This is a list of craters on the Moon. The large majority of these features are impact craters. In the broadest sense the term impact crater can be applied to any depression natural or manmade resulting from the high velocity impact of a projectile with larger body The crater nomenclature is governed by the International Astronomical Union, and this listing only includes features that are officially recognized by that scientific society. Planetary nomenclature, like terrestrial nomenclature is a system of uniquely identifying features on the surface of a Planet or Natural satellite so that the features

Contents 1 Craters 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

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. This article is about artificial satellites For natural satellites also known as moons see Natural satellite.

Lists of craters on the Moon
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

See also

• Lunar crater locations
• List of features on the Moon
• List of maria on the Moon
• List of mountains on the Moon
• List of valleys on the Moon
• Selenography

References

The following sources were used as references on the individual crater pages. This is a Subset of the List of craters on the Moon. Where a crater formation has associated Satellite craters these are detailed on the main crater description pages This is a Subset of the List of craters on the Moon. Where a crater formation has associated Satellite craters these are detailed on the main crater description pages This is a Subset of the List of craters on the Moon. Where a crater formation has associated Satellite craters these are detailed on the main crater description This is a Subset of the List of craters on the Moon. Where a crater formation has associated Satellite craters these are detailed on the main crater description This is a Subset of the List of craters on the Moon. Where a crater formation has associated Satellite craters these are detailed on the main crater description This is a Subset of the List of craters on the Moon. Where a crater formation has associated Satellite craters these are detailed on the main crater description This is a Subset of the List of craters on the Moon. Where a crater formation has associated Satellite craters these are detailed on the main crater description This is a Subset of the List of craters on the Moon. Where a crater formation has associated Satellite craters these are detailed on the main crater description This is a Subset of the List of craters on the Moon. Where a crater formation has associated Satellite craters these are detailed on the main crater description This is a Subset of the List of craters on the Moon. Where a crater formation has associated Satellite craters these are detailed on the main crater description This is a Subset of the List of craters on the Moon. Where a crater formation has associated Satellite craters these are detailed on the main crater description This is a Subset of the List of craters on the Moon. Where a crater formation has associated Satellite craters these are detailed on the main crater description This is a Subset of the List of craters on the Moon. Where a crater formation has associated Satellite craters these are detailed on the main crater description This is a Subset of the List of craters on the Moon. Where a crater formation has associated Satellite craters these are detailed on the main crater description This is a Subset of the List of craters on the Moon. Where a crater formation has associated Satellite craters these are detailed on the main crater description This is a Subset of the List of craters on the Moon. Where a crater formation has associated Satellite craters these are detailed on the main crater description This is a Subset of the List of craters on the Moon. Where a crater formation has associated Satellite craters these are detailed on the main crater description This is a Subset of the List of craters on the Moon. Where a crater formation has associated Satellite craters these are detailed on the main crater description pages This is a Subset of the List of craters on the Moon. Where a crater formation has associated Satellite craters these are detailed on the main crater description pages This is a Subset of the List of craters on the Moon. Where a crater formation has associated Satellite craters these are detailed on the main crater description This is a Subset of the List of craters on the Moon. Where a crater formation has associated Satellite craters these are detailed on the main crater description This is a Subset of the List of craters on the Moon. Where a crater formation has associated Satellite craters these are detailed on the main crater description This is a Subset of the List of craters on the Moon. Where a crater formation has associated Satellite craters these are detailed on the main crater description This is a Subset of the List of craters on the Moon. Where a crater formation has associated Satellite craters these are detailed on the main crater description This is a Subset of the List of craters on the Moon. Where a crater formation has associated Satellite craters these are detailed on the main crater description This is a Subset of the List of craters on the Moon. Where a crater formation has associated Satellite craters these are detailed on the main crater description The word crater was adopted by Galileo from the Latin word for cup The Moon 's surface is covered in many interesting geological features This is a list of maria (singular mare) on the Moon. It also includes the one oceanus and the features known by the names lacus This is a list of Mountains on the Moon: Mountains These are isolated mountains or Massifs Note that the heights listed below are not The Moon's surface is covered in many interesting features Among these are several large Valleys that have been given names Selenography is the study of the surface and physical features of the Moon.

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• Blue, Jennifer (July 25, 2007). Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS. Retrieved on 2007-08-05. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 642 - Battle of Maserfield - Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Bernicia.
• Bussey, B.; Spudis, P., (2004). Ben J Bussey is a planetary scientist He earned a PhD in Planetary Geology at University College London, England. Paul D Spudis is an American Geologist and lunar scientist In 1976 he earned a B 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.  
• McDowell, Jonathan (July 15, 2007). Lunar Nomenclature. Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved on 2007-10-24. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 69 - Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Antonius Primus the commander of the Danube armies loyal to Vespasian, defeat
• 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: 136. doi:10.1007/BF00171763. A digital object identifier ( DOI) is a permanent identifier given to an Electronic document.  
• Moore, Patrick (2001). Sir Alfred Patrick Caldwell-Moore, CBE, HonFRS, FRAS (born 4 March 1923 in Pinner) known as Patrick Moore, is On the Moon. Sterling Publishing Co. . ISBN 0-304-35469-4.  
• Price, Fred W. (1988). The Moon observer's handbook. Cambridge University Press.  
• Rükl, Antonín (1990). Antonín Rükl (born 1932 is an Astronomer, Cartographer, and Author from the Czech Republic. Atlas of the Moon. Kalmbach Books. ISBN 0-913135-17-8.  
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• Wlasuk, Peter T. (2000). Observing the Moon. Springer. ISBN 1852331933.  

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
• 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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