skyview.astronomiemuseum.de/scripts/import/01_IAU_NAMED_EN.csv

1	NAME	LUN	NAME_TYPE	IAU_TYPE	TYPE	SUBTYPE	PROCESS	PERIOD	PERIOD_SOURCE	GEOLOGY	NAME_DETAIL	NAME_ORIGIN	IAU_APPROVAL	LANGRENUS	HEVELIUS	RICCIOLI	WORK	COUNTRY	NATIONLITY	CENTURY_N	CENTURY_C	BIRTH_PLACE	BIRTH_DATE	DEATH_PLACE	DEATH_DATE	FACTS	LONGI_N	LONGI_N_360	LONGI_C	LATI_N	LATI_C	FACE	QUADRANT	AREA	LENGTH_KM	WIDE_KM	LENGTH_ARCSEC	HEIGHT_M	RAPPORT	GENERAL_1	GENERAL_2	SLOPES	WALLS	FLOOR	INTEREST_N	INTEREST_C	LUNATION	MOONDAY_S	MOONDAY_M	DIAM_INST	TH_INSTRU	PR_INSTRU
2	8 HOMEWARD	AA120200S970900	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	8 Homeward	IAU 2018	05/10/2018 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	97.09	97.09	97 ° 5 ' East	-12.02	12 ° 1 ' South	Librations zone	South-East	South of Mare Smythii	12.52	12.52	6.2	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Crater visible on the iconic color picture taken by W. A. Anders onboard Apollo 8 mission on the December 24th 1968. Symbolise Apollo 8 return to Earth. Previously named Ganskiy or Hansky M.		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
3	ABBE	AA575755S1747750	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Ernst K. Abbe	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	physicist	Germany	German	19	19 th century	Eisenach	1840	Iena	1905	Director of Iena observatory. Author of a classical theory of microscopes in 1877 and of sinuses relations. Associated with Carl Zeiss. Conceiver of a refractometer and of the first apochromatic objectives and of orthoscopic eyepieces.	174.774969	174.774969	174 ° 46 ' East	-57.575482	57.575° South	Farside	South-East	Not determined	66	66	31.9	3650	0.057052617999224	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
4	ABBOT	AA55562N547431	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Charles Greeley Abbot (ex Apollonius K)	?	01/01/1973 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astrophysicist	U. S. A.	American	20	20 th century	Wilton	1872	Washington	1973	Director of the observatory of the Smithsonian Institution. Determination of the value of the solar constant and the distribution of energy in the solar spectrum.	54.743059	54.743059	54 ° 45 ' East	5.556162	5.556° North	Nearside	North-East	North edge of Mare Fecunditatis	10	10	5.2	2086	0.200644105105784	Circular formation isolated with bowl shape.		Fairly steep slopes.	Slightly high walls.	Rounded floor.	1	Low interest or difficult formation	3	3 days after New Moon	2 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
5	ABEL	AA346257S857762	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Niels Henrik Abel	Franz (1913)	01/01/1964 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Mathematician	Norway	Norwegian	19	19 th century	Finnoy Island	1802	Arendal	1829	Specialist of the theory of elliptic integrals and works on the so called abelian integrals.	85.776219	85.776219	85 ° 47 ' East	-34.6257	34.626° South	Librations zone	South-East	Moon South-East limb	114	114	68.6	4593	0.033447084140138	Circular formation situated in the zone of librations.		Slightly steep slopes bearing Abel L to the West Barnard and Abel A to the North.	Slightly high walls almost gobbled to the East in the Mare Australe lava.	Flat floor filled with lava supporting a ghost crater to the North-east.	2	Pretty interesting formation	2	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	5	Naked eye	10x binoculars
6	ABENEZRA	AA209936S118907	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Upper Imbrian (From -3.8 billions years to -3.2 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Abraham Bar Rabbi ben Ezra	Riccioli (1651)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Schirley	Not named	Abenezra	Philosopher and astronomer	Spain	Spanish	12	12 th century	?	1092	?	1167	?	11.890657	11.890657	11 ° 53 ' East	-20.993564	20.994° South	Nearside	South-East	East of Catharina crater region	41	42	21.5	3243	0.075087498976741	Circular formation with hexagon shape composing a remarkable gathering with Azophi and Abenezra C		Fairly steep slopes crushing Abenezra C to the West and bearing Azophi to the South-West.	Walls in high terraces.	Tormented floor. Circular crest lines. Hills.	4	Exceptional formation	6	6 days after New Moon	5 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
7	ABETTI	AA201127N278157	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Antonio Abetti	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	Italy	Italian	19	19 th century	?	1846	?	1928	?	27.815724	27.815724	27 ° 49 ' East	20.112727	20.113° North	Nearside	North-East	South-East part of Mare Serenitatis	17	17	0.8	315	0.196923375362373	Ghost circular formation.		Almost flat slopes.	Very flat walls.	Flat floor filled with the lava of Mare Serenitatis.	2	Pretty interesting formation	5	5 days after New Moon	4 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
8	ABUL WAFA	AA9626N1166306	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Abu al-Wafa al-Buzadjani	IAU 1985 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	mathematician	Iran	Iranian	10	10 th century	Buzadjan	940	Bagdad	997	Author of an arithmetrical treaty and of a precise method for sinuses calculations.	116.630644	116.630644	116 ° 38 ' East	0.962556	0.963° North	Farside	North-East	Not determined	55	55	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
9	ABULFEDA	AA138651S139103	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Isma'il Abu al-Fida	Riccioli (1651)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Derkenni	Not named	Abulfeda	Historian	Araby	Arabian	14	14 th century	Damas	1273	Hamah	1331	Prince of the dynasty of Ayyubides. Author of the "History" that follows Ibn al-Athir work	13.910298	13.910298	13 ° 55 ' East	-13.865087	13.865° South	Nearside	South-East	East of Ptolemaeus crater region	63	62	31.1	3619	0.058169407175781	Damaged circular formation.	Partly covered by imbrian ejecta. Typical	Steep slopes bearing many craterlets whose Abulfeda R to the North-West and Abulfeda S and W to the North.	Very high walls in terraces overlapped by Catena Abulfeda to the South and by Abulfeda U & Y to the North.	Extensive flat floor filled with lava. White stpot off center and hills. Craterlets to the North-East and to the South-West.	3	Very interesting formation	6	6 days after New Moon	5 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
10	ACOSTA	AA56453S601395	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Copernician (From -1.1 billions years to present days) ?	Period source not found	No details	Cristobal Acosta (ex Langrenus C)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Doctor and historian	Portugal	Portugese	16	16 th century	?	1515	?	1580	?	60.139473	60.139473	60 ° 8 ' East	-5.645305	5.645° South	Nearside	South-East	Moon East limb	13	13	6.5	2626	0.201101589438419	Circular formation with bowl shape situated on the North slope of Langrenus		Fairly steep slopes.	Fairly high walls.	Rounded floor.	2	Pretty interesting formation	3	3 days after New Moon	2 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
11	ADAMS	AA318916S683869	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	John Couch Adams	Birt / Lee (1865)	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	Great Britain	British	19	19 th century	Laneast	1819	Cambridge	1892	Has demonstrated the existence and indicated the position of Neptune independently of Le Verrier but his works have not been published by the Royal Observatory.	68.386902	68.386902	68 ° 23 ' East	-31.891634	31.892° South	Nearside	South-East	Moon South-East limb	66	66	31.6	3637	0.05749938669167	Isolated circular formation		Fairly steep slopes bearing Adams B to the West and Adams D to the East.	Fairly high walls in terraces overlapped by two craterlets to the North and a crater to the South.	Flat floor with craterlets whose a central.	3	Very interesting formation	2	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
12	AEPINUS	AA879582N2503131	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Franz Maria Ulrich Theodor Hoch	IAU	22/01/2009 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Astronomer	Europe	Germany	18	18th century	?	1724	?	1802	Unknown	-109.686947	250.313053	109 ° 41 ' West	87.958199	87.958° North	Farside	North-West	Peary	16.7447	16.7447	8.3	2438	0.14564495193994	Formation situated near North Pole.		Fairly steep slopes.	Steep walls	Flat floor riddled with craterlets and one big crater in the South-West.	0	Not observable	0	not observable	not observable	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
13	AGATHARCHIDES	AA198537S3288854	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Imbrian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.85 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Agatharchide	Mädler (1837)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Geographer and historian	Greece	Greek	-2	2 nd century BC	?	about 100 BC	?	?	?	-31.114619	328.885381	31 ° 7 ' West	-19.853701	19.854° South	Nearside	South-West	Mare Humorum region	50	49	25.9	3428	0.065967639225815	Damaged formation partly submerged by the lava of Oceanus Procellarum.		Steep slopes bearing many craterlets.	Slightly high walls partially destroyed to the North and ridden by Agatharchides F to the South-West.	Extensive flat floor filled with dark lava. Ruins of central mountain.	3	Very interesting formation	10	3 days after First Quarter	2 days after Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
14	AGRIPPA	AA40964N104741	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Eratosthenian (From -3.2 billions years to -1.1 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Agrippa	Riccioli (1651)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Urselii	Mons Ida	Agrippa	Astronomer	Greece	Greek	1	1 st century	?	about 50	?	?	Observer in 92 of an eclipse of Pleiads by the Moon.	10.474135	10.474135	10 ° 28 ' East	4.096399	4.096° North	Nearside	North-East	East of Mare Tranquillitatis region	46	46	21.8	3255	0.074414374668954	Circular Formation with destructed shape to the South-West.	Do.	Steep slopes bearing Agrippa F and Tempel to the East.	Walls in terraces supporting Agrippa H to the North.	Fairly flat floor. Central mountain. Hills and debris to the West. Rille and craterlets.	3	Very interesting formation	6	6 days after New Moon	5 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
15	AIRY	AA181416S56149	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Imbrian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.85 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Sir George Bidel Airy	Mädler (1837)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Crequii	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	England	English	19	19 th century	Alnwick	1801	London	1892	Director of the Observatory of Greenwich in 1835. Works on the celestial mechanics. Author of a theory on the diffraction of the light.	5.614858	5.614858	5 ° 37 ' East	-18.141628	18.142° South	Nearside	South-East	East of Catharina crater region	36	37	19.4	3142	0.080784069566329	Wrecked formation forming an aligned trio North - South with Argelander and Vogel.		Fairly steep slopes bearing Argelander to the North Airy D to the North-West and Airy G to the South-East.	Tormented and high walls ridden to the South by Airy H.	Irregular Slightly widened floor. Double central mountain.	3	Very interesting formation	7	First Quarter	6 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
16	AITKEN	AA164430S1729583	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Upper Imbrian (From -3.8 billions years to -3.2 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	troctolite	Robert Grant Aitken	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	USA	American	20	20 th century	Jackson	1864	Berkeley	1954	Author of New General Catalogue of Double Stars in 1932.	172.958257	172.958257	172 ° 57 ' East	-16.442982	16.443° South	Farside	South-East	Not determined	135	135	64.8	4515	0.034815999061817	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
