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Oceanus Procellarum3.02° S, 23.42° W

The spot where the Apollo 12 astronauts landed in 1969, about 180 metres from the robot lander Surveyor 3, which had been there since 1967.

Latin for “Ocean of Storms”. A huge, dark plain on the Moon. Early astronomers thought dark areas like this were oceans, but they are plains of old volcanic rock.

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Near Flamsteed crater, Oceanus Procellarum2.47° S, 43.34° W

A small crater on the Moon, about 19 km wide, named after John Flamsteed, a British astronomer who lived from 1646 to 1719.

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Southwest Mare Tranquillitatis1.46° N, 23.19° E

Latin for “Sea of Tranquility”. A wide, dark, smooth plain on the Moon. Early astronomers thought it was a sea, but it is made of old volcanic rock.

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Sinus Medii0.47° N, 1.43° W

Latin for “Bay of the Center”. A small, smooth plain close to the middle of the Moon’s face as we see it from Earth.

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North of Tycho crater40.98° S, 11.51° W

A crater on the Moon, about 86 km wide, named after Tycho Brahe, a Danish astronomer who lived from 1546 to 1601.

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Tranquility Base, Mare Tranquillitatis0.67° N, 23.47° E

The place where Apollo 11 landed. Its official Latin name is Statio Tranquillitatis. “Statio” is the word used on maps for a spacecraft landing site.

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Fra Mauro highlands3.64° S, 17.48° W

A crater on the Moon, about 97 km wide, named after Fra Mauro, an Italian geographer who died in 1459. Apollo 14 landed in the Fra Mauro highlands.

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Hadley–Apennine26.13° N, 3.63° E

Apollo 15’s landing area, beside Hadley Rille, a long, winding channel, and the Apennine mountains, which are named after the Apennines on Earth. Mons Hadley is named after John Hadley, a British instrument maker.

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Descartes Highlands8.98° S, 15.50° E

Hilly highlands on the Moon where Apollo 16 landed. The nearby Descartes crater is named after René Descartes, a French mathematician and philosopher (1596–1650).

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Taurus–Littrow valley20.19° N, 30.76° E

The valley where Apollo 17 landed, named by its astronauts. It joins the Taurus Mountains, named after Earth’s Taurus Mountains, and Littrow crater, named after astronomer Johann von Littrow.