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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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.

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: Template:Div col

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

Prominent craters

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

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See also

• List of craters on the far side of the moon
• 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

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

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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.