Rupes Altai

Rupes Altai is a facility located in the southeast quadrant of the Moon front step in the terrain. Your selenographic coordinates loud 24 ° S and 23 ° E. The length of the formation is 550 km.

The southeastern edge of the cliff begins at the western edge of the crater Piccolomini. From there, it extends in an irregular curve to the north and reaches a height of nearly one kilometer. The arc ends in the north in an irregular area with no clear boundary, which is framed by the distinctive craters Theophilus, Cyrillus and Catharina. Rupes Altai forms the southwestern boundary of the Mare Nectaris impact basin.

The structure is difficult to detect during the full moon phase, because then the sun is at its zenith. The best you recognize them when the terminator is close and the sunlight is incident at a shallow angle.