Mare Humorum
[ hyoo-mer-uhm, hyoo-mawr-, -mohr- ]
noun
(Sea of Moisture) a dark plain in the third quadrant of the face of the moon: about 45,000 sq. mi. (117,000 sq. km).
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How to use Mare Humorum in a sentence
Toward the southeast appears the notably dark, rounded area of the Mare Humorum inclosed by highlands and rings.
Pleasures of the telescope | Garrett ServissVitello has a bright central mountain and gains conspicuousness from its position at the edge of the dark Mare Humorum.
Pleasures of the telescope | Garrett ServissMersenius is a very conspicuous ring, forty miles in diameter, east of the Mare Humorum.
Pleasures of the telescope | Garrett Serviss
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