Mare
JTC-1355
Oceanus Procellarum
Adrift in the Ocean of Storms, the largest dark expanse on the Moon and the last ground the lunar sunset reaches each month.
- Coordinates
- 17.80° N, 54.20° W
- Diameter
- 5.5 km
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Schematic elevation, rendered from catalogue data. Sunlight from the west.
- Diameter
- 8.3 km
- Depth
- 1,430 m
- Terrain
- Ejecta apron
- Tier
- Terminator
Terminator
JTC-1402
Oceanus Procellarum
9.40° N, 61.70° W
One of the largest unclaimed craters on the near side, wide enough to swallow a city and deep enough to hide a mountain.
Seeing it from Joshua Tree
A four-inch telescope from Cottonwood Spring resolves the rim shadow cleanly on a steady night.
Large craters that catch the sunrise line and throw kilometres of shadow.
Dedication
$22
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- The “Name A Crater” Collectible Certificate
- The Joshua Tree Crater Company Star Chart Poster
- The Moon Map
- The Children’s Activity Poster
- The Joshua Tree Field Notes Booklet
- The Joshua Tree Crater Company Decal
- Permanent entry in our registry
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-1402 lies at 9.40° N, 61.70° W, in Oceanus Procellarum. On the map, north is up and east is to the right, exactly as it appears through a telescope from the high desert.
1.0×
NEWAlso unclaimed
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