(Description below)
NEAR SIDE OF THE MOON
click here for far side
The distinct bright ray crater at the bottom of the image is the Tycho impact basin. The bright spot just NW of the center is the crater Copernicus. The dark areas are lava-rock-filled impact basins: Oceanus Procellarum (on the left), Mare Imbrium (center left), Mare Serenitatis and Mare Tranquillitatis (center), and Mare Crisium (near the right edge). Here is a Webpage that allows you to zoom in for high resolution.
Click here to see a movie of the moon as viewed by an observer moving to always be able to see the moon.
