Mare Nectaris is a small lunar mare or sea located south of Mare Tranquillitatis southwest of Mare Fecunditatis, on the near side of the Moon. Montes Pyrenaeus borders the mare to the east and Sinus Asperitatis fuses to its northwestern edge. It is 84,000 square kilometers in size.
Mare Nectaris
View from Apollo 8
Selenochromatic Image (Si) of Mare Nectaris area
Oblique view facing southeast, from Apollo 11. The large crater right of center is Theophilus, and Mädler is to its left. Fracastorius is near the central horizon, and the white mountain on the horizon at right is part of the Rupes Altai. The teardrop-shaped crater in the lower left is Torricelli.
Mare Tranquillitatis is a lunar mare that sits within the Tranquillitatis basin on the Moon. It is the first location on another celestial body to be visited by humans.
The Sea of Tranquility of the Moon
A view of the Apollo 11 landing site at center, facing west, with Maskelyne crater in right foreground
The Moon with Mare Tranquillitatis highlighted and the first crewed lunar landing marked.
Buzz Aldrin salutes the U.S. flag on Mare Tranquillitatis during Apollo 11 in 1969.