But I still find it utterly weird that they were still using the "astronomical" convention for lunar latitude and longitude at a time when astronauts were literally walking on the Moon's surface, as if they'd been transported into a star map. That's why the craters just east of the Apollo 11 landing site were called West Crater and Little West Crater.
I recall there's at least one recording of an astronaut walking around on the Moon joking about how here East is West and West is East.
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