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[[File:Moon's impact crater Tycho.jpg|thumb|CraterThe large and relatively young lunar impact crater [[Tycho (lunar crater)|Tycho]] taken by the [[Hubble Space Telescope]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Using the Moon as a mirror — Hubble to watch transit of Venus in reflected light|url=http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1219a/|accessdateaccess-date=8 May 2012|newspaper=ESA/Hubble Picture of the Week}}</ref> ]]
 
This is a '''list of named [[Lunarlunar craters|craters on the Moon]]'''. The large majority of these features are [[impact crater]]s. The [[Planetary nomenclature|crater nomenclature]] is governed by the [[International Astronomical Union]], and this listing only includes features that are officially recognized by that scientific society.
 
<!-- '''NOTE''': Please list ''only'' [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Page/MOON/target official names] approved by the [[International Astronomical Union]] (IAU).<ref name="IAU-USGS-Mars">{{cite web |authors=Staff |title=IAU - Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature - Moon |url=http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Page/MOON/target |date= |work=[[NASA]], [[USGS]], [[International Astronomical Union|IAU]] |accessdate=7 March 2014 }}</ref> -->
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== Craters ==
The lunar craters are listed in the following subsections. Where a formation has associated [[wikt:satellite|satellite]] craters, these are detailed on the main crater description pages.
 
=== Catalog ===
▲{{Moon craters content}}
 
Lunar craters are listed alphabetically on the following partial lists:
{{Div col|colwidth=20em}}
* [[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]]
{{Div col end}}
 
=== Prominent craters ===
 
Locations and diameters of some prominent craters on the [[near side of the Moon]]:
<gallery>
File:Location of albategnius crater.jpg|{{center|[[Albategnius (crater)|Albategnius]] {{small|(131 km)}}}}
File:Location of lunar aristarchus crater.jpg|{{center|[[Aristarchus (crater)|Aristarchus]] {{small|(40 km)}}}}
File:Location of lunar aristoteles crater.jpg|{{center|[[Aristoteles (crater)|Aristoteles]] {{small|(88 km)}}}}
File:Location of lunar bailly crater.jpg|{{center|[[Bailly (crater)|Bailly]] {{small|(301 km)}}}}
File:Location of lunar crater clavius.jpg|{{center|[[Clavius (crater)|Clavius]] {{small|(231 km)}}}}
File:Location of lunar crater copernicus.jpg|{{center|[[Copernicus (lunar crater)|Copernicus]] {{small|(96 km)}}}}
File:Location of lunar crater fra mauro.jpg|{{center|[[Fra Mauro (crater)|Fra Mauro]] {{small|(97 km)}}}}
File:Location of lunar crater humboldt.jpg|{{center|[[Humboldt (crater)|Humboldt]] {{small|(199 km)}}}}
File:Location of lunar crater janssen.jpg|{{center|[[Janssen (lunar crater)|Janssen]] {{small|(201 km)}}}}
File:Location of lunar crater langrenus.jpg|{{center|[[Langrenus (crater)|Langrenus]] {{small|(132 km)}}}}
File:Location of lunar crater longomontanus.jpg|{{center|[[Longomontanus (crater)|Longomontanus]] {{small|(146 km)}}}}
File:Location of lunar crater maginus.jpg|{{center|[[Maginus (crater)|Maginus]] {{small|(156 km)}}}}
File:Location of lunar crater metius.jpg|{{center|[[Metius (crater)|Metius]] {{small|(84 km)}}}}
File:Location of lunar crater moretus.jpg|{{center|[[Moretus (crater)|Moretus]] {{small|(114 km)}}}}
File:Location of lunar crater petavius.jpg|{{center|[[Petavius (crater)|Petavius]] {{small|(184 km)}}}}
File:Location of lunar crater picard.jpg|{{center|[[Picard (crater)|Picard]] {{small|(22 km)}}}}
File:Location of lunar crater piccolomini.jpg|{{center|[[Piccolomini (crater)|Piccolomini]] {{small|(88 km)}}}}
File:Location of lunar crater pitatus.jpg|{{center|[[Pitatus (crater)|Pitatus]] {{small|(101 km)}}}}
File:Location of lunar crater plinius.jpg|{{center|[[Plinius (crater)|Plinius]] {{small|(41 km)}}}}
File:Location of lunar crater rheita.jpg|{{center|[[Rheita (crater)|Rheita]] {{small|(71 km)}}}}
File:Location of lunar crater russell.jpg|{{center|[[Russell (lunar crater)|Russell]] {{small|(103 km)}}}}
File:Location of lunar crater schickard.jpg|{{center|[[Schickard (crater)|Schickard]] {{small|(212 km)}}}}
File:Location of lunar crater seleucus.jpg|{{center|[[Seleucus (crater)|Seleucus]] {{small|(45 km)}}}}
File:Location of lunar crater stadius.jpg|{{center|[[Stadius (crater)|Stadius]] {{small|(68 km)}}}}
File:Location of lunar crater stofler.jpg|{{center|[[Stöfler (crater)|Stöfler]] {{small|(130 km)}}}}
File:Location of lunar crater thebit.jpg|{{center|[[Thebit (crater)|Thebit]] {{small|(55 km)}}}}
File:Location of lunar crater theophilus.jpg|{{center|[[Theophilus (crater)|Theophilus]] {{small|(99 km)}}}}
File:Lage des Mondkraters Tycho.jpg|{{center|[[Tycho (lunar crater)|Tycho]] {{small|(85 km)}}}}
File:Location of lunar crater vendelinus.jpg|{{center|[[Vendelinus (crater)|Vendelinus]] {{small|(141 km)}}}}
File:Location of lunar crater wargentin.jpg|{{center|[[Wargentin (crater)|Wargentin]] {{small|(85 km)}}}}
</gallery>
 
== See also ==
{{portal|Moon}}
* [[List of lunar features]]
* [[List of people with craters of the Moon named after them]]
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* {{cite book
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* {{cite web
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* {{cite journal
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| issue = 2 | pages=136
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* {{cite book
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| date=2001 | title=On the Moon
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* {{cite book
| first=Fred W. | last=Price | date=1988
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| isbn=0-521-33500-0 }}
* {{cite book
| first=Antonín | last=Rükl | authorlinkauthor-link=Antonín Rükl
| date=1990 | title=Atlas of the Moon
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* {{cite book | first=Rev. T. W. | last=Webb | author-link=Thomas William Webb | date=1962 | title=Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes | edition=6th revised | publisher=Dover | isbn=0-486-20917-2 | url=https://archive.org/details/celestialobjects00webb }}
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| date=1999 | title=Mapping and Naming the Moon
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== External links ==
The following reference sites were also used during the assembly of the crater information.
* [httphttps://wwwweb.archive.org/web/20160303201129/http://rccr.cremona.it/monografie/luna/ Astronomica Langrenus] — Italian Lunar Web Site
* [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/ Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature]
* [https://nft-x.space/moon-map Moon map. List of craters on the Moon]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111218085633/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://LPOD.wikispaces.com Lunar Photo of the Day] by Charles A. Wood ''et al.''
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