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

Diameter
3.9 km
Depth
710 m
Terrain
Heritage plain
Tier
Heritage
Heritage

JTC-1644

Mare Tranquillitatis

2.40° N, 25.80° E

Less than 200 kilometres from Tranquility Base, where Apollo 11 set down in July 1969. The same dark basalt that took the first human footprint.

Seeing it from Joshua Tree

The most storied ground on the Moon. Findable in binoculars from any Joshua Tree pullout.

Within sight of an Apollo landing site. Our rarest and most requested ground.

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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-1644 lies at 2.40° N, 25.80° E, in Mare Tranquillitatis. 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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