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

Diameter
5.3 km
Depth
960 m
Terrain
Basalt plain
Tier
Mare
Mare

JTC-1899

Mare Nectaris

14.80° S, 34.20° E

On the floor of the Sea of Nectar, a small, deep basin whose concentric rings are still traceable four billion years on.

Seeing it from Joshua Tree

Sits in the southeastern quadrant, framed by the great craters Theophilus and Cyrillus.

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

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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-1899 lies at 14.80° S, 34.20° E, in Mare Nectaris. 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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