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Shackleton89.7° S · 21 km across · 4 km deep · floor in permanent shadow
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27 Oct 2026
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Waning Gibbous
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Apollo 11 · Tranquility Base · 21 Jul 1969
Modeled in Blender from NASA LRO color and LOLA elevation data. South pole close-up from LOLA's 80 m polar elevation map.