17	AKIS	AA200109N3282406	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Greek female name.	IAU	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Not appliable	Europe	Greek	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	-31.7594	328.2406	31 ° 46 ' West	20.010862	20.011° North	Nearside	North-West	Aristarchus	2.28179	2.28179	1.1	450	0.197622058992433	Circular formation not very visible.		Fairly flat slopes	Slight walls.	Concave floor with central hill.	99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	10	Three days after First Quarter	Two days after Last Quarter	150	150 mm reflector	300 mm reflector
18	AL-BAKRI	AA143354N202451	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Abu Ubayd Abd Allah al-Bakri (ex Tacquet A)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Geographer	Arabia	Arabian	11	11 th century	Cordoue	1040	Cordoue	1094	Specialist of the North Africa and Arabia. Author of a 'Dictionary of Geography' and a 'Geographical description of the known world'	20.245111	20.245111	20 ° 15 ' East	14.335392	14.335° North	Nearside	North-East	East part of Mare Tranquillitatis	12	12	6.1	2453	0.200966295940682	Isolated circular formation.		Slightly steep slopes bearing 2 lines of North South oriented crests to the South.	Slightly high walls.	Extensive flat floor filled with lava.	2	Pretty interesting formation	5	5 days after New Moon	4 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
19	AL-BIRUNI	AA180713N926162	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Al-Biruni	IAU 1984 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	scientist	Iran	Iranian	11	11 th century	Kath	973	Rhazni	1050	Great traveller. Astrologist of Rhazni Sultan in 1017. Civilizations historian. Author of Kitah al Qanun al Mas'udi general astronomy treaty inpired from Ptolemeaus.	92.616176	92.616176	92 ° 37 ' East	18.071294	18.071° North	Librations zone	North-East	Not determined	77	77	40.2	283	0.196716005140991	Circular formation situated in the zone of librations.	Older than Crisium Basin	Not easily observable.			1	Low interest or difficult formation	1	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	30	x10 binoculars	50 mm refractor
20	AL-KHWARIZMI	AA70219N1070062	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Al-Khwarizmi	IAU 1991 ?	01/01/1973 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	mathematician	Iraq	Iraqi	9	9 th century	?	?	?	825	?	107.006175	107.006175	107 ° 0 ' East	7.021853	7.022° North	Farside	North-East	Not determined	65	65	28.1	3034	0.087588670573281	Not observable	Do.	Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
21	AL-MARRAKUSHI	AA104467S557703	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Craterlet	Meteoritic impact	Copernician (From -1.1 billions years to present days) ?	Period source not found	No details	Al-Marrakushi (ex Langrenus D)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	Arabia	Arabian	13	13 th century	?	?	?	1262	?	55.770266	55.770266	55 ° 46 ' East	-10.446738	10.447° South	Nearside	South-East	East part of Mare Fecunditatis	8	8	4.2	3342	0.069989765803436	Circular formation with bowl shape.		Slightly steep slopes bearing a double craterlet to the West and a triple craterlet to the North.	Slightly high walls.	Rounded floor.	2	Pretty interesting formation	3	3 days after New Moon	2 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
22	ALAN	AA109331S3538291	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Irish male name.	IAU	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Not appliable	Europe	Ireland	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	-6.170914	353.829086	6 ° 10 ' West	-10.933056	10.933° North	Nearside	South-West	Ptolemaeus	1.43526	1.43526	0.7	3910	0.048628263939085	Squared formation included in Catena Davy.		Two sides shared with adjacent craterlets.	Steep walls	Concave floor.	99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	8	One day after First Quarter	Last Quarter	200	200 mm reflector	400 mm reflector
23	ALBATEGNIUS	AA112400S40092	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Walled plain	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Muhammad ibn al-Battani	Riccioli (1651)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Ferdinandi III Imp. Rom.	Mons Didymus	Albategnius	Astronomer	Arabia	Arabian	9	9 th century	Harran	858	Qasr al Djiss	929	Author of the 'Zidj' improving considerably astronomical knowledge of his period. Measure of the obliquity of the Ecliptique.	4.009197	4.009197	4 ° 1 ' East	-11.240026	11.240° South	Nearside	South-East	Ptolemaeus crater region	136	136	65.4	3511	0.062425905765771	Damaged circular formation.	Partly covered by Imbrian ejecta	Steep slopes riddled with craterlets.	High walls ridden by many craters whose Klein to the West and Albategius B to the North.	Large flat floor. White spot to the West. Central mountain. Depressions and craterlets.	4	Exceptional formation	7	First Quarter	6 days after Full Moon	5	Naked eye	10x binoculars
24	ALBERT	AA382987N3250018	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Male name of German origin.	IAU	14/06/2012 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Not appliable	Europe	Germany	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	-34.998184	325.001816	34 ° 60 ' West	38.298683	38.299° North	Nearside	North-West	Sinus Iridum	0.1	0.1	0	1716	0.20025615790396	Circular formation not very visible near Luna 17 landing site.	Lunokhod-1	Not described in this VMA version.			99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	10	Three days after First Quarter	Two days after Last Quarter	999	Not observable	Not observable
25	ALDEN	AA235084S1111141	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Harold L.Alden	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	USA	American	20	20 th century	?	1890	?	1964	?	111.114134	111.114134	111 ° 7 ' East	-23.508401	23.508° South	Farside	South-East	Not determined	104	104	55.7	4527	0.034601813769589	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
26	ALDER	AA486255S1821163	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Lower Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.8 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	ol-noritic gabbro	Kurt Alder	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1979 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	chemist	Germany	German	20	20 th century	Konigshutte	1902	Koln	1958	Professor in Koln University in 1940. Nobel prize in 1950 with Otto Diels.	-177.883725	182.116275	177 ° 53 ' West	-48.625534	48.626° South	Farside	South-West	Not determined	77	77	41	19	0.191538495307339	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
27	ALDRIN	AA14059N220899	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Craterlet	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Edwin E. Aldrin (ex Sabine B)	?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronaut	U. S. A.	American	20	20 th century	?	1930	?	Alive	Pilot of the LEM of the mission Apollo 11. Second man to have walked on the Moon on 21 July 1969.	22.089946	22.089946	22 ° 5 ' East	1.405851	1.406° North	Nearside	North-East	East part of Mare Tranquillitatis	3	3	1.4	4313	0.038709607465264	Isolated circular formation with bowl shape.		Slightly steep slopes.	Slightly high walls.	Rounded floor.	1	Low interest or difficult formation	5	5 days after New Moon	4 days after Full Moon	100	100 mm reflector	200 mm reflector
28	ALEKHIN	AA679440S2281476	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	Nikolaj P. Alekhin	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	engineer	USSR	Soviet	20	20 th century	?	1913	?	1964	Rockets designer.	-131.852393	228.147607	131 ° 51 ' West	-67.944046	67.944° South	Farside	South-West	Not determined	70	70	37.4	3935	0.047918221325131	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
29	ALEXANDER	AA402515N136932	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Walled plain	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	Alexandre le Grand	Birt / Lee (1865)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Mons Aemus	Not named	Calippus	King	Macedony	Macedonian	-4	4 th century BC	?	356 BC	Babylone	323 av JC	King of Macedoine from 336 to 323 BC. Worked for the expansion of his kingdom to India. Seized Babylone and burnt Persepolis.	13.693154	13.693154	13 ° 42 ' East	40.251521	40.252° North	Nearside	North-East	North of Mare Serenitatis region	83	82	47.4	554	0.198028478944053	Completely wrecked formation. Triangular form.		Very damaged slopes bearing Calippus to the South-West.	Slightly high walls collapsed to the East.	Flat floor filled with dark lava. Hills rilles and craterlets. Two white spots.	2	Pretty interesting formation	6	6 days after New Moon	5 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
30	ALFRAGANUS	AA54217S189706	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Copernician (From -1.1 billions years to present days)	Period source not found	No details	Muhammad ibn Kathir Al-Farrhanï	?	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	Persia	Persian	9	9 th century	Fergana	?	?	?	Author of a 'Book of the science of stars and celestial movements '.	18.970617	18.970617	18 ° 58 ' East	-5.421661	5.422° South	Nearside	South-East	Theophilus crater North-West region	22	21	10.2	3826	0.051140164853352	Bright circular formation with rays.		Steep slopes bearing Alfraganus E and H to the North and Alfraganus K and M to the East.	Very high walls.	Slightly extensive and flat floor.	3	Very interesting formation	5	5 days after New Moon	4 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
31	ALHAZEN	AA159148N718279	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Lower Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.8 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Ibn al-Haytham (or Abu Ali al-Hasan)	Schröter (1802)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Mathematician	Arabia	Arabian	10	10 th century	Bassora	965	Le Caire	1039	Discoverer of laws of reflection refraction and propagation of the light. Author of 92 known works with many about astronomy.	71.827898	71.827898	71 ° 50 ' East	15.914783	15.915° North	Nearside	North-East	Moon East-North-East limb	33	33	17.3	4108	0.043342251799505	Circular formation located on the East slope of Mare Crisium.	Possibly Nectarian but younger than Crisium Basin	Fairly steep slopes.	High walls in light terraces.	Flat floor.	3	Very interesting formation	2	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
32	ALIACENSIS	AA305952S51308	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Pierre d'Ailly	Riccioli (1651)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Elisabethae Palat. Fil.	Mons Antilibanus	Aliacensis	Geographer and theologian	France	French	14	14 th century	Compiègne	1350	Avignon	1420	Author of a work on the reform of the Church in 1416 and of 'Imago Mundi' work evoking the sphericity of the Earth.	5.130767	5.130767	5 ° 8 ' East	-30.595193	30.595° South	Nearside	South-East	Tycho crater East region	80	80	39.8	2592	0.126324773003415	Circular formation forming a remarkable couple with Werner.	Partly covered by Imbrian ejecta. typical	Steep slopes bearing Werner to the North-West a couple of craters to the South-East and Aliacensis B to the West.	Very high walls supporting an anonymous crater to the South.	Flat floor. Small mountain off-center. Wrinkle ridges and craterlets.	3	Very interesting formation	7	First Quarter	6 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
