Chang'e 4

Landed

Facts last verified against primary sources on 2026-10-10

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Facts

Operator: CNSA
Country: CN
Type: lander
Launch: 2018-12-07 18:23 UTC
Landing: 2019-01-03 02:26 UTC

Landing site

Von Kármán crater (South Pole-Aitken basin, far side) · 45.4562°S 177.5885°E ± 13 m

Soft landing · source: lroc.im-ldi.com

Landed

Planned landing site

Crash or hard landing

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Timeline

2018-12-07 18:23 UTCLaunch (Long March 3B, Xichang)
2019-01-03 02:26 UTCLanding in Von Kármán crater

Links

CNSA (English)official
LROC: Chang'e 4 Lander Coordinatesdata
LROC: Keeps on Roving! (refined lander coordinates)data

Sources

Generated 2026-10-10T00:00:00Z

Coordinates are LROC's refined lander position (45.4562°S, 177.5885°E, ±13 m) from LROC post 1168; earlier LROC post 1087 gave 45.457°S, 177.589°E ±20 m. Launch 02:23 Beijing time 8 Dec 2018 (18:23 UTC 7 Dec) per The Planetary Society; landing 10:26 Beijing time (02:26 UTC) 3 Jan 2019 as announced by CNSA (Xinhua via CAST); LROC confirms the landing date. Status 'landed' describes location only: no 2026 CNSA operations update was found, so current operational health is not verified. atlas_deep_link is for map display only; the Atlas south-polar grid does not reach this latitude.