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Sinus on the Moon
A related set of features are the Sinus (Bay).
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- on the Moon, a sinus (Latin for “bay”) refers to a small plain that typically appears as a bay – like extension of a larger lunar mare (or “sea”).
- these features are remnants of ancient impact craters that were later flooded by basaltic lava, giving them their smooth, dark appearance.
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Name – Name Origin / Latitude Longitude / Dimension km / miles / map (from USGS)
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- Sinus Aestuum – Seething Bay / 10.9° N 8.8° W 290 km / 181 miles / map
- Sinus Amoris – Bay of Love / 18.1° N 39.1° E 130 km / 81 miles / map
- Sinus Asperitatis – Bay of Roughness / 3.8° S 27.4° E / 206 km / 129 miles / map
- Sinus Concordiae – Bay of Harmony / 10.8° N 43.2° E / 142 km / 89 miles / map
- Sinus Fidei – Bay of Trust / 18.0° N 2.0° E / 70 km / 44 miles / map
- Sinus Honoris – Bay of Honor / 11.7° N 18.1° E / 109 km / 68 miles / map
- Sinus Iridium – Bay of Rainbows / 44.1° N 31.5° W / 236 km / 148 miles / map (photo)
- Sinus Lunicus – Lunik Bay / 31.8° N 1.4° W / 126 km / 79 miles / map
- Sinus Medii – Bay of the Center / 2.4° N 1.7° E / 335 km / 209 miles / map
- Sinus Roris – Bay of Dew / 54.0° N 56.6° W / 202 km / 126 miles / map
- Sinus Successus – Bay of Success / 0.9° N 59.0° E / 132 km / 83 miles / map
- Sinus Viscositatis – Bay of Stickiness / 35.2° N 40.9° W / 68 km / 42 miles / map
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(Blue Sinus text = photos attached)
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Lists of Moon features by Derek Rowley
My Astrophotography by Derek Rowley
- Moonlit (disk illumination)
- Earthshine
- Moon Conjunctions
- Moon Occultations
- Moon Eclipses
- Moon illusion
- Lunar V & X (terminator shadow formation)
- Moon Map (Lists of A-Z Craters on the Moon)
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