List of craters on the Moon
This is a
list of craters on the Moon. The large majority of these features are
impact craters. The
crater nomenclature is governed by the
International Astronomical Union, and this listing only includes features that are officially recognized by that body.
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.
*
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-ZThe following sources were used as references on the individual crater pages.
* L. E. Andersson and
Ewen A. Whitaker,
NASA Catalogue of Lunar Nomenclature,
NASA RP-1097,
1982, no ISBN.
*
Ben Bussey and
Paul Spudis,
The Clementine Atlas of the Moon, Cambridge University Press,
2004, ISBN 0521815282.
* Elijah E. Cocks and Josiah C. Cocks,
Who's Who on the Moon: A Biographical Dictionary of Lunar Nomenclature, Tudor Publishers,
1995, ISBN 0936389273.
*
Patrick Moore,
On the Moon, Sterling Publishing Co.,
2001 edition, ISBN 0304354694.
* Fred W. Price,
The Moon observer's handbook, Cambridge University Press,
1988.
*
Antonín Rükl,
Atlas of the Moon, Kalmbach Books,
1990, ISBN 0913135178.
*
Rev. T. W. Webb,
Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes, rev. 6, Dover,
1962, ISBN 0-486-20917-2.
* Ewen A. Whitaker,
Mapping and Naming the Moon, Cambridge University Press,
1999, ISBN 0521622484.
*
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*
Origin of lunar nomenclature*
Planetary nomenclatureThe 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.
