Ms. MacPherson (HS) - Moon
Studying the Moon map and moon phases
Maria:
North:
1- Mare Frigoris (Sea of Cold)
2- Mare Imbrium (Sea of Rains)
3- Sinus Aestuum (Bay of Seething)
Northeast:
4- Sinus Medii (Bay of the Center)
5- Mare Vaporum (Sea of Vapors)
6- Mare Serenitatis (Sea of Serenity)
7- Mare Tranquillitatis (Sea of Tranquillity)
8- Mare Crisium (Sea of Crises)
17- Lacus Somniorum (Lake of Sleep)
18- Palus Somnii (Marsh of Sleep)
19- Mare Anguis (Sea of Snakes)
20- Mare Undarum (Sea of Waves)
Southeast:
9- Mare Fecunditatis (Sea of Fecundity)
10- Mare Nectaris (Sea of Nectar)
21- Mare Spumans (Sea of Foam)
Southwest:
11- Mare Nubium (Sea of Clouds)
12- Mare Humorum (Sea of Moisture)
13- Mare Cognitum (Known Sea)
22- Palus Epidemiarum (Marsh of Diseases)
West:
14- Oceanus Procellarum (Ocean of Storms)
Northwest:
15- Sinus Roris (Bay of Dew)
16- Sinus Iridum (Bay of Rainbows)
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Montes (Mountains):
Northeast:
23- Montes Alpes
24- Vallis Alpes (Alpine Valley)
25- Montes Caucasus
26- Montes Apenninus
27- Montes Haemus
28- Montes Taurus
Southeast:
29- Montes Pyrenaeus
Southwest:
30- Rupes Recta (Straight Wall) [Geological Fault]
31- Montes Riphaeus
Northwest:
32- Vallis Schröteri (Schröter's Valley) [Northwest of Crater Aristarchus, 73, and North of Crater Herodotus]
33- Montes Jura
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Craters:
Northeast:
34- Crater Aristotle [on the East part of Mare Frigoris, 1]
35- Crater Cassini
36- Crater Eudoxus
37- Crater Endymion
38- Crater Hercules
39- Crater Atlas
40- Crater Mercurius
41- Crater Posidonius
42- Crater Zeno
43- Crater Le Monnier
44- Crater Plinius
45- Crater Vitruvius
46- Cráter Cleomedes
47- Crater Taruntius
48- Crater Manilius
49- Crater Archimedes
50- Crater Autolycus
51- Crater Aristillus
Southeast:
52- Crater Langrenus
53- Crater Goclenius
54- Crater Hypatia
55- Crater Theophilus
56- Crater Rhaeticus [Crater Hipparchus is directly South of Crater Rhaeticus]
57- Crater Stevinus
58- Crater Ptolemaeus
59- Crater Walter
Southwest:
60- Crater Tycho
61- Crater Pitatus
62- Crater Schickard
63- Crater Campanus
64- Crater Bulliadus
65- Crater Fra Mauro
66- Crater Gassendi
67- Crater Byrgius
68- Crater Billy [Mons Hansteen is to the North of Crater Billy]
69- Crater Crüger
70- Crater Grimaldi
71- Crater Riccioli
Northwest:
72- Crater Kepler
73- Crater Aristarchus [Crater Herodotus is West of Crater Aristarchus]
74- Crater Copernicus
75- Crater Pytheas
76- Crater Eratosthenes [near the Southwestern extreme of Montes Apenninus, 26]
77- Crater Mairan
78- Crater Timocharis
79- Crater Harpalus [Crater Pythagoras is North of Crater Harpalus]
80- Crater Plato
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Manned Lunar Landing Missions:
-- - Apollo 11 (July 20 '69) [Southwestern extreme of Mare Tranquilitatis, 7]
-- - Apollo 12 (November 19 '69) [Northern extreme of Mare Cognitum, 13]
-- - Apollo 13 (April 13 '70) [could not land North of Crater Fra Mauro, 65]
-- - Apollo 14 (February 5 '71) [North of Crater Fra Mauro, 65]
-- - Apollo 15 (July 31 '71) [Northern extreme of Montes Apenninus, 26]
-- - Apollo 16 (April 21 '72) [between Craters Theophilus, 55, and Hipparchus]
-- - Apollo 17 (December 11 '72) [Southern extreme of Montes Taurus, 28]
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