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

Diameter
6.0 km
Depth
1,080 m
Terrain
Enclosed basin
Tier
Highland
Highland

JTC-1766

Mare Crisium

16.40° N, 57.80° E

Inside the Sea of Crises, a perfectly isolated oval ringed by mountains and the easiest lunar sea to pick out with the naked eye.

Seeing it from Joshua Tree

Look to the eastern edge of the disc. Crisium appears as a distinct dark oval two nights after new moon.

The bright, ancient uplands. Rougher country, more dramatic in a telescope.

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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-1766 lies at 16.40° N, 57.80° E, in Mare Crisium. 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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