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Mare Nubium

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lunar mare

Key facts

Diameter
715 km (444 mi)
Eponym
Sea of Clouds

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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.

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