Shackleton crater

Reference point · 89.67° S, 129.78° E

Shackleton crater lies at 89.67° S, 129.78° E, 10.0 km from the Moon's south pole. Crater centre, 20.9 km across. Its floor is permanently shadowed.

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The next twelve months

Over the next twelve months, worked out by the Lunar Mission Browser from NASA's LOLA terrain, the Sun is up for a panel at ground level 0% of the time, and a Deep Space Network dish can talk to a lander here 0% of the time. Every 30 days of them are 0% sunlit.

30 days fromSunlitLink to EarthLongest night
17 Oct 20260%0%30.0 days
16 Nov 20260%0%30.0 days
16 Dec 20260%0%30.0 days
15 Jan 20270%0%30.0 days
14 Feb 20270%0%30.0 days
16 Mar 20270%0%30.0 days
15 Apr 20270%0%30.0 days
15 May 20270%0%30.0 days
14 Jun 20270%0%30.0 days
14 Jul 20270%0%30.0 days
13 Aug 20270%0%30.0 days
12 Sept 20270%0%30.0 days

Sunlit: the Sun's disc above the skyline for a panel on the ground. Link: Earth above the skyline and the Moon at least 10° up at a Deep Space Network dish. Each row opens the browser on those 30 days, where a mast, another network or the elevation floor can be changed.

Facts

TypeReference point
Position89.6700° S, 129.7800° E
Distance from the pole10.0 km
Highest point on its skyline23.57° above the horizontal, at azimuth 145°

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