Interactive lunar atlas
Copernicus: Earth-facing · sunlight altitude -42.9° · 7 November 2026 at 12:00 UTC.
Lunar imagery: NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio, Ernie Wright, LRO/LROC. The sunlight model places the Sun on the lunar equator; real solar latitude varies by about 1.5°.
Features near the terminator
Earth-facing features with sunlight from 0° to 10°. Low sunlight shows crater shadows. The next hourly sampled opportunity for Copernicus is 18 November 2026 at 16:00 UTC.
| Feature | Sun altitude | Latitude | Longitude |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harding | 5.73 | 43.54 | -71.66 |
| Hermite | 1.89 | 86.17 | -93.32 |
| Briggs A | 8.93 | 27.12 | -73.78 |
| Hevelius E | 2.04 | 2.96 | -65.78 |
| Galilaei G | 3.43 | 12.65 | -67.26 |
| Galilaei S | 1.00 | 15.46 | -64.77 |
| Rocca Q | 5.21 | -15.29 | -69.14 |
| Lavoisier A | 7.60 | 36.97 | -73.26 |
| Lavoisier L | 8.62 | 39.74 | -74.98 |
| Rocca M | 6.92 | -14.57 | -70.89 |
| Rozhdestvenskiy | 4.99 | 84.99 | -157.89 |
| Planitia Descensus | 0.41 | 7.18 | -64.15 |
| Vallis Baade | 9.40 | -45.55 | -77.23 |
| Vallis Inghirami | 6.36 | -43.95 | -72.59 |
| Catena Sylvester | 3.31 | 79.99 | -83.12 |
| Catena Krafft | 8.23 | 14.91 | -72.25 |
| Struve G | 9.38 | 23.90 | -74.00 |
| Rima Cardanus | 7.26 | 11.32 | -71.14 |
| Rimae Hevelius | 2.64 | 0.81 | -66.38 |
| Rimae Grimaldi | 0.16 | -6.18 | -63.90 |
| Rimae Darwin | 2.75 | -19.84 | -66.66 |
| Rimae Riccioli | 9.33 | -1.52 | -73.07 |
| Hevelius L | 6.74 | 2.04 | -70.48 |
| Bailly | 2.03 | -66.82 | -68.90 |
| Brianchon | 6.29 | 74.75 | -88.36 |
| Briggs | 4.88 | 26.45 | -69.19 |
| Byrgius | 1.49 | -24.73 | -65.38 |
| Cardanus | 8.53 | 13.27 | -72.50 |
| Cleostratus | 6.72 | 60.32 | -77.40 |
| Cavalerius | 3.18 | 5.10 | -66.93 |
| Crüger | 3.09 | -16.68 | -66.96 |
| Darwin | 5.14 | -19.93 | -69.21 |
| Dechen | 3.08 | 46.12 | -68.18 |
| Desargues | 3.26 | 70.25 | -73.42 |
| Eddington | 7.70 | 21.50 | -72.02 |
| Froelich | 7.40 | 80.00 | -111.63 |
| Hevelius | 3.72 | 2.20 | -67.46 |
| Inghirami | 3.52 | -47.49 | -68.95 |
| Krafft | 8.61 | 16.56 | -72.72 |
| Lacus Aestatis | 4.67 | -14.83 | -68.57 |
| Lagrange | 6.49 | -32.60 | -71.45 |
| Lamarck | 5.81 | -23.12 | -70.06 |
| Lichtenberg | 3.38 | 31.85 | -67.72 |
| Lohrmann | 3.65 | -0.44 | -67.38 |
| Lovelace | 5.67 | 82.08 | -109.51 |
| Hevelius B | 5.24 | 1.36 | -68.98 |
| Oenopides | 0.25 | 57.13 | -64.20 |
| Piazzi | 3.45 | -36.16 | -68.01 |
| Pascal | 1.85 | 74.36 | -70.63 |
| Pingré | 5.30 | -58.64 | -73.95 |
| Repsold | 9.11 | 51.31 | -78.41 |
| Rocca | 8.93 | -12.89 | -72.89 |
| Lohrmann B | 5.80 | -0.75 | -69.54 |
| Seleucus | 2.73 | 21.09 | -66.66 |
| Sylvester | 2.20 | 82.65 | -81.22 |
| Xenophanes | 9.70 | 57.49 | -82.01 |
| Bailly M | 1.82 | -61.16 | -67.51 |
| Bailly C | 2.70 | -65.79 | -70.34 |
| Bailly D | 3.61 | -65.25 | -72.38 |
| Bailly E | 0.93 | -62.45 | -65.75 |
First60 matching features shown; narrow the name filter. Feature names and coordinates: IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, USGS. Geocentric libration sets the surface view; observer coordinates set its horizon-relative rotation.
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