Lunar Grid Reference System · 25-km cell

BDC

A permanent 25 × 25 km cell of the NASA/USGS lunar grid, centered at 81.618°S, 159.775°E. Spans 82.144°S to 81.085°S, 156.038°E to 163.301°E.

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Reference

Cell code
BDC
Center (full LGRS, 1 m)
BDC1249912500
Region
Lunar Polar Stereographic (polar)

Named features in or near this cell

Permanently shadowed regions

This cell contains 1 permanently shadowed region covering 6.9 percent of its area.

Permanently shadowed regions of 5 square km and more from the LROC PSR mosaics' LOLA-derived shapefiles (Brown et al. 2022, NASA PDS), 75 to 90 degrees.

Nearest surface missions

  • Artemis III candidate region: Slater Plain189 km
  • Artemis III candidate region: de Gerlache Rim 2296 km
  • Artemis III candidate region: Nobile Rim 2340 km