The German Aerospace Center’s (DLR) Moon Atlas – Choose your next observation targets using satellite data from lunar orbit!

Features:
- 88 double-page maps of the entire near side of the Moon
- 40 double-page maps of libration areas
- 17 double-page maps of selected areas of the nearside
- created from a digital elevation model calculated at the DLR
- 100 billion data points from stereo photos and laser surveying
- computer-generated renderings in red-light-compatible color schemes
- each spread features a contour map with the official names from the International Astronomical Union and a shaded topographic map
- depiction of the terminator at sunrise and sunset for each individual map
- profile sections connecting the highest and lowest terrain points
- landing sites of all spacecraft that have reached the Moon from 1959 to 2025
- index of 1,400 lunar features

The DLR Moon Atlas showcases the beauty of lunar landscapes in precise cartographic detail. It also serves as a tool for preparing and interpreting observations without dictating the user’s perspective.

Alongside the English-language ebook edition, a printed German-language edition is available, without the maps of the libration regions and detailed maps of selected areas on the near side of the Moon.


PDF Download, 325 pages, 30 cm x 21 cm, full color throughout, ISBN 978-3-949370-31-1, May 2026 (1st edition)

Author

Dr. Martin Knapmeyer, born in 1967, studied geophysics in Frankfurt and earned his doctorate in Bochum with a thesis on an imaging seismological study of the Hellenic subduction zone. As a scientist at the German Aerospace Center (DLR), he was involved in seismic experiments for the ESA Rosetta mission on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and the NASA InSight mission on Mars. He is one of the recipients of the 2023 AAAS Newcomb-Cleveland Prize, awarded for the seismological survey of Mars’s iron core. His fascination with the Moon was sparked by the Apollo missions, though his first homemade maps actually pointed the way to secret pirate treasures.