2. Apollo 11 Site: Earth-based telescopic view

The arrow points to the landing site in the southern portion of Mare Tranquillitatis. The two large craters near the middle of the lower margin of the photograph are Theophilus and Cyrillus. The rim of Theophilus Crater truncates (cuts across) the rim of Cyrillus Crater, indicating that Theophilus is the younger crater. Ejecta from Theophilus may be present in the vicinity of the Apollo 11 landing site. Craters in the vicinity of the landing site include Moltke (the bright-rayed crater to the lower right of the arrow), Sabine (left of arrow) and Maskelyne (upper right of arrow).

Consolidated Lunar Atlas photograph E9. [Reference: Kuiper, G.P., E.A. Whitaker, R.G. Strom, J.W. Fountain, and S.M. Larson (1967)].Consolidated Lunar Atlas: Supplement Numbers 3 and 4 to the USAF Photographic Lunar Atlas. Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, Tucson, Arizona.

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