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Mare Serenitatis
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Mare Serenitatis is a lunar mare located to the east of Mare Imbrium on the Moon. Its diameter is 674 km.
Photograph of Mare Serenitatis
Photograph of Mare Serenitatis
These are three views of Mare Serenitatis, taken by the mapping camera of the Apollo 17 mission in 1972, facing north-northeast from an average altitu
These are three views of Mare Serenitatis, taken by the mapping camera of the Apollo 17 mission in 1972, facing north-northeast from an average altitude of 107 km. At the right is the east margin of Mare Serenitatis, with the 95 km diameter crater Posidonius at the central horizon, the basalt-flooded Le Monnier crater to the south, the mare ridge (or wrinkle ridge) Dorsa Aldrovandi at center, Littrow crater at the right, and the landing site of Apollo 17 in the lower right corner in the
Some of the strongest tonal, color, and structural contrasts among mare materials occur in Mare Serenitatis. This color Apollo 17 image shows that the
Some of the strongest tonal, color, and structural contrasts among mare materials occur in Mare Serenitatis. This color Apollo 17 image shows that the dark materials were emplaced before the lighter materials near the top.
Man in the Moon
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In many cultures, several pareidolic images of a human face, head or body are recognized in the disc of the full moon; they are generally known as the Man in the Moon. The images are based on the appe
Mare Serenitatis
…surface on 11 April 2019. Its final resting place was about 33°N, 19°E, near to the centre of the mare. Mare Serenitatis forms one of the eyes for the Man in the Moon. Mare Serenitatis is mentioned in Arthur C. Clarke's 1951 short story "The Sentinel…
The Man in the Moon is struck by a spacecraft in the Georges Méliès 1902 fantasy film Le Voyage dans la Lune
The Man in the Moon is struck by a spacecraft in the Georges Méliès 1902 fantasy film Le Voyage dans la Lune
Near full moon over Berlin, Germany, in December 2015, approximately 30 minutes after moonrise
Near full moon over Berlin, Germany, in December 2015, approximately 30 minutes after moonrise
Common interpretation of the Man in the Moon as seen from the Northern Hemisphere
Common interpretation of the Man in the Moon as seen from the Northern Hemisphere
Moon's appearance for same longitude, but different hemispheres, 30 minutes after moonrise (generated model)
Moon's appearance for same longitude, but different hemispheres, 30 minutes after moonrise (generated model)