33	ALMANON	AA168450S151351	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Abd Allah al-Ma'mun	Riccioli (1651)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Isenburgi	Mons Antitaurus	Almanon	Caliph	Persia	Persian	9	9 th century	Bagdad	786	Tarsus	833	Son of Harun Al Raschid. Organizer of the translation in Arabic of scientific and philosophical works of old Greek authors.	15.135076	15.135076	15 ° 8 ' East	-16.845028	16.845° South	Nearside	South-East	East of Catharina crater region	50	49	23.8	3899	0.048952135052364	Circular formation.	Partly covered by Imbrian ejecta	Fairly steep slopes overlapped to the North-East by Almanon C to the South by Almanon A and B and bearing Catena Abulfeda to the North.	Walls highetr to the East than to the West.	Fairly flat floor. Hills and line of crests. Craterlets.	3	Very interesting formation	6	6 days after New Moon	5 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
34	ALOHA	AA297926N3061204	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Hawaiian female first name.	IAU	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Not appliable	Oceania	Hawaii	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	-53.87959	306.12041	53 ° 53 ' West	29.792609	29.793° North	Nearside	North-West	Seleucus	2.54796	2.54796	1.2	504	0.197843357295942	Few deep circular formation on the North slope of Montes Agricola.		Fairly steep slopes.	Steep walls collapsed in the West and bearing two craterlets.	Flat floor with wrinkles.	99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	12	Five days after First Quarter	Four days after Last Quarter	150	150 mm reflector	300 mm reflector
35	ALPETRAGIUS	AA160480S3554896	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Nur ed-din al Betrugi	Riccioli (1651)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Mazarinii	Mons Phoenix	Alpetragius	Astronomer	Arabia	Arabian	12	12 th century	?	?	?	?	Tried to improve the system of Ptolemee.	-4.510399	355.489601	4 ° 31 ' West	-16.047972	16.048° South	Nearside	South-West	Arzachel crater region	40	40	20	3169	0.079197015684789	Circular formation situated between Alphonsus and Arzachel.		Steep slopes bearing the ghost crater Alpetragius X to the North-West and Alpetragius M and N to the South-East.	Very high walls in terraces.	Tormented floor little widened. Important central mountain.	4	Exceptional formation	7	First Quarter	6 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
36	ALPHONSUS	AA133879S3571537	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Alphonse X (or Alphonse le Sage)	Riccioli (1651)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Ludovici XIV Reg. Fran.	Mons Masicytis	Alphonsus	King	Castille	Castillan	13	13 th century	Toledo	1221	Sevilla	1284	Initiator of the Greek and Arabic works translation. Coordinator of the calculation of 'Table Alphonsines' replacing astronomical tables of Ptolemee in 1256.	-2.846272	357.153728	2 ° 51 ' West	-13.387937	13.388° South	Nearside	South-West	Ptolemaeus crater region	118	118	55.2	4303	0.038929640747172	Circular formation composing a remarkable trio with Ptolemaeus and Arzachel. Several observed transcient phenomena whose a gaseous emission spectra obtained by Kozyrev in November 1958.	Partly covered by Imbrian ejecta	rugged steep slopes riddled with craterlets.	High walls in terraces.	Flat floor to the North tormented to the South with black spots. Central mountain. Craterlets and hills. Contains Rimae Alphonsus.	4	Exceptional formation	7	First Quarter	6 days after Full Moon	5	Naked eye	10x binoculars
37	ALTER	AA187401N2522031	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	Dinsmore Alter	IAU 1979 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	USA	American	20	20 th century	?	1888	?	1968	?	-107.796903	252.203097	107 ° 48 ' West	18.740089	18.740° North	Farside	North-West	Not determined	64	64	32.3	3663	0.056589737494907	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
38	AMEGHINO	AA32995N570370	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Craterlet	Meteoritic impact	Eratosthenian (From -3.2 billions years to -1.1 billions years)	Period source not found	No details	Florentino Ameghino (ex Apollonius C)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Historian	Italy	Italian	19	19 th century	?	1854	?	1911	?	57.037009	57.037009	57 ° 2 ' East	3.299453	3.299° North	Nearside	North-East	Moon East limb	8	9	4.6	1843	0.200398261509556	Isolated circular formation with bowl shape.	Formerly Apollonius C. 15 km SW from Luna 20 sample return site.	Fairly steep slopes.	Slightly high walls.	Rounded floor.	1	Low interest or difficult formation	3	3 days after New Moon	2 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
39	AMICI	AA100620S1877730	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Giovanni Battista Amici	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	optician	Italy	Italian	19	19 th century	Modena	1786	Florence	1863	Director of Florence observatory. Inventor of a specteoscope with prism. Survey on cristals orientation in minerals.	-172.227017	187.772983	172 ° 14 ' West	-10.062035	10.062° South	Farside	South-West	Not determined	54	54	26	3429	0.065923320513917	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
40	AMMONIUS	AA85209S3591740	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Craterlet	Meteoritic impact	Copernician (From -1.1 billions years to present days) ?	Period source not found	No details	Ammonios dit Saccas (ex Ptolemaeus A)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Philosopher	Greece	Greek	3	3 rd century	?	?	?	?	Founder of a new Plato school also called School of Alexandrie.	-0.826029	359.173971	0 ° 50 ' West	-8.520919	8.521° South	Nearside	South-West	Ptolemaeus crater region	8	9	4.2	1712	0.200251479074297	Circular formation with bowl shape situated in the arena of Ptolemaeus.		Slightly steep slopes.	Fairly high walls.	Rounded floor.	2	Pretty interesting formation	7	First Quarter	6 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
41	AMONTONS	AA53372S467779	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Craterlet	Meteoritic impact	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Guillaume Amontons	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Physicist	France	French	17	17 th century	Paris	1663	Paris	1705	Inventor of many devices as several thermometers a pyrometer a rotary pump and a telegraph with luminous signals. Member of the Academy of Sciences in 1699.	46.777931	46.777931	46 ° 47 ' East	-5.337212	5.337° South	Nearside	South-East	East part of Mare Fecunditatis	3	3	1.2	488	0.197780304362901	Isolated circular formation with bowl shape.		Slightly steep slopes with bright spot to the East	Slightly high walls.	Rounded floor.	1	Low interest or difficult formation	4	4 days after New Moon	3 days after Full Moon	100	100 mm reflector	200 mm reflector
42	AMUNDSEN	AA844398S830692	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Roald Amundsen	?	01/01/1964 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Explorer	Norway	Norwegian	20	20 th century	Hvitsen	1872	Arctique	1928	Specialist of the Antarctic. With the 'Fram' first to have reached the terrestrial South pole on December 14th 1911 and to have overflown the North pole in 1926 in dirigible. Disapeared in researching the expedition of Nobile.	83.06915	83.06915	83 ° 4 ' East	-84.439795	84.440° South	Librations zone	South-East	Moon South limb	106	106	51.6	4217	0.040792469968004	Circular formation situated in the zone of librations.		Steep slopes bearing an anonymous crater to the East and another one to the South.	High walls in terraces.	Flat floor. Central mountain.	2	Pretty interesting formation	2	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	5	Naked eye	10x binoculars
43	ANAXAGORAS	AA734810N3498288	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Copernician (From -1.1 billions years to present days)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Anaxagore	?	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Philosopher	Greece	Greek	-6	6 th century BC	Clazomenes	500 BC	Lampsaque	428 av JC	Creator of the first school of philosophy in Athens. Tutor of Pericles Euripide and Socrate. Explanation of eclipses. Works in anatomy.	-10.171249	349.828751	10 ° 10 ' West	73.480999	73.481° North	Nearside	North-West	Moon North limb	51	51	25.9	3427	0.066038700019393	Overlaps the West wall of Goldschmidt. Circular formation. Rays.		Steep slopes.	High walls.	Tormented floor. Small central mountain.	3	Very interesting formation	8	1 day after First Quarter	Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
44	ANAXIMANDER	AA669671N3085583	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	Anaximandre	?	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Philosopher and astronomer	Greece	Greek	-7	7 th century BC	Milet	611 BC	Milet	547 av JC	Inventor of the gnomon. Recommended a flat circular Earth. Map of the world known. Discovery of the Polar Star and of the obliquity of the Ecliptique.	-51.441683	308.558317	51 ° 27 ' West	66.967076	66.967° North	Nearside	North-West	Moon North-North-West limb	68	68	34.3	3729	0.054277964749571	Wrecked formation.		Slightly steep slopes crushed by Carpenter to the North and by Anaximander D to the South.	Slightly high walls ridden by a craterlet to the North and gobbled to the South.	Flat floor in communication with Anaximander D to the South. Craterlets and line of crest.	3	Very interesting formation	11	4 days after First Quarter	3 days after Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
45	ANAXIMENES	AA724850N3150175	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	Anaximene	?	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Philosopher	Greece	Greek	-6	6 th century BC	Milet	585 BC	Milet	528 av JC	Has recommended a flat Earth.	-44.982502	315.017498	44 ° 59 ' West	72.485022	72.485° North	Nearside	North-West	Moon North limb	80	80	40.5	3920	0.04833036413097	Circular formation.		Fairly steep slopes bearing Anaximenes G to the North-East and Philolaus to the East.	Slightly high walls.	Flat floor filled with lava. Craterlets.	2	Pretty interesting formation	11	4 days after First Quarter	3 days after Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
46	ANDEL	AA104141S123835	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Imbrian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.85 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Karel Andèl	Muller (1935)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	Czecoslovaquia	Czech	20	20 th century	?	1884	?	1947	Selenographer. Author of a map of the Moon in 1926.	12.383454	12.383454	12 ° 23 ' East	-10.414128	10.414° South	Nearside	South-East	East of Ptolemaeus crater region	35	35	16.4	2988	0.090761962720339	Damaged circular formation.		Steep slopes rugged to the South and to the South-West and bearing Andel M and N to the North-West Andel A and D to the South-West and Andel S P and E to the South.	Walls more high to the East than to the West collapsed to the South and ridden by Andel G to the South.	Tormented floor with hills. Craterlets whose an important near the center.	3	Very interesting formation	6	6 days after New Moon	5 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
47	ANDERS	AA413146S2166990	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	William A. Anders	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronaut	USA	American	20	20 th century	?	1933			Apollo 8 mission astronaut in december 1968 with Frank Borman and Jim Lovell.	-143.300998	216.699002	143 ° 18 ' West	-41.314565	41.315° South	Farside	South-West	Not determined	40	40	20.6	3200	0.077433872735526	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
