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Lander on the Moon

Chang'e 4

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The first landing on the Moon's far side, in Von Kármán crater.

At the Moon.

Measured

Landed
2019-01-03
Agency
CNSA
Where
45.456°S, 177.589°E on the Moon

How far, from the Earth

403,000 km. To cross it:

  • Light1.34 seconds
  • Voyager 1's speed6 hours 38 minutes
  • Driving at 100 km/h5.52 months

Voyager 1 at the speed it moved outward over the year to 2026-10-25 (JPL Horizons). Driving: nonstop, never refuelling.

Facts

  • Status: landed with the Yutu-2 rover; operating status not verified.

Where this comes from

  • LROC (lroc.im-ldi.com/images/1100): 45.4561°S, 177.5885°E from an LROC stereo terrain model, good to a few metres.
  • Apollo sites: NSSDCA (NASA) from LRO images, Wagner et al. 2017. Other Moon sites: LROC, Wagner et al. 2017. Chang'e sites: LROC, NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University. Mars: NASA/JPL-Caltech; InSight: Golombek et al. 2020.

Every catalogue Ouranos draws is credited on the credits page.