Shackleton crater rim

South pole · Artemis · on the Moon, 89.44° S, 137.30° W

The ridge beside Shackleton crater at the Moon's south pole, where the Artemis missions plan to land. The Sun never climbs more than a degree or two: it circles the whole horizon once a month, lighting the peaks almost all the time while the crater floor below has not seen sunlight in billions of years. The Earth grazes the horizon, rising and setting with the Moon's wobble.

Stand at Shackleton crater rim in Stellingo: the ground is shaped from orbiter elevation maps and photos, the hardware is placed where it really is, and the sky above — the Sun, the Earth, the stars — is the real one, at any date you choose.