This is a list of craters on the Moon. The large majority of these features are impact crater

Impact crater

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 a larger body...

s. The crater nomenclature

Planetary nomenclature

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 can be easily located, described, and discussed. The task of assigning official names to features is taken up by the International...

 is governed by the International Astronomical Union

International Astronomical Union

The International Astronomical Union IAU is a collection of professional astronomers, at the Ph.D. level and beyond, active in professional research and education in astronomy...

, 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.

See also

• Lunar crater locations
  Lunar crater locations
  Lunar craters are craters on Earth's Moon. The Moon's surface is saturated with craters, almost all of which were formed by impacts.-History:...
  
  
• 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
  Selenography
  Selenography is the study of the surface and physical features of the Moon. Historically, the principal concern of selenographists was the mapping and naming of the lunar maria, craters, mountain ranges, and other various features...
  
  
• List of lunar features

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.
• The Crater Baltimore Project — a Moon work