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

Diameter
3.6 km
Depth
680 m
Terrain
Basalt plain
Tier
Mare
MareDedicated

JTC-1954

Mare Fecunditatis

6.20° S, 49.60° E

In the Sea of Fertility, where Luna 16 drilled the first robotic sample core and carried it home in 1970.

Seeing it from Joshua Tree

Low in the southeast. Best caught in the first week of the lunar month.

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

Dedication

$149

One-off payment
Free shipping

  • Certificate of Lunar Dedication
  • Folded ExplOrbit Moon Map
  • Permanent entry in our registry
  • Viewing notes for this crater

This crater has already been named and is retired from the atlas.

Find another 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-1954 lies at 6.20° S, 49.60° E, in Mare Fecunditatis. 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

Other craters you might prefer

Highland

JTC-1830

Mare Crisium

High on the ringed wall of Crisium, close enough to the limb that libration slowly rocks it in and out of view.

Coordinates
19.70° N, 62.10° E
Diameter
4.4 km
Mare

JTC-2087

Mare Nubium

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

Coordinates
20.60° S, 15.90° W
Diameter
4.9 km
Mare

JTC-1519

Mare Serenitatis

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.

Coordinates
27.90° N, 18.40° E
Diameter
4.7 km
Made with Modulify