Schematic elevation, rendered from catalogue data. Sunlight from the west.

Diameter
4.1 km
Depth
820 m
Terrain
Basalt plain
Tier
Mare
Mare

JTC-1042

Mare Imbrium

34.20° N, 14.80° W

A clean, bowl-shaped impact on the smooth floor of the Sea of Showers. Its rim is young enough to still throw a crisp shadow at first quarter.

Seeing it from Joshua Tree

Rides high over Joshua Tree on spring evenings. Look two-thirds of the way up the northwestern quadrant.

On the dark basalt seas. The easiest ground to find from your own backyard.

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  • Viewing notes for this crater
Name this crater
Where it sits

Its place on the near side

The Moon keeps one face turned toward Earth, so your crater is fixed in the same spot of sky every clear night of your life.

JTC-1042 lies at 34.20° N, 14.80° W, in Mare Imbrium. On the map, north is up and east is to the right, exactly as it appears through a telescope from the high desert.

The near side of the Moon, photographed through a telescope
1.0×
NEW
Also unclaimed

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