Andromeda
Log inJoin

Impact on the Moon

LADEE

Open in Ouranos

Studied the Moon's thin air and dust, and was flown into its far side when it was done.

At the Moon.

Measured

Hit
2014
Agency
NASA
Where
11.849°N, 93.249°W 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: crater left by its impact.

Where this comes from

  • LROC Coordinates of Lunar Anthropogenic Features, 28 July 2016 (Wagner et al., Icarus 283:92–103): measured from LRO images, good to metres. Year from NSSDCA.
  • 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.