48	ANDERS' EARTHRISE	AA117300S1004700	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Anders' Earthrise	IAU 2018	05/10/2018 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Crater visible on the iconic color picture taken on board of Apollo 8 by W. A. Anders on December 24th 1968. Symbolize the return on Earth of Apollo 8. Previously named Ganskiy (Hansky) M.	100.47	100.47	100 ° 28 ' East	-11.73	11 ° 44 ' South	Farside	North-East	South of Mare Smythii	40.15	40.15	20.1	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Formation without a definite shape composed with hills and a small central valley.		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
49	ANDERSON	AA154993N1707942	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	John A. Anderson	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	USA	American	20	20 th century	?	1876	?	1959	?	170.794245	170.794245	170 ° 48 ' East	15.499299	15.499° North	Farside	North-East	Not determined	109	109	52.6	4241	0.040265824083198	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
50	ANDERSSON	AA499498S2645372	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Leif Erland	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1985 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	USA	American	20	20 th century	?	1943	?	1979	?	-95.462756	264.537244	95 ° 28 ' West	-49.949754	49.950° South	Librations zone	South-West	Not determined	13	13	6.7	2699	0.201156280433548	Circular formation situated in the zone of librations.		Not easily observable.			1	Low interest or difficult formation	14	Full Moon	6 days after Last Quarter	30	x10 binoculars	50 mm refractor
51	ANDRONOV	AA226807S1461082	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Andronov	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	physicist	USSR	Soviet	20	20 th century	?	1901	?	1952	?	146.108215	146.108215	146 ° 6 ' East	-22.680696	22.681° South	Farside	South-East	Not determined	16	16	8.2	2430	0.146687823689187	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
52	ANGO	AA204775N3276620	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	African male name.	IAU	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Not appliable	Africa	African	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Male african name	-32.337951	327.662049	32 ° 20 ' West	20.477546	20.478° North	Nearside	North-West	Aristarchus	0.870772	0.870772	0.4	170	0.195727236320279	Elongated formation few deep and oriented North - South.		Not described in this VMA version.			99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	10	Three days after First Quarter	Two days after Last Quarter	999	Not observable	Not observable
53	ANGSTROM	AA298957N3183326	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Craterlet	Meteoritic impact	Eratosthenian (From -3.2 billions years to -1.1 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Anders Jonas Angstr?m	Krieger / K?nig (1912)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Physicist	Sweden	Swedish	19	19 th century	L?dg?	1814	Uppsala	1874	First measure of wavelength. Specialist of the spectral analysis.	-41.667435	318.332565	41 ° 40 ' West	29.895684	29.896° North	Nearside	North-West	Region between Oceanus Procellarum and Mare Imbriumm	10	10	4.7	1914	0.200473099522518	Bright circular formation with bowl shape.		Slightly steep slopes.	Fairly high walls.	Rounded floor.	2	Pretty interesting formation	10	3 days after First Quarter	2 days after Last Quarter	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
54	ANN	AA251094N3599460	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Hebrew female name.	IAU	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Not appliable	Asia	Hebrew	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	-0.054025	359.945975	0 ° 3 ' West	25.109442	25.109° North	Nearside	North-West	Montes Apenninus	2.11887	2.11887	1	418	0.19747832275551	Elongated formation parallel to Rima Vladimir.		Flat slopes	Fairly steep walls.	Narrow straight floor.	99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	8	One day after First Quarter	Last Quarter	150	150 mm reflector	300 mm reflector
55	ANNEGRIT	AA294309N3343635	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	German female name.	IAU	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Not appliable	Europe	Germany	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	-25.636462	334.363538	25 ° 38 ' West	29.430855	29.431° North	Nearside	North-West	Timocharis	1.28604	1.28604	0.6	253	0.196499734745799	Cirdular formation with bowl shape.		Slightly steep slopes.	Slightly high walls.	Rounded floor.	99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	10	Three days after First Quarter	Two days after Last Quarter	200	200 mm reflector	400 mm reflector
56	ANSGARIUS	AA129235S797231	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	H. Ansgar	Mädler (1837)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Theologian	Germany	German	9	9 th century	?	801	?	865	?	79.723104	79.723104	79 ° 43 ' East	-12.923507	12.924° South	Nearside	South-East	Moon East limb	94	94	45.7	4064	0.044456235871063	Circular formation situated in the zone of librations.	Younger than Crisium Basin	Steep slopes.	High walls in terraces.	Flat floor widened. Craterlets.	3	Very interesting formation	2	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
57	ANTONIADI	AA693026S1869415	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Upper Imbrian (From -3.8 billions years to -3.2 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	ol-norite	Eugène M. Antoniadi	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	France	French	20	20 th century	Istanbul	1870	Meudon	1944	Survey of planetary surfaces (Mars and Mercury principally) with 82 cm Meudon refractor. Opponant to Lowell theory of Mars channels.	-173.058476	186.941524	173 ° 4 ' West	-69.302643	69.303° South	Farside	South-West	Not determined	143	143	68.9	4599	0.033350400370724	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
58	ANUCHIN	AA488530S1016597	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Dimitri N. Anuchin	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1979 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	geographer	USSR	Soviet	20	20 th century	?	1843	?	1923	?	101.659741	101.659741	101 ° 40 ' East	-48.853049	48.853° South	Farside	South-East	Not determined	57	57	31	3618	0.058228284553286	Circular formation situated in the zone of librations.		Not easily observable.			1	Low interest or difficult formation	1	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	30	x10 binoculars	50 mm refractor
59	ANVILLE	AA18428N495080	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Eratosthenian (From -3.2 billions years to -1.1 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville (ex Taruntius G)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Geographer	France	French	18	18 th century	Paris	1697	Paris	1783	Author of a map of Africa in 1727 an atlas of China and an ancient 'Geography' . Member of the Academy of Sciences in 1773.	49.507996	49.507996	49 ° 30 ' East	1.842802	1.843° North	Nearside	North-East	North edge of Mare Fecunditatis	12	11	5.1	2058	0.200616913720287	Isolated circular formation with bowl shape situated on Dorsum Cushman.		Slightly steep slopes.	Fairly high walls.	Rounded floor.	2	Pretty interesting formation	4	4 days after New Moon	3 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
60	APENNINE FRONT	LF259000N37000	IAU Named formation	LF	Landing site name	Not determined	Not appliable	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Astronaut-named feature - Apollo 15 site.	IAU	01/01/1973 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	3.7	3.7	3 ° 42 ' East	25.9	25.900° North	Nearside	North-East	Montes Apenninus	6	6	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	North slope of Mons Hadley Delta supporting the Saint George crater.		Not described in this VMA version.			99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	7	First Quarter	Six days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
61	APIANUS	AA269625S78682	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Peter Bienewitz (or Apianus)	?	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Mathematician and astronomer	Germany	German	16	16 th century	Leisnig	1495	Ingolstadt	1552	Calculation of the longitude from movements of the Moon. Author of 'the Astronomicum Caesareum'.	7.868233	7.868233	7 ° 52 ' East	-26.962526	26.963° South	Nearside	South-East	East of Catharina crater region	63	63	31.7	3640	0.057391640618239	Circular formation.	Partly covered by Imbrian ejecta	rugged slopes bearing many small craters whose double crater Apianus A to the North-West and Apianus B to the South-East.	Walls in light terraces.	Flat floor filled with lava. Craterlets	3	Very interesting formation	6	6 days after New Moon	5 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
62	APOLLO	AA356874S2085223	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Apollo american missions	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	lunar landings	USA	American	20	20 th century	?	1967		1972	Dedicated to Apollo american human missions that brought 12 astrnauts on the Moon surface.	-151.477727	208.522273	151 ° 29 ' West	-35.687407	35.687° South	Farside	South-West	Not determined	537	537	262.1	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
63	APOLLONIUS	AA45053N609648	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Apollonios de Perga	Mädler (1837)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Mons Sanctus	Not named	Mathematician and astronomer	Greece	Greek	-3	3 rd century BC	Alexandrie	262 BC	Pergame	180 av JC	Author of an important work of synthesis on the conical.	60.964805	60.964805	60 ° 58 ' East	4.505307	4.505° North	Nearside	North-East	Moon East limb	53	53	25.3	3402	0.067164461027936	Circular formation situated in a mountainous region.	Younger than Crisium Basin	Fairly steep slopes bearing Daly and Apollonius F to the North-West and Cartan and Apollonius H to the South-West.	Fairly high walls in light terraces supporting Apollonius M and E	Flat floor filled with lava.	3	Very interesting formation	3	3 days after New Moon	2 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
64	APPLETON	AA370465N1581689	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Sir Edward Victor Appleton	IAU 1985 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	physicist	United Kingdom	British	20	20 th century	Bradford	1892	Edimburg	1965	Assistant de Rutherford. Ministre de la recherche en 1939. Etude sur l'ionosphŠre. Auteur du premier‚cho radar sur la Lune en 1946.Prix Nobel en 1947. Rutherford assistant. Research Ministry in 1939. Surveys on atmosphere. Author of firdt radar echo on the Moon in 1946. Nobel laureate in 1947.	158.168905	158.168905	158 ° 10 ' East	37.046473	37.046° North	Farside	North-East	Not determined	63	63	32.2	3660	0.056675448392722	Not observable	Younger than Moscoviense Basin	Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
65	ARAGO	AA61487N214261	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Eratosthenian (From -3.2 billions years to -1.1 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	François Arago	Mädler (1837)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Bakii	Insula Cilicum	Not named	Astronomer and physicist	France	French	19	19 th century	Estagel	1786	Paris	1853		21.426104	21.426104	21 ° 26 ' East	6.148706	6.149° North	Nearside	North-East	East part of Mare Tranquillitatis	27	26	12.7	2767	0.108495040956629	Isolated circular formation.		Fairly steep slopes bearing the ghost crater Lamont to the South-East and domes Arago Beta to the West and Arago Alpha to the North.	Fairly high walls in terraces.	Tormented floor. Radial mountain.	3	Very interesting formation	5	5 days after New Moon	4 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
