W set. The TV was bought in specially for the event. I remember seeing the men and the van that delivered it.
Needless to say, I was riveted to Apollo, and always have been since.