Key facts
- Diameter
- 715 km (444 mi)
- Eponym
- Sea of Clouds
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- lunar mare
- Named after
- cloud
- Image
- Mare Nubium.jpg
- Length
- 715
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- Mare Nubium
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Encyclopedic overview
Oblique view of northern Mare Nubium from Apollo 16. Volcanic feature in Mare Nubium
Mare Nubium /ˈnjuːbiəm/ (Latin nūbium, the "sea of clouds") is a lunar mare in the Nubium basin on the Moon's near side. The mare is located just to the southeast of Oceanus Procellarum.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mare Nubium” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.