66	ARATUS	AA235793N45052	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Copernician (From -1.1 billions years to present days) ?	Period source not found	No details	Aratos	?	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Poet	Greece	Greek	-4	4 th century BC	Soles	315 BC	Macédoine	245 av JC	Author of a poem on the astronomy and on the meteorological phenomena. Author of the name of 48 constellations known in Antiquity.	4.505192	4.505192	4 ° 30 ' East	23.579313	23.579° North	Nearside	North-East	Montes Apenninus region	10	10	5.1	2052	0.200611039221904	Bright circular formation with bowl shape situated in Montes Apenninus.		Fairly steep slopes.	Fairly high walls.	Rounded floor.	2	Pretty interesting formation	7	First Quarter	6 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
67	ARCHIMEDES	AA297172N3560069	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Upper Imbrian (From -3.8 billions years to -3.2 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Archimede	Riccioli (1651)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Roma	Mons Argentarius	Archimedes	Mathematician and physicist	Greece	Greek	-3	3 rd century BC	Syracuse	287 BC	Syracuse	212 av JC	Pupil of Euclide. Calculation of Pi. Works in geometry. Inventor of the pulley and the lever. Founder of the static and the hydrostatic.	-3.993094	356.006906	3 ° 60 ' West	29.717231	29.717° North	Nearside	North-West	Montes Apenninus region	83	83	40.5	3919	0.048363708560973	Circular formation.	Mare fill	Steep slopes bearing Mount Archimedes to the South and Bancroft to the South-West.	Fairly high walls in terraces.	Very flat floor and widened filled with lava. Craterlets.	4	Exceptional formation	7	First Quarter	6 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
68	ARCHYTAS	AA588662N49925	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Eratosthenian (From -3.2 billions years to -1.1 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Archytas	?	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Aristarchi	Not named	Not named	Scientist and stateman	Greece	Greek	-5	5 th century BC	Tarente	428 BC	Tarente	347 av JC	Pythagorician friend of Platon. Inventor of the kite and flying machines.	4.992482	4.992482	4 ° 60 ' East	58.866201	58.866° North	Nearside	North-East	Moon North limb	31	32	15.9	2961	0.092699067579433	Circular formation.		Steep slopes.	High walls in light terraces.	Tormented floor. Central mountain.	3	Very interesting formation	7	First Quarter	6 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
69	ARGELANDER	AA165493S58011	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander	Schmidt (1878)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Naudei	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	Germany	German	19	19 th century	Memel	1799	Bonn	1875		5.801104	5.801104	5 ° 48 ' East	-16.54929	16.549° South	Nearside	South-East	East of Catharina crater region	35	34	16.8	3010	0.089270319693483	Circular formation forming a North - South aligned remarkable trio with Airy and Vogel.		Fairly steep slopes bearing Argelander A to the East Airy to the South and Vogel to the North.	High walls in terraces.	Slightly and extensive flat floor. Small central mountain. Craterlets whose a double to the North.	3	Very interesting formation	7	First Quarter	6 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
70	ARIADAEUS	AA45549N172763	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Upper Imbrian (From -3.8 billions years to -3.2 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Philippus Arrhidaeus	?	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	King	Macedonia	Macedonian	-4	4 th century BC	?	?	??	317 BC	Son of Philippe II. Author of a work on eclipses. Murdered on Olympias order.	17.276278	17.276278	17 ° 17 ' East	4.55494	4.555° North	Nearside	North-East	East part of Mare Tranquillitatis	12	11	5.2	2086	0.200644105105784	Circular formation with bowl shape. Point of arrival of Rima Ariadaeus.	Typical	Slightly steep slopes bearing Ariadaeus A to the North-East.	Slightly high walls.	Rounded floor.	2	Pretty interesting formation	5	5 days after New Moon	4 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
71	ARISTARCHUS	AA237299N3125099	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Copernician (From -1.1 billions years to present days)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Aristarque	Riccioli (1651)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Balthasaris Hispa. Pri.	Mons Porphyrites	Aristarchus	Astronomer	Greece	Greek	-3	3 rd century BC	Samos	310 BC	Samos	230 av JC	Inventor of the heliocentric theory and a method of distance calculation of the Sun and the Moon.	-47.490125	312.509875	47 ° 29 ' West	23.729882	23.730° North	Nearside	North-West	Aristarchus crater region	40	40	19.9	3168	0.079238540415336	Circular formation visible during the Earthshine. Important rays. Transcient phenomena. Forms an interesting couple with Herodotus. Young formation (450 millions of years).	Young	Steep slopes especially to the North.	High walls in terraces.	Slightly and extensive flat floor. Small central mountain.	4	Exceptional formation	11	4 days after First Quarter	3 days after Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
72	ARISTILLUS	AA338808N12075	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Copernician (From -1.1 billions years to present days)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	ol-gabbroic norite	Aristillus	Riccioli (1651)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Pozzo	Mons Ligustinus	Aristillus	Astronomer	Greece	Greek	-3	3 rd century BC	?	about 280 BC	?	?	Lived in Alexandrie	1.207547	1.207547	1 ° 12 ' East	33.880831	33.881° North	Nearside	North-East	North of Archimedes crater region	55	55	27.1	3475	0.063927000115795	Forms a remarkable couple with Autolycus. Circular formation. Rays.		Very steep and rugged slopes.	Fairly high walls in terraces.	Flat floor. Three central mountains of 900 m high.	4	Exceptional formation	7	First Quarter	6 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
73	ARISTOTELES	AA502431N173200	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Eratosthenian (From -3.2 billions years to -1.1 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	ol-noritic gabbro	Aristote	Riccioli (1651)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Brahei	Mons Serrorum	Aristoteles	Philosopher	Greece	Greek	-4	4 th century BC	Stagire	384 BC	Chalcis	322 av JC	Universal scientist. Creator of the Logic. Tutor of Alexander the Great. Works on animals and rocks.	17.320032	17.320032	17 ° 19 ' East	50.24305	50.243° North	Nearside	North-East	Moon North limb	88	87	43.7	4011	0.045813567251056	Circular formation. Forms a remarkable couple with Eudoxus.		Very steep and rugged slopes bearing Mitchell to the East.	Very high walls in terraces.	Flat floor extensive. Two small mountains off-center. Hill rilles and craterlets.	4	Exceptional formation	6	6 days after New Moon	5 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
74	ARMINSKI	AA163628S1542162	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Franciszek Arminski	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	Polska	Polish	19	19 th century	?	1789	?	1848	?	154.216222	154.216222	154 ° 13 ' East	-16.362761	16.363° South	Farside	South-East	Not determined	26	26	13.3	2807	0.104927109304991	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
75	ARMSTRONG	AA13535N249437	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Craterlet	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Neil A. Armstrong (ex Sabine E)	?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronaut	U. S. A.	American	20	20 th century	?	1930	?	Vivant	Test pilot. Commander of the mission Apollo 11. First man to have walked on the Moon on July 21th 1969.	24.943713	24.943713	24 ° 57 ' East	1.353517	1.354° North	Nearside	North-East	East part of Mare Tranquillitatis	5	5	2.1	837	0.198837773895461	Isolated circular formation with bowl shape.		Slightly steep slopes.	Slightly high walls.	Rounded floor.	1	Low interest or difficult formation	5	5 days after New Moon	4 days after Full Moon	100	100 mm reflector	200 mm reflector
76	ARNOLD	AA669846N358286	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	Cristoph Arnold	Schröter (1802)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	Germany	German	17	17 th century	?	1650	?	1695	?	35.828629	35.828629	35 ° 50 ' East	66.984624	66.985° North	Nearside	North-East	Moon North limb	96	95	46.5	4086	0.043884066672151	Circular formation.		Slightly steep slopes overlapped to the North by Arnold A and a craterlet to the West and to the South.	Slightly high walls crumbled to the South.	Flat floor filled with lava. Depression rille and crater.	3	Very interesting formation	5	5 days after New Moon	4 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
77	ARRHENIUS	AA555837S2685463	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Svante A. Arrhenius	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	scientist	Sweden	Swedish	20	20 th century	Wijk	1859	Stockholm	1927	Director of Stockholm university in 1897. Director of Nobel institute in 1905. Author of a theory of electrolytes ionization in 1887. Author of panspermia hypothesis in 1900 and of a cosmogonic theory. Chemistry Nobel laureate in 1903.	-91.45366	268.54634	91 ° 27 ' West	-55.583694	55.584° South	Librations zone	South-West	Not determined	40	40	20.4	3190	0.077962062360904	Circular formation situated in the zone of librations.		Not easily observable.			1	Low interest or difficult formation	14	Full Moon	6 days after Last Quarter	30	x10 binoculars	50 mm refractor
78	ARTAMONOV	AA254387N1037853	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Nikolaj N. Artamonov	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	engineer	USSR	Soviet	20	20 th century	?	1906	?	1965	Scientist involved in the soviet space program.	103.785321	103.785321	103 ° 47 ' East	25.438663	25.439° North	Farside	North-East	Not determined	60	60	31.2	3623	0.058026091861971	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
79	ARTEM'EV	AA103953N2147778	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Lower Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.8 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Vladimir A. Artem'ev	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	engineer	USSR	Soviet	20	20 th century	?	1885	?	1962	Scientist involved in the soviet space program.	-145.222169	214.777831	145 ° 13 ' West	10.395306	10.395° North	Farside	North-West	Not determined	67	67	33.1	3691	0.055596920051977	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
80	ARTEMIS	AA250326N3346448	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Craterlet	Meteoritic impact	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Artemis	?	05/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Mythological character	Greece	Greek	0	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Girl of Zeus and sister of Apollon. Goddess protectrice of trees and savage beasts.	-25.355186	334.644814	25 ° 21 ' West	25.032633	25.033° North	Nearside	North-West	South part of Mare Imbrium	2	2	1.1	450	0.197622058992433	Isolated circular formation with bowl shape.		Slightly steep slopes.	Slightly high walls.	Rounded floor.	1	Low interest or difficult formation	9	2 days after First Quarter	1 day after Last Quarter	150	150 mm reflector	300 mm reflector
