Where is the Moon’s south pole exactly located? 🌕 It’s on the rugged rim of Shackleton crater. If you stood on this treacherous spot, you’d see the sunlit rim of the crater, encircling a permanently shadowed abyss that’s four kilometres deep, over twice the depth of the Grand Canyon, covering an area over 337 square kilometres. As we return to the lunar surface, three-dimensional maps like this will help guide astronauts to safe landing sites in the challenging landscape of the Moon’s south pol

• Earth and Sun from the Moon's South Pole 22.10.2021 • This visualization shows the unusual motions of the Earth and Sun as viewed from the South Pole of the Moon. The animation compresses three months (a little over three lunar days) into two minutes. The virtual camera is on the rim of Shackleton Crater, partially visible in the bottom right, and is aimed at the Earth. The mountain on the horizon, about 85 miles away, is unofficially known as Mons Malapert. Here, the Sun glides around the hor