Craters on The Moon
1,615 named features carry the IAU descriptor Crater — a circular depression, almost always an impact scar on The Moon, out of 4,787 in the mapped Solar System.
Named
1,615
of 2,023 named places on The Moon — 80%
Largest
536 km
Hertzsprung
Median size
47.3 km
Across the 1,615 with a measured diameter
Named between
1935–2026
IAU approval dates
How craters on The Moon get their names
The IAU assigns each feature class on each world a naming theme. Across the 1,612 craters with a recorded origin, 66 categories appear, led by Germany.
Germany234American229France163Great Britain160Soviet100Italy90Greek86Russia68
The 240 largest of 1,615
Every one has its own page, on the surface it sits on.
Hertzsprung536 kmApollo524 kmKorolev423 kmLorentz378 kmPoincare346 kmHarkhebi337 kmBirkhoff330 kmMendeleev325 kmPlanck320 kmSchrodinger316 kmBailly301 kmGagarin262 kmMilne260 kmFermi241 kmVan de Graaff241 kmLeibnitz237 kmGrimaldi235 kmd Alembert234 kmPasteur233 kmGalois232 kmClavius231 kmDeslandres227 kmCampbell223 kmLandau218 kmBelkovich215 kmPoczobutt212 kmSchickard212 kmSchwarzschild211 kmOppenheimer201 kmJanssen201 kmHumboldt200 kmZeeman187 kmVon Karman186 kmTsiolkovskiy184 kmPetavius184 kmMandel shtam182 kmEinstein182 kmRozhdestvenskiy181 kmFabry179 kmSchiller179 kmChebyshev179 kmMach175 kmHilbert173 kmJoliot173 kmVertregt173 kmGauss171 kmW Bond171 kmRowland166 kmCompton165 kmHeaviside165 kmStruve164 kmHausen163 kmRichardson163 kmDrygalski163 kmLagrange162 kmLippmann160 kmTsander Zander160 kmKeeler158 kmAshbrook158 kmHedin157 kmRiccioli156 kmMaginus156 kmJ Herschel154 kmPtolemaeus154 kmRoche153 kmSommerfeld151 kmLyot151 kmFersman148 kmBabbage147 kmJules Verne146 kmLongomontanus146 kmBlackett145 kmHirayama145 kmPythagoras145 kmNeper144 kmHipparchus144 kmPavlov143 kmVendelinus141 kmMendel140 kmFowler140 kmCurie139 kmAntoniadi138 kmAbel137 kmBrianchon137 kmMinnaert137 kmBalmer136 kmDe La Rue135 kmFurnerius135 kmWalther134 kmMee134 kmHecataeus134 kmNam Byeong-Cheol132 kmLangrenus132 kmAlbategnius131 kmCleomedes131 kmStofler130 kmAvogadro130 kmAitken130 kmStebbins130 kmRontgen128 kmBoussingault128 kmPoynting128 kmPaschen127 kmSzilard127 kmDebye127 kmRegiomontanus127 kmFleming126 kmCarnot126 kmZwicky126 kmSklodowska126 kmLe Gentil125 kmLeeuwenhoek125 kmMeton125 kmChaplygin123 kmMichelson123 kmWeyl123 kmMessala122 kmDarwin122 kmEndymion122 kmHildegard122 kmDemonax122 kmLebedev122 kmNernst122 kmKlaproth121 kmOrontius121 kmFracastorius121 kmEddington120 kmBrouwer120 kmSouth119 kmRiemann118 kmLetronne118 kmXenophanes118 kmThomson117 kmVolta117 kmNansen117 kmKastner116 kmBarnard116 kmMaurolycus115 kmGoldschmidt115 kmPhocylides115 kmPurbach115 kmLamarck115 kmEmden115 kmMoretus114 kmPlaskett114 kmGamow114 kmHevelius114 kmRayleigh114 kmKovalevskaya114 kmHommel114 kmVan der Waals113 kmWiener113 kmStefan112 kmAlden111 kmGassendi111 kmKurchatov111 kmAlphonsus111 kmHelmholtz110 kmScheiner110 kmCharlier110 kmSternfeld110 kmMaxwell109 kmH G Wells109 kmRepsold109 kmHermite109 kmLevi Civita108 kmPascal108 kmOstwald108 kmScott108 kmMinkowski108 kmvan t Hoff107 kmFizeau107 kmBlancanus106 kmBuffon106 kmNumerov105 kmAnderson105 kmLangemak105 kmFitzgerald104 kmPhillips104 kmLamb104 kmLundmark103 kmAmundsen103 kmRussell103 kmWyld103 kmSaha103 kmCasatus103 kmPiazzi103 kmSeyfert103 kmBolyai102 kmDoppler102 kmEotvos102 kmGartner102 kmFridman Friedmann102 kmYablochkov102 kmWilhelm101 kmPlato101 kmVentris101 kmCabeus101 kmPitatus101 kmGilbert100 kmSchuster100 kmSeares99.5 kmLarmor99.5 kmCurtius99.3 kmBanachiewicz99.1 kmParaskevopoulos98.9 kmCatharina98.8 kmGerard98.8 kmChretien98.6 kmTheophilus98.6 kmGuyot98.3 kmVavilov98.2 kmCyrillus98.1 kmKondratyuk98 kmVestine97.8 kmSacrobosco97.7 kmSikorsky97.7 kmJoule97.5 kmByrd97.5 kmSchlesinger97.3 kmMitra97.1 kmArzachel97 kmNeujmin97 kmFra Mauro96.8 kmvon Bekesy96.2 kmCopernicus96.1 kmManzinus96 kmWegener95.8 kmBabcock95.3 kmPauli95.3 kmPosidonius95.1 kmAlexander94.8 kmKoch94.7 kmBoguslawsky94.6 kmInghirami94.6 kmParenago94.6 kmVetchinkin94.3 kmKekule94.2 kmMilankovic94.2 kmIsaev94.1 km
1,375 smaller craters are not listed here. The full The Moon gazetteer has every one.
Craters elsewhere in the Solar System
The same descriptor is used on 12 other worlds, for 3,172 more features.