Rimae on The Moon
112 named features carry the IAU descriptor Rima — a fissure — a collapsed lava channel or a crack in the crust on The Moon. Nowhere else in the mapped Solar System carries the term.
Named
112
of 2,023 named places on The Moon — 5.5%
Largest
405 km
Rimae Sirsalis
Median size
90.1 km
Across the 112 with a measured diameter
Named between
1961–2021
IAU approval dates
How rimae on The Moon get their names
The IAU assigns each feature class on each world a naming theme. Across the 112 rimae with a recorded origin, 24 categories appear, led by Germany.
Germany19France19Greek17Italy12Great Britain12Latin4American3Spain3
All 112 rimae on The Moon
Every one has its own page, on the surface it sits on.
Rimae Sirsalis405 kmRima Brayley327 kmRimae Pettit320 kmRima Marius284 kmRima Sharp277 kmRimae Hippalus266 kmRimae Hase257 kmRima Hesiodus252 kmRimae Kopff250 kmRimae Riccioli250 kmRima Ariadaeus247 kmRima Draper244 kmRimae Mersenius240 kmRimae Bode233 kmRimae Gutenberg223 kmRima Cardanus222 kmRimae Archimedes215 kmRimae Parry210 kmRima Hyginus204 kmRima Diophantus202 kmRimae Hypatia200 kmRimae Triesnecker200 kmRimae Goclenius190 kmRima Galilaei186 kmRimae Hevelius180 kmRimae Herigonius180 kmRimae Plato180 kmRimae Aristarchus175 kmRimae Darwin170 kmRima Cauchy167 kmRima G Bond167 kmRimae Littrow165 kmRimae Grimaldi162 kmRima Sheepshanks158 kmRima Suess156 kmRimae Repsold152 kmRima Milichius141 kmRimae Daniell140 kmRima Bradley134 kmRimae Sosigenes130 kmRimae Zupus130 kmRima Agricola125 kmRima Mairan121 kmRimae Janssen120 kmRima Hadley116 kmRimae Romer112 kmRimae Gerard110 kmRimae Petavius110 kmRima Euler105 kmRimae Chacornac100 kmRimae Plinius100 kmRimae Ramsden100 kmRimae Burg98 kmRima Oppolzer94.2 kmRimae Maclear94 kmRima Archytas90.2 kmRimae Pitatus90 kmRimae Apollonius89.6 kmRimae Menelaus87 kmRimae Alphonsus87 kmRima Louville86 kmRimae Sulpicius Gallus80 kmRimae Posidonius78 kmRimae Fresnel75 kmRimae Ritter75 kmRima Messier74.2 kmRimae Maestlin71 kmRimae Gassendi70 kmRima Billy69.8 kmRima Artsimovich68.1 kmRima T Mayer67.8 kmRima Furnerius65.9 kmRimae Focas61 kmRima Delisle57.6 kmRimae Arzachel57 kmRimae Opelt55 kmRima Agatharchides54.3 kmRima Birt54.2 kmRimae Theaetetus53 kmRimae Maupertuis50 kmRima Flammarion49.7 kmRimae Atlas46.8 kmRimae de Gasparis46.7 kmRima Cleomedes45.5 kmRima Jansen45.1 kmRima Gartner42.7 kmRima Calippus40 kmRima Gay Lussac40 kmRima Conon37.3 kmRimae Taruntius35 kmRimae Secchi35 kmRimae Boscovich32 kmRima Hansteen30.9 kmRima Reaumur30.7 kmRima Yangel30.4 kmRima Schroter27.2 kmRimae Palmieri27.1 kmRima Krieger22.6 kmRima Zahia15.2 kmRima Carmen15 kmRima Dawes15 kmRima Cleopatra14.7 kmRima Siegfried14 kmRima Wan Yu13.7 kmRimae Prinz10.9 kmRima Vladimir10.5 kmRimae Vasco da Gama10.4 kmRima Rudolf8.3 kmRimae Doppelmayer7.8 kmRima Reiko4.3 kmRima Marcello4 kmRima Sung Mei3.9 km