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All images are oriented with the Lunar North at the top and the Lunar West to the left. The Lunar features are usually listed by their Latin names as taken from Rukl 2004.

(See also The Lunar 100)

Lunar Feature Lunar Age in days (rounded down) Thumbnail Image Comments
Mare Cognitum 23 days Mare Cognitum is in the center of the image. The crater at the top edge is Lansberg.
Mare Fecunditatis, Mare Spumans 5 days Mare Fecunditatis is the large Mare occupying the left half of the image. Mare Spumans is the small Mare to the right of center. Langrenus is the large crater at the bottom of the image.
Mare Humorum 10 days  
Mare Humorum 11.6 days  
Mare Humorum 23 days  
Mare Humorum 23.66 days  
Mare Nectaris 5 days  
Mare Nectaris-Mare Fecunditatis 6 days Montage showing Mare Nectaris and Mare Fecunditatis.
Mare Nectaris 8 days  
Mare Nubium

 
10 days Bullialdus is the prominent crater with the central peak left of center.
Mare Serenitatis 9.3 days  
Menelaus 12 days Menelaus is the bright crater near bottom center with a ray running through it. Mare Serenitatis lies to the North. The bright crater in the lower left hand corner is Manilius.
Meton 7 days Meton is the large crater near the top of the image just East of the terminator. Aristotle and Eudoxus are the prominent craters in the center of the image.
Mon Piton, Cassin 9.7 days  
Mons Piton, Cassini 10 days  
Montes Caucasus 9 days  
Montes Caucasus 9.7 days  
Montes Pyrenaeus 5.5 days  
Montes Recti, Montes Teneriffe   Plato is the large flat crater. Directly South of Plato is Mons Pico. To the West of isolated Pico are the Teneriffe Mountains and further to the West are the Montes Recti. Mare Frigoris runs East and West North of Plato and Mare Imbrium occupies the lower half of the image.
Montes Riphaeus 10 days The Montes Riphaeus are in the center of the image. The peaked crater at the top is Lansberg.
Moretus, Cysatus 10 days Moretus is the peaked crater. Just to the North of it is Cysatus.
Moretus, Newton 10 days  
Mount Clementine 14.1 days

The features around the Moon's South Pole are labeled.

Mount Clementine is on the far side of the Moon beyond the South Pole of the Moon. It was visible at a favorable libration on December 23, 2007.
Neander and Rheita 4.5 days  
Olbers 22 days Olbers is the bright craters with rays.
Orientale basin and Western Limb of the Moon at Full Moon   14.7 days

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LA - Lacus Autumni; MC - Montes Cordillera; LAe - Lacus Aestatis; MR - Montes Rook