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

Diameter
4.9 km
Depth
910 m
Terrain
Basalt plain
Tier
Mare
Mare

JTC-2087

Mare Nubium

20.60° S, 15.90° W

In the Sea of Clouds, near the Straight Wall, a hundred-kilometre fault scarp that casts the sharpest straight shadow on the Moon.

Seeing it from Joshua Tree

Time this one with the Straight Wall, eight days after new moon, for the best view of the season.

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-2087 lies at 20.60° S, 15.90° W, in Mare Nubium. 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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