81	ARTSIMOVICH	AA276116N3233719	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Craterlet	Meteoritic impact	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Lev Andreïevitch Artsimovich (ex Diophantus A)	?	01/01/1973 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Physicist	U. S. S. R.	Soviet	20	20 th century	Moscow	1909	Moscow	1973	Study of plasmas. Development of reactors with nuclear fusion called Tokamak.	-36.628084	323.371916	36 ° 38 ' West	27.611564	27.612° North	Nearside	North-West	Region between Oceanus Procellarum and Mare Imbrium	8	9	3.9	1592	0.200108345872685	Circular formation with bowl shape.		Slightly steep slopes.	Slightly high walls.	Rounded floor.	1	Low interest or difficult formation	10	3 days after First Quarter	2 days after Last Quarter	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
82	ARYABHATA	AA62028N351733	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Imbrian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.85 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Aryabhata (ex Maskelyne E)	?	01/01/1979 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer and mathematician	India	Indian	6	6 th century	Pataliputra	476	?	550	Resolution of equations of 1st degree. Development of the theory of the epicycles.	35.173261	35.173261	35 ° 10 ' East	6.2028	6.203° North	Nearside	North-East	Central part of Mare Tranquillitatis	22	22	10.9	2643	0.120744876414165	Very damaged circular formation almost a ghost crater.		Slightly steep slopes non existent to the North-West.	North-West walls gobbled by the lava of Mare Tranquillitatis.	Flat floor filled with lava. Craterlet.	2	Pretty interesting formation	5	5 days after New Moon	4 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
83	ARZACHEL	AA182643S3580696	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Lower Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.8 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	anorth troctolite	Al Zarqalï	Riccioli (1651)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Annae Reg. Fran.	Mons Cragus	Arzachel	Astronomer and mathematician	Arabia	Arabian	11	11 th century	?	1029	Cordoue	1100	Personal astronomer of the king of Toledo al-Ma'mun. Inventor of several instruments of observation. Editor of the first astronomical tables called	-1.930364	358.069636	1 ° 56 ' West	-18.264322	18.264° South	Nearside	South-West	Arzachel crater region	98	97	48.4	4137	0.042655825795081	Circular formation forming a remarkable trio with Ptolemaeus and Alphonsus.	Maybe Upper Imbrian	Very steep slopes of 1000 m bearing Arzachel B and C and Alpetragius M and N to the North-West Arzachel E and R to the South-West and Parrot C to the East.	Very high walls in terraces.	Extensive flat floor. Central mountain of 1500 m high supporting a craterlet on its South slope. Numerous craterlets whose Arzachel A K H and T. Contains Rimae Arzachel to the North-East. Hills and rilles.	4	Exceptional formation	7	First Quarter	6 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
84	ASADA	AA72466N499018	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Eratosthenian (From -3.2 billions years to -1.1 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Gryu Asada (ex Taruntius A)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	Japan	Japanese	18	18 th century	?	1734	?	1799	?	49.901761	49.901761	49 ° 54 ' East	7.246646	7.247° North	Nearside	North-East	North edge of Mare Fecunditatis	12	12	6.1	2486	0.200992461241511	Circular formation with bowl shape situated to the South-West of the rim of a tray.		Slightly steep slopes but to the North-East.	Slightly high walls.	Rounded floor.	2	Pretty interesting formation	4	4 days after New Moon	3 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
85	ASCLEPI	AA551899S255231	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Guiseppe Asclepi	Schmidt (1878)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Caleni	Not named	Not named	Astronomer and physicist	Italy	Italian	18	18 th century	?	1706	?	1776	?	25.523124	25.523124	25 ° 31 ' East	-55.189919	55.190° South	Nearside	South-East	Moon South limb	43	43	20.2	3182	0.078458506019892	Circular formation.		Steep slopes bearing Asclepi B and D to the North-West and Asclepi K and L to the South-East.	Fairly high walls damaged to the South by a little marked crater.	Flat floor with central hill.	3	Very interesting formation	5	5 days after New Moon	4 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
86	ASHBROOK	AA811043S2494250	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	Joseph. American astronomer (1918-1980).	IAU	01/01/1994 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	?	North America	American	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	-110.575003	249.424997	110 ° 35 ' West	-81.104278	81.104° North	Farside	North-West	Amundsen	157.68	157.68	78.8	4788	0.03037068919595	Circular formation damaged to the South West.	Formerly Drygalski Q	Slightly steep slopes.	Steep walls.	Flat floor covered by an Drygalski ejecta in the North-West.	0	Not observable	0	not observable	not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
87	ASTON	AA327658N2723152	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Francis William Aston	Arthur / Whitaker (1963)	01/01/1964 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Physicist	England	English	20	20 th century	Harborne	1877	Cambridge	1945	Discoverer of isotopes. Nobel Price of chemistry in 1922.	-87.684821	272.315179	87 ° 41 ' West	32.765842	32.766° North	Librations zone	North-West	Moon North-West limb	43	43	22.2	3271	0.073558576877633	Situated in the zone of librations. Damaged formation.	Partly covered by Imbrian ejecta	Fairly steep slopes crushed by Röntgen in tha West.	Slightly high walls.	Flat floor.	1	Low interest or difficult formation	14	Full Moon	6 days after Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
88	ATLAS	AA467403N443816	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Upper Imbrian (From -3.8 billions years to -3.2 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	anorth gabbro	Atlas	Riccioli (1651)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Blitterswyckii	Montes Macrocemnii	Atlas	Mythological character	Greece	Greek	0	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Giant father of Pleiads and Hyades condemned by Zeus to sustain the celestial vault on its shoulders to have been the ally of Titans.	44.381603	44.381603	44 ° 23 ' East	46.740274	46.740° North	Nearside	North-East	Atlas crater South-East region	88	87	44	4019	0.045613503524721	Forms a remarkable couple with Hercules. Circular formation.	Floor uplifted	Very steep slopes bearing a craterlet to the South.	Walls in terraces.	Tormented floor. Central mountain. Contains Rimae Atlas. Hills and craterlets.	4	Exceptional formation	4	4 days after New Moon	3 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
89	ATWOOD	AA58770S577750	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Georges Atwood (ex Langrenus K)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Insula Minor	Not named	Physicist	Great Britain	British	18	18 th century	London	1746	London	1807	Inventor in 1784 of a machine that wears its name and allowing to verify laws of the dynamics. Study on the floating body stability.	57.775018	57.775018	57 ° 47 ' East	-5.877023	5.877° South	Nearside	South-East	Moon East limb	30	29	14.3	2865	0.100063654984379	Circular formation forming an interesting trio with Bilharz and Naonobu.		Steep slopes bearing Naonobu to the North Bilharz to the West and Langrenus KA to the South-East.	Fairly high walls in light terraces.	Tormented floor. Small central mountain.	3	Very interesting formation	3	3 days after New Moon	2 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
90	AUTOLYCUS	AA306757N14858	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Copernician (From -1.1 billions years to present days)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Autolycus	Riccioli (1651)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Reithae	Mons Montuniates	Autolycus	Astronomer	Greece	Greek	-4	4 th century BC	?	about 330 BC	?	?	?	1.485834	1.485834	1 ° 29 ' East	30.675679	30.676° North	Nearside	North-East	North of Archimedes crater region	40	39	19.4	3142	0.080813114676398	Forms a remarkable triangle with Aristillus and Archimedes. Circular formation.	Do.	Very steep slopes bearing the craterlet Autolycus A to the East.	Very high walls in terraces.	Flat tormented floor. Central mountain. Hills.	4	Exceptional formation	7	First Quarter	6 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
91	AUWERS	AA149968N171184	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Imbrian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.85 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Arthur Auwers	Krieger / K?nig (1912)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	Germany	German	19	19 th century	G?ttingen	1838	Berlin	1915	Author of a fundamental star catalogue used for meridian refractors observations.	17.118406	17.118406	17 ° 7 ' East	14.996757	14.997° North	Nearside	North-East	South-East part of Mare Serenitatis	20	20	9.8	2558	0.130255059537551	Damaged and deformed formation.		Steep slopes.	Walls collapsed to the North.	Floor filled with lava.	2	Pretty interesting formation	6	6 days after New Moon	5 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
92	AUZOUT	AA102078N640092	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Lower Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.8 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Adrien Auzout	?	01/01/1961 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	France	French	17	17 th century	Rouen	1622	Rome	1691	Inventor of the micrometer in 1667. Improved astronomical instruments of the period.	64.009176	64.009176	64 ° 1 ' East	10.207841	10.208° North	Nearside	North-East	Moon East limb	33	33	16.4	2988	0.090781233592734	Circular formation situated on the South-East slope of Mare Crisium.		Steep slopes bearing Van Albada to the South.	High walls in light terraces.	Slightly extensive and flat floor with small central relief.	3	Very interesting formation	3	3 days after New Moon	2 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
93	AVERY	AA13172S813667	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Craterlet	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Oswald Théodore Avery (ex Gilbert U)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Doctor	U. S. A.	American	20	20 th century	Halifax	1877	Nashville	1955	Discoverer of properties of the ADN as hereditary support in 1944. Specialist of the pneumonia. Lasker Price in 1947.	81.366678	81.366678	81 ° 22 ' East	-1.317156	1.317° South	Librations zone	South-East	Moon East limb	8	9	5.3	2153	0.200706791601136	Circular formation with bowl shape situated in the zone of librations.		Slightly steep slopes.	Slightly high walls.	Rounded floor.	1	Low interest or difficult formation	2	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
94	AVICENNA	AA396254N2627232	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	Abu Ali Al Husayn Ibn Sina	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	philosophist	Iran	Iranian	11	11 th century	Afchana	980	Hamadhan	1037	Doctor of prince Boukhara. Author of medecine cannons. Numerous deseases description and of their treatment. Author of a cosmology based on possible and necessary beings.	-97.276815	262.723185	97 ° 17 ' West	39.625434	39.625° North	Librations zone	North-West	Not determined	74	74	36.4	3797	0.052033064852968	Circular formation situated in the zone of librations.		Not easily observable.			1	Low interest or difficult formation	14	Full Moon	6 days after Last Quarter	30	x10 binoculars	50 mm refractor
95	AVOGADRO	AA632138N1653645	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Amedeo (Conte Di Quarengna e Cerreto)	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	chemist	Italy	Italian	19	19 th century	Turino	1776	Turino	1856	Physics professor in Turino university in 1820. Discoverer of atoms number in an atom-gram. Author of a law on gases density.	165.364482	165.364482	165 ° 22 ' East	63.213802	63.214° North	Farside	North-East	Not determined	139	139	64.9	4516	0.034787879125611	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
