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

Diameter
4.7 km
Depth
890 m
Terrain
Basalt plain
Tier
Mare
Mare

JTC-1519

Mare Serenitatis

27.90° N, 18.40° E

On the pale inner floor of the Sea of Serenity, a lava plain so flat that altimeters struggle to find a metre of relief for miles.

Seeing it from Joshua Tree

Naked-eye region, telescope detail. Serenitatis is the round grey eye of the face in the Moon.

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

Dedication

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  • Permanent entry in our registry
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-1519 lies at 27.90° N, 18.40° E, in Mare Serenitatis. 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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