Lunar “Bays” (Sinus)
Lunar “Bays” (Sinus)
Adapted from the International Astronomical Union Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
The following table lists all named lunar “bays” (Sinus). Click on a name to display the Moon centred on that feature.
Name Lat. Long. Diam. (km) Translation Sinus Aestuun 10.9N 8.8W 290.0 Seething Bay Sinus Amoris 18.1N 39.1E 130.0 Bay of Love Sinus Asperitatis 3.8S 27.4E 206.0 Bay of Roughness Sinus Concordiae 10.8N 43.2E 142.0 Bay of Harmony Sinus Fidei 18.0N 2.0E 70.0 Bay of Trust Sinus Honoris 11.7N 18.1E 109.0 Bay of Honour Sinus Iridum 44.1N 31.5W 236.0 Bay of Rainbows Sinus Lunicus 31.8N 1.4W 126.0 Lunik Bay (Luna 2 impact site, 13th September 1959) Sinus Medii 2.4N 1.7E 335.0 Bay of the Centre Sinus Roris 54.0N 56.6W 202.0 Bay of Dew Sinus Successus 0.9N 59.0E 132.0 Bay of Success