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Some Moon objects

• Maria (Seas) – actually territories that are plains
  • Oceanus Procellarum = Ocean of Storms
  • Mare Frigoris = Sea of Cold
  • Mare Imbrium = Sea of Showers
  • Mare Fecunditatis = Sea of Fecundity
  • Mare Tranquillitatis = Sea of Tranquility
  • Mare Nubium = Sea of Clouds
  • Mare Serenitatis = Sea of Serenity
  • Mare Australe = Southern Sea
  • Mare Insularum = Sea of Islands
  • Mare Marginis = Sea of the Edge
  • Mare Crisium = Sea of Crises
  • Lacus Veris = Lake of Spring
  • Mare Humorum = Sea of Moisture or Humors
  • Lacus Somniorum = Lake of Dreams
  • Mare Cognitum = Sea of Knowledge
  • Sinus Medii = Bay of the center
  • Mare Nectaris = Sea of Nectar
  • Mare Orientale = Eastern Sea
  • Mare Ingenii = Sea of Cleverness
  • Sinus Aestuum = Seething Bay
  • Mare Humboldtianum = Sea of Alexander von Humboldt
  • Mare Vaporum = Sea of Vapors
  • Mare Undarum = Sea of Waves
  • Sinus Iridum = Bay of Rainbows
  • Sinus Asperitatis = Bay of Roughness
  • Sinus Roris = Bay of Dew
  • Lacus Excellentiae = Lake of Excellence
  • Lacus Autumni = Lake of Autumn
  • Palus Putredinis = Marsh of Decay
  • Lacus Mortis = Lake of Death
  • Mare Anguis = Serpent Sea
  • Palus Somni = Marsh of Sleep
  • Sinus Concordiae = Bay of Harmony
  • Mare Spumans = Foaming Sea
  • Lacus Solitudinis = Lake of Solitude
  • Sinus Successus = Bay of Success
  • Sinus Amoris = Bay of Love
  • Sinus Lunicus = Lunik Bay
  • Lacus Temporis = Lake of Time
  • Lacus Timoris = Lake of Fear
  • Lacus Gaudii = Lake of Joy
  • Lacus Doloris = Lake of Sorrow
  • Sinus Honoris = Bay of Honor
  • Lacus Bonitatis = Lake of Goodness
  • Lacus Aestatis = Lake of Summer
  • Lacus Felicitatis = Lake of Happiness
  • Lacus Lenitatis = Lake of Softness
  • Lacus Spei = Lake of Hope
  • Lacus Odii = Lake of Hatred
  • Lacus Perseverantiae = Lake of Perseverance
  • Sinus Fidei = Bay of Trust
  • Sinus Viscositatis = Bay of Stickiness
  • Lacus Hiemalis = Lake of Winter
  • Lacus Luxuriae = Lake of Luxury
  • Lacus Oblivionis = Lake of Forgetfulness
• Craters
  There are thousands of craters on the moon. The largest have their own names. Here are some of them.
  • Albategnius
  • Apollo
  • Archimedes
  • Aristarchus
  • Aristoteles
    
  • Babbage
  • Bailly
  • Clavius
    
  • Copernicus
  • Curie
  • Darwin
  • Einstein
  • Fermi
  • Fra Mauro
  • Gamow
    
  • Humboldt
  • Icarus
    
  • Janssen
  • Jules Verne
  • Korolev
    
  • Langrenus
  • Leibnitz
    
  • Longomontanus
  • Lorentz
    
  • Mach
  • Maginus
    
  • Metius
    
  • Moretus
    
  • Newton
  • Oppenheimer
  • Petavius
    
  • Picard
    
  • Piccolomini
    
  • Pitatus
    
  • Plinius
  • Planck
  • Plato
  • Poincaré
  • Rheita
  • Riccioli
  • Röntgen
    
  • Russell
    
  • Schickard
  • Schrödinger
    
  • Seleucus
  • Sklodowska
    
  • Stadius
    
  • Stöfler
    
  • Thebit
    
  • Theophilus
  • Tsiolkovskiy
    
  • Tycho
    
  • Vendelinus
  • Vernadskiy
  • Volta
    
  • Wargentin
  • Wiener
  • Xenophanes
  • Zeeman
    
• Lunar mountains
  • Mouton
    
  • Esam
    
  • Hadley
    
  • Bradley
    
  • Hadley Delta
    
  • Blanc
    
  • Wolff
    
  • Ampère
    
  • Huygens
    
  • Pico
    
  • Vitruvius
    
  • Pitón

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