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 scientific society.

Craters

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

ee 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.

* cite book
author=Andersson, L. E.; Whitaker, E. A.,
year=1982 | title=NASA Catalogue of Lunar Nomenclature
publisher=NASA RP-1097
* cite web
last=Blue | first=Jennifer | date=July 25, 2007
url=http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/
title=Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
publisher=USGS | accessdate=2007-08-05
* cite book
author=Bussey, B.; Spudis, P.,
year=2004 | title=The Clementine Atlas of the Moon
publisher=Cambridge University Press | location=New York
id=ISBN 0-521-81528-2
* cite book
author=Cocks, Elijah E.; Cocks, Josiah C.
year=1995
title=Who's Who on the Moon: A Biographical Dictionary of Lunar Nomenclature
publisher=Tudor Publishers | id=ISBN 0-936389-27-3
* cite web
last=McDowell | first=Jonathan | date=July 15, 2007
url=http://host.planet4589.org/astro/lunar/
title=Lunar Nomenclature
publisher=Jonathan's Space Report
accessdate=2007-10-24
*cite web
last=Menzel | first=Donald H. | date=February 1971
url=http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19710009151_1971009151.pdf
title=Final Report on NGR 22-007-194, Lunar Nomenclature
format=PDF | publisher=NASA | accessdate=2008-08-07
* cite journal
author = Menzel, D. H.; Minnaert, M.; Levin, B.; Dollfus, A.; Bell, B.
title=Report on Lunar Nomenclature by The Working Group of Commission 17 of the IAU
journal=Space Science Reviews
year=1971 | volume=12 | pages=136
url=http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1971SSRv...12..136M
doi = 10.1007/BF00171763
* cite book
first=Patrick | last=Moore | authorlink=Patrick Moore
year=2001 | title=On the Moon
publisher=Sterling Publishing Co. | id=ISBN 0-304-35469-4
* cite book
first=Fred W. | last=Price | year=1988
title=The Moon observer's handbook
publisher=Cambridge University Press
* cite book
first=Antonín | last=Rükl | authorlink=Antonín Rükl
year=1990 | title=Atlas of the Moon
publisher=Kalmbach Books
id=ISBN 0-913135-17-8
* cite book
first=Rev. T. W. | last=Webb
authorlink=Thomas William Webb | year=1962
title=Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes
edition=6th revision | publisher=Dover
id=ISBN 0-486-20917-2
* cite book
first=Ewen A. | last=Whitaker | authorlink=Ewen Whitaker
year=1999 | title=Mapping and Naming the Moon
publisher=Cambridge University Press
id=ISBN 0-521-62248-4
* cite book
first=Peter T. | last=Wlasuk
year=2000 | title=Observing the Moon
publisher=Springer
id=ISBN 1852331933

External links

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

* [http://www.rccr.cremona.it/monografie/luna/ Astronomica Langrenus] — Italian Lunar Web Site
* [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/ Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature]
* [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_atlases/ Lunar Atlases] at the Lunar & Planetary Institute
** [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/research/lunar_orbiter/ Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon]
* [http://www.planet4589.org/astro/lunar Lunar Nomenclature]
* [http://www.lpod.org/ Lunar Photo of the Day] by Charles A. Wood "et al".
* [http://www.baltoco.org/wiki/Crater_Baltimore The Crater Baltimore Project] — a Moon work