96	AZOPHI	AA221930S126958	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Abd al-Rahman Al-Sufi	Riccioli (1651)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Mersenni	Not named	Azophi	Astronomer	Arabia	Arabian	10	10 th century	Rey	903	?	986	Author of the Book on permanent star constellations in 965 and works on the astrolabe and the astrology.	12.695779	12.695779	12 ° 42 ' East	-22.193027	22.193° South	Nearside	South-East	East of Catharina crater region	48	48	23.7	3338	0.070216007812392	Circular formation forming a remarkable trio with Abenezra and Abenezra C.	Partly covered by Imbrian ejecta	Fairly steep slopes bearing Abenezra to the North-West Azophi J to the North-East Azophi G to the South and a craterlet to the East.	Very high walls with light terraces pushing Abenezra and ridden by Azophi C to the North.	Flat floor. Craterlets whose a double to the North.	3	Very interesting formation	6	6 days after New Moon	5 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
97	BAADE	AA447496S2779654	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Upper Imbrian (From -3.8 billions years to -3.2 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Walter Baade	Arthur / Whitaker (1963)	01/01/1964 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	Germany	German	20	20 th century	Schr?ttinghausen	1893	G?ttingen	1960	Specialist of galaxies. Discoverer of 2 types of stellar populations. Study on Cepheids stars. Discoverer of asteroids Icare and Hidalgo.	-82.034569	277.965431	82 ° 2 ' West	-44.749582	44.750° South	Librations zone	South-West	Moon South-West limb	55	55	28.9	3541	0.061213956098644	Circular formation situated in the zone of librations.		Fairly steep slopes.	Slightly high walls.	Flat floor filled with lava.	2	Pretty interesting formation	14	Full Moon	6 days after Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
98	BABAKIN	AA208126S1232635	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Georgij N. Babakin	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1973 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	engineer	USSR	Soviet	20	20 th century	?	1914	?	1971	Scientist involved in the soviet space program.	123.263451	123.263451	123 ° 16 ' East	-20.812627	20.813° South	Farside	South-East	Not determined	20	20	9.5	2538	0.132575881254986	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
99	BABBAGE	AA595623N3026169	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Walled plain	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Charles Babbage	Birt / Lee (1865)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Inventor	England	English	19	19 th century	Teignmouth	1792	London	1871	Invented a machine to calculate known as computer ancestor. Treaty on the production in large series in 1832.	-57.383062	302.616938	57 ° 23 ' West	59.56233	59.562° North	Nearside	North-West	Moon North-North-West limb	144	144	73.2	4684	0.031963600554244	Irregular shape.		Slightly steep slopes crushed by Pythagoras to the North-West and by South to the South-East.	Slightly high walls.	Flat floor filled with lava supporting the crater Babbage A & C. Hill rilles and craterlets.	3	Very interesting formation	12	5 days after First Quarter	4 days after Last Quarter	5	Naked eye	10x binoculars
100	BABCOCK	AA41343N941357	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	Harold D. Babcock	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	USA	American	20	20 th century	?	1882	?	1968	?	94.135661	94.135661	94 ° 8 ' East	4.134336	4.134° North	Librations zone	North-East	Not determined	99	99	47.6	4115	0.043189509963084	Circular formation situated in the zone of librations.		Not easily observable.			1	Low interest or difficult formation	1	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	30	x10 binoculars	50 mm refractor
101	BABY RAY	LF91000S154000	IAU Named formation	LF	Landing site name	Not determined	Not appliable	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Astronaut-named feature - Apollo 16 site.	IAU	01/01/1973 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	15.4	15.4	15 ° 24 ' East	-9.1	9.100° North	Nearside	South-East	Theophilus	0.16	0.16	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Smmall circular formation of the Apollo 16 landing site.		Not described in this VMA version.			99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	6	Six days after New Moon	Five days after Full Moon	999	Not observable	Not observable
102	BACK	AA11964N806680	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Upper Imbrian (From -3.8 billions years to -3.2 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	Ernst E. A. Back (ex Schubert B)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Physicist	Germany	German	20	20 th century	?	1881	?	1959	?	80.668049	80.668049	80 ° 40 ' East	1.196406	1.196° North	Librations zone	North-East	Moon East limb	35	35	17.3	3034	0.087624026715644	Circular formation situated in the zone of librations. Forms an interesting couple with Schubert.	Not on Plate 9A but probably Upper Imbrian	Slightly steep slopes.	Fairly high walls.	Flat floor. Central mountain.	2	Pretty interesting formation	2	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
103	BACKLUND	AA162170S1033466	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Oscar A. Backlund	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	Sweden	Swedish	19	19 th century	Karlstad	1846	Poulkovo	1916	Director of Pulkovo observatory in 1895. Survey of celestial mechanic.	103.346632	103.346632	103 ° 21 ' East	-16.217044	16.217° South	Farside	North-East	Not determined	75	75	37.7	3836	0.050836595087766	Circular formation situated in the zone of librations.		Not easily observable.			1	Low interest or difficult formation	1	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	30	x10 binoculars	50 mm refractor
104	BACO	AA510441S190964	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Roger Bacon	Mädler (1837)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Philosopher	England	English	13	13 th century	Ilchester	1214	Oxford	1294	Father of the scientific experimentation. Nicknamed the 'Admirable Doctor'. Inventor of many transport devices and products including gun powder.	19.096445	19.096445	19 ° 6 ' East	-51.044121	51.044° South	Nearside	South-East	Moon South limb	70	70	32.6	3672	0.056237978285045	Circular formation.	Probably Nectarian. should be shown on Plate 7A not 6A	Steep slopes bearing a crater to the East Baco S to the North Baco B and N to the North-West and Baco O and A to the South.	High walls in light terraces.	Flat floor. Central hill. Craterlets.	3	Very interesting formation	5	5 days after New Moon	4 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
105	BAILLAUD	AA746078N373517	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	Benjamin Baillaud	Lamech (1956)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	France	French	19	19 th century	Chalon sur Sa?¡ne	1848	Toulouse	1934	Director of the observatory of Toulouse. Participated in the 'map of the Sky' and to the creation of the International Bureau of the Hour in 1913.	37.351743	37.351743	37 ° 21 ' East	74.607818	74.608° North	Nearside	North-East	Moon North limb	91	90	44.7	4037	0.045141894045426	Damaged formation.		Slightly steep slopes bearing Euctemon to the North-West and Baillaud A to the North-East.	Fairly high walls damaged to the North and to the South.	Floor filled with lava with a crater. Hills and craterlets.	2	Pretty interesting formation	5	5 days after New Moon	4 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
106	BAILLY	AA668215S2911046	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Walled plain	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Jean-Sylvain Bailly	Schröter (1802)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Scientist and political man	France	French	18	18 th century	Paris	1736	Paris	1793	Member of the Academy of Sciences in 1763. Author of several histories of the astronomy. Mayor of Paris.	-68.895362	291.104638	68 ° 54 ' West	-66.821468	66.821° South	Nearside	South-West	Moon South-South-West limb	303	303	150.2	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Circular formation little differentiated. The largest of crater shaped formations.	Partly covered by Imbrian ejecta from Orientale	Slightly steep slopes bearing many craters.	High walls ridden by Bailly A to the South-East.	Extensive and Fairly flat floor to the South and tormented to the North. Spangled of craters and craterlets whose Bailly B to the South Bailly D & C to the North-West and Bailly F & I to the center. Hills.	3	Very interesting formation	13	6 days after First Quarter	5 days after Last Quarter	5	Naked eye	10x binoculars
107	BAILY	AA497798N305582	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Francis Baily	Mädler (1837)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer and mathematician	England	English	19	19 th century	Newbury	1774	London	1844	Founder of the astronomical Company of London in 1836. Determination of the density of the Earth. Discoverer of the phenomenon of 'grains of Baily' during solar eclipses in 1836.	30.558229	30.558229	30 ° 33 ' East	49.7798	49.780° North	Nearside	North-East	Moon North-North-East limb	27	27	12.8	2773	0.107992496271859	Partially dismantled formation to the South-East.		Slightly steep slopes.	Slightly high walls supporting an incomplete crater to the North-East and damaged to the South.	Flat floor. Central rille.	2	Pretty interesting formation	5	5 days after New Moon	4 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
108	BALANDIN	AA189419S1525836	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	A. A. Balandin	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	chemist	USSR	Soviet	20	20 th century	?	1914	?	1971	?	152.583551	152.583551	152 ° 35 ' East	-18.941865	18.942° South	Farside	South-East	Not determined	12	12	5.9	2372	0.200899367911679	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
109	BALBOA	AA192367N2766920	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Vasco Nunez de Balboa	Arthur / Whitaker (1963)	01/01/1964 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Navigator and explorer	Spain	Spanish	15	15 th century	Jerez	1475	Acla	1517	Discoverer of the Pacific Ocean in 1513.	-83.307963	276.692037	83 ° 18 ' West	19.23668	19.237° North	Librations zone	North-West	Moon West-North-West limb	70	70	34.5	3737	0.054014481380689	Situated in the zone of librations. Circular formation.	Probably Nectarian. should be shown on Plate 7A not 6A	Fairly steep slopes bearing Balboa A to the South-East and Dalton to the South-West.	Fairly high walls.	Tormented floor.	2	Pretty interesting formation	14	Full Moon	6 days after Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
110	BALDET	AA533199S2080402	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Francois Baldet	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	France	French	20	20 th century	?	1885	?	1964	?	-151.959755	208.040245	151 ° 58 ' West	-53.319916	53.320° South	Farside	South-West	Not determined	55	55	27.8	3502	0.062808856380137	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
111	BALL	AA359228S3516058	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	William Ball	Birt / Lee (1865)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	England	English	17	17 th century	?	?	?	1690	Amateur having confirmed the discovery of rings of Saturn by Huygens.	-8.394206	351.605794	8 ° 24 ' West	-35.922788	35.923° South	Nearside	South-West	Tycho crater region	41	41	20.1	3176	0.078798318990574	Circular formation.	Possibly Lower Imbrian	Steep slopes bearing Ball A to the North-West and Ball C to the South as large.	High walls in terraces supporting a craterlet to the South.	Fairly flat and little extensive floor. Important central mountain.	3	Very interesting formation	8	1 day after First Quarter	Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
