Sinus on The Moon
12 named features carry the IAU descriptor Sinus — a bay-shaped dark plain on The Moon, out of 40 in the mapped Solar System.
Named
12
of 2,023 named places on The Moon — 0.6%
Largest
317 km
Sinus Aestuum
Median size
174 km
Across the 12 with a measured diameter
Named between
1935–2022
IAU approval dates
How sinus on The Moon get their names
The IAU assigns each feature class on each world a naming theme. Across the 12 sinus with a recorded origin, one category covers them all, led by Latin.
Latin12
All 12 sinus on The Moon
Every one has its own page, on the surface it sits on.
Sinus elsewhere in the Solar System
The same descriptor is used on 1 other world, for 28 more features.