| | The six-day-old crescent Moon
 The six-day-old Moon Often, it is not the largest lunar features that are the easiest to see. To the west of the Mare Crisium is a small but prominent ray crater, Proclus (3), two of whose rays define a diamond shape called the Palus Somnii (4). The three adjoining craters of Theophilus (5), Cyrillus (6) and Catharina (7) are also easy to spot, and are probably shown on Harriot's first drawing. Near them is a ridge called the Altai Scarp (8). Other craters are: 1 Hercules 2 Atlas 9 Piccolomini 10 Janssen 11 Fracastorius For a map showing several hundred labelled features, go to our interactive Moon map. | |  | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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