List of craters on the Moon

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The large and relatively young lunar impact crater Tycho taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.[1]

This is a list of named lunar craters, which are a small proportion of the overall crater population. Most of these features are impact craters; only some pertain to volcanism on the Moon. The crater nomenclature is governed by the International Astronomical Union, and this listing only includes features that are officially recognized by that scientific society.

List of craters on the Moon

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## Craters

The lunar craters are listed in the following subsections. Where a formation has associated satellite craters, these are detailed on the main crater description pages.

### Catalog

Lunar craters are listed alphabetically on the following partial lists:

* Astronomy:List of craters on the Moon: A–B
* Astronomy:List of craters on the Moon: C–F
* Astronomy:List of craters on the Moon: G–K
* Astronomy:List of craters on the Moon: L–N
* Astronomy:List of craters on the Moon: O–Q
* Astronomy:List of craters on the Moon: R–S
* Astronomy:List of craters on the Moon: T–Z

### Prominent craters

Locations and diameters of some prominent craters on the near side of the Moon:

* Albategnius (131 km)

* Aristarchus (40 km)

* Aristoteles (88 km)

* Bailly (301 km)

* Clavius (231 km)

* Copernicus (96 km)

* Fra Mauro (97 km)

* Humboldt (199 km)

* Janssen (201 km)

* Langrenus (132 km)

* Longomontanus (146 km)

* Maginus (156 km)

* Metius (84 km)

* Moretus (114 km)

* Petavius (184 km)

* Picard (22 km)

* Piccolomini (88 km)

* Pitatus (101 km)

* Plinius (41 km)

* Rheita (71 km)

* Russell (103 km)

* Schickard (212 km)

* Seleucus (45 km)

* Stadius (68 km)

* Stöfler (130 km)

* Thebit (55 km)

* Theophilus (99 km)

* Tycho (85 km)

* Vendelinus (141 km)

* Wargentin (85 km)

## See also

* List of craters on the far side of the moon
* List of craters on the moon with fractured floors
* List of lunar features
* List of people with craters of the Moon named after them
* List of maria on the Moon
* List of mountains on the Moon
* List of valleys on the Moon
* Selenography

## References

1. ↑ "Using the Moon as a mirror — Hubble to watch transit of Venus in reflected light". ESA/Hubble Picture of the Week. http://spacetelescope.org/images/potw1219a.

The following sources were used as references on the individual crater pages.

* Andersson, L. E.; Whitaker, E. A. (1982). NASA Catalogue of Lunar Nomenclature. NASA RP-1097.
* Blue, Jennifer (July 25, 2007). "Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature". USGS. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/.
* Bussey, B.; Spudis, P. (2004). The Clementine Atlas of the Moon. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-81528-2.
* Cocks, Elijah E.; Cocks, Josiah C. (1995). Who's Who on the Moon: A Biographical Dictionary of Lunar Nomenclature. Tudor Publishers. ISBN 0-936389-27-3. https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780936389271.
* McDowell, Jonathan (July 15, 2007). "Lunar Nomenclature". Jonathan's Space Report. http://host.planet4589.org/astro/lunar/.
* Menzel, Donald H. (February 1971). "Final Report on NGR 22-007-194, Lunar Nomenclature". NASA. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19710009151_1971009151.pdf.
* Menzel, D. H.; Minnaert, M.; Levin, B.; Dollfus, A.; Bell, B. (1971). "Report on Lunar Nomenclature by The Working Group of Commission 17 of the IAU". Space Science Reviews 12 (2): 136. doi:10.1007/BF00171763. Bibcode: 1971SSRv...12..136M.
* Moore, Patrick (2001). On the Moon. Sterling Publishing Co.. ISBN 0-304-35469-4. https://archive.org/details/patrickmooreonmo00patr.
* Price, Fred W. (1988). The Moon observer's handbook. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-33500-0.
* Atlas of the Moon. Kalmbach Books. 1990. ISBN 0-913135-17-8.
* Webb, Rev. T. W. (1962). Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes (6th revised ed.). Dover. ISBN 0-486-20917-2. https://archive.org/details/celestialobjects00webb.
* Mapping and Naming the Moon. Cambridge University Press. 1999. ISBN 0-521-62248-4.
* Wlasuk, Peter T. (2000). Observing the Moon. Springer. ISBN 1-85233-193-3.

## External links

The following reference sites were also used during the assembly of the crater information.

* Astronomica Langrenus — Italian Lunar Web Site
* Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
* Moon map. List of craters on the Moon
* Lunar Atlases at the Lunar & Planetary Institute
* Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon
* Lunar Nomenclature
* Lunar Photo of the Day by Charles A. Wood et al.

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