Ground site

The Moon's south pole

Where the Moon's axis comes out. The Sun never climbs more than a degree or two here, so peaks stay lit for most of a month and crater floors stay dark.

Key facts

On

The Moon

Where

90.00° S, 0.00° E

See it from here

This one is standing on the Moon. You will not pick it out by eye from here, however clear the night.

How the map draws it

A named place: nothing is drawn here but a mark at its centre, from the IAU gazetteer; the ground under it is the map itself.