112	BALLET	AA201700N305700	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Ballet	IAU 2020	01/01/2020 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	30.57	30.57	30 ° 34 ' East	20.17	20 ° 10 ' North	Nearside	North-East	North part of Mare Serenitatis	0.01	0.01	0.005	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Formation circulaire isolée en forme de bol		Versants assez escarpés.	Fairly steep walls.		99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	999	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
113	BALMER	AA202715S702247	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Walled plain	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	Johann Jakob Balmer	Arthur / Whitaker (1963)	01/01/1964 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Physicist	Switzerland	Swiss	19	19 th century	Lausen	1825	B?›le	1898		70.224706	70.224706	70 ° 13 ' East	-20.271454	20.271° South	Nearside	South-East	Moon East-South-East limb	113	113	68.1	4583	0.033626982311613	Damaged circular formation.	Name is on LAC 99	Slightly steep slopes bearing the crater Hecataeus C to the North-East.	Slightly high walls gobbled to the North.	Large flat floor filled with lava. Numerous craterlets whose a central.	3	Very interesting formation	2	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	5	Naked eye	10x binoculars
114	BANACHIEWICZ	AA52770N800097	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Walled plain	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Tadeus Banachiewicz	Arthur / Whitaker (1963)	01/01/1964 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer and mathematician	Poland	Polish	20	20 th century	?	1882	?	1954	?	80.009675	80.009675	80 ° 1 ' East	5.276973	5.277° North	Librations zone	North-East	Moon East limb	93	92	49.5	4163	0.042021896485412	Circular formation situated in the zone of librations.		Fairly steep slopes bearing Banachiewicz E and F to the South-West.	Fairly high walls supporting Banachiewicz B to the West.	Flat floor supporting Knox-Shaw.	2	Pretty interesting formation	2	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
115	BANCROFT	AA280659N3535661	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Copernician (From -1.1 billions years to present days) ?	Period source not found	No details	W. D. Bancroft (ex Archimedes A)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Chemist	U. S. A.	American	20	20 th century	?	1867	?	1953	?	-6.433948	353.566052	6 ° 26 ' West	28.065909	28.066° North	Nearside	North-West	South-East part of Mare Imbrium	13	13	6.2	2512	0.201013475012181	Circular formation with bowl shape.		Steep slopes bearing an escarpment to the South-West.	Fairly high walls.	Rounded floor. Small central relief.	2	Pretty interesting formation	8	1 day after First Quarter	Last Quarter	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
116	BANDFIELD	AA54000S907700	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Copernician	Period source not found	No details	Joshua Bandfield	IAU 2022	08/07/2022 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Engineer	United States	American	20	20 th century	??	1974	??	2019	Work on instruments of the Osiris-Rex MRO LRO MGS Spirit & Opportunity probes	90.77	90.77	90 ° 46 ' East	-5.4	5 ° 24 ' South	Librations zone	South-East	Sur le rempart du cratère Hirayama	1	1	0.5	0.1	0.1	Recent craterlet surrounded by a radiating system					0	Not observable	Not observable	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
117	BANTING	AA265814N164284	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Eratosthenian (From -3.2 billions years to -1.1 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Sir Frederick Grant Banting (ex Linné E)	?	01/01/1973 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Doctor and physiologist	Canada	Canadian	20	20 th century	Alliston	1891	Musgrave Harbor	1941	Discovery of the insulin. Nobel Price of medicine in 1941.	16.428418	16.428418	16 ° 26 ' East	26.581351	26.581° North	Nearside	North-East	South-West part of Mare Serenitatis	5	5	2.5	1026	0.199238903818843	Isolated circular formation with bowl shape. Recent.		Slightly steep slopes	Slightly high walls	Rounded floor	1	Low interest or difficult formation	6	6 days after New Moon	5 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
118	BARBIER	AA238503S1579337	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Daniel Barbier	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astrophysicist	France	French	20	20 th century	Lyon	1907	Manosque	1965	Survey on stellar spectrophotometry. Star spectral classification with D. Chalonge. International observation network of atmosphere luminescence.	157.933664	157.933664	157 ° 56 ' East	-23.85027	23.850° South	Farside	South-East	Not determined	66	66	32.6	3674	0.05619588333426	Not observable	Likely to be Nectarian: should be on Plate 7B not 6B. relatively fresh	Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
119	BARKLA	AA106680S672187	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Charles Glover Barkla (ex Langrenus A)	?	01/01/1979 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Physicist	Great Britain	British	20	20 th century	Widnes	1877	Edimbourg	1944	Works on radioelectric wavew and X rays. Nobel Price in1917.	67.218739	67.218739	67 ° 13 ' East	-10.667977	10.668° South	Nearside	South-East	Moon East limb	43	43	20.4	3190	0.07800203018561	Damaged circular formation.	Formerly Langrenus A	Fairly steep slopes bearing Langrenus M to the North-West and a crater to the North.	Walls in terraces.	Tormented floor with line of crest.	2	Pretty interesting formation	2	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
120	BARNARD	AA297883S859489	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Edward Emerson Barnard	Arthur / Whitaker (1963)	01/01/1964 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	U. S. A.	American	19	19 th century	Nashville	1857	Williams Bay	1923	Discoverer of a twenty of comets including the first by the photograph. Director of the Yerkes Observatory. Photographs of the Milky Way. Catalogue of dark nebulae. Discoverer of Amalthee and a close star with strong proper motion.	85.948881	85.948881	85 ° 57 ' East	-29.788294	29.788° South	Librations zone	South-East	Moon South-East limb	101	101	57.8	4363	0.037700905171975	Damaged circular formation situated in the zone of librations.	Possibly Nectarian	Steep slopes crushed by Humboldt to the North-West and bearing Abel to the South.	High walls in terraces ridden by Barnard B to the South-West and by Abel A to the South.	Very tormented floor. Numerous craterlets and lines of crests.	2	Pretty interesting formation	2	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	5	Naked eye	10x binoculars
121	BAROCIUS	AA449791S168058	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Francesco Barozzi	Riccioli (1651)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Barocius	Mathematician	Italy	Italian	16	16 th century	?	?	?	?	?	16.805822	16.805822	16 ° 48 ' East	-44.979055	44.979° South	Nearside	South-East	Maurolycus crater region	83	83	41.3	3943	0.047675004330548	Damaged circular formation situated on the South-East slope of Maurolycus.		Fairly steep slopes overlapped by Barocius B and C to the North-East.	High walls especially to the South-East.	Tormented floor supporting Barocius W. Small mountain off-center. Craterlets and lines of crest.	3	Very interesting formation	6	6 days after New Moon	5 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
122	BARRINGER	AA282181S2095694	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Daniel M. Barringer	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	geologist	USA	American	20	20 th century	?	1860	?	1929	Survey on Meteor Crater in Arizona. Author of meteoritic origin of lunar craters.	-150.430619	209.569381	150 ° 26 ' West	-28.218062	28.218° South	Farside	North-West	Not determined	68	68	33.4	3699	0.055306098488568	Not observable	Older than Hertzsprung Basin	Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
123	BARROW	AA712844N75860	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Isaac Barrow	Mädler (1837)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Amalfi	Not named	Not named	Mathematician and theologian	England	English	17	17 th century	London	1630	London	1677	Co-author of the infinitesimal calculation. Author of optical calculation formulae and calculations of areas.	7.586017	7.586017	7 ° 35 ' East	71.284404	71.284° North	Nearside	North-East	Moon North limb	93	93	46.9	4096	0.043658216889689	Wrecked formation.	Possibly Nectarian	Slightly steep slopes overlapped to the North-East by the crater Barrow C and to the South-West by the crater Barrow A.	Slightly high walls.	Extensive Flat floor with craterlets.	3	Very interesting formation	6	6 days after New Moon	5 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
124	BARTELS	AA245065N2701548	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Julius Bartels	?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Geophysicist	Germany	German	20	20 th century	?	1899	?	1964	?	-89.845211	270.154789	89 ° 51 ' West	24.506498	24.506° North	Librations zone	North-West	Moon West-North-West limb	55	55	27.4	3486	0.063454595302215	In the zone of librations. Circular formation.	Partly covered by Imbrian ejecta	Slightly steep slopes bearing Bartels A to the North.	Slightly high walls in light terraces.	Flat floor.	1	Low interest or difficult formation	14	Full Moon	6 days after Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
125	BAWA	AA252770S1025586	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Bawa	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	female name	Africa	African	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	102.558586	102.558586	102 ° 34 ' East	-25.27697	25.277° South	Farside	South-East	Not determined	10	10	0.7	309	0.196886105213778	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
126	BAYER	AA516207S3248553	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Johann Bayer	?	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	Germany	German	17	17 th century	Rain	1572	Augsbourg	1625	Author of the atlas Uranometria using Greek letters to appoint stars in 1603.	-35.144719	324.855281	35 ° 9 ' West	-51.620702	51.621° South	Nearside	South-West	Moon South-South-West limb	48	48	24.2	3358	0.069231611010185	Circular formation situated on the North-East slope of Schiller.		Fairly steep slopes crushed to the West by Schiller and bearing many craters whose Bayer K to the North-East and Bayer E to the South-East.	Fairly high walls in light terraces.	Flat floor filled with lava supporting a crater to the West.	3	Very interesting formation	10	3 days after First Quarter	2 days after Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
127	BEALS	AA371090N865785	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Carlyle F. Beals	?	01/01/1982 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	Canada	Canadian	20	20 th century	?	1899	?	1979	?	86.57853	86.57853	86 ° 35 ' East	37.10899	37.109° North	Librations zone	North-East	Moon North-East limb	48	48	26.3	3441	0.065414459260623	Situated in the zone of librations on the South slope of Riemann. Circular formation.	Formerly Riemann A	Fairly steep slopes.	Fairly high walls.	Flat floor. Small central mountain.	1	Low interest or difficult formation	2	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
128	BEAR MOUNTAIN	LF200000N307000	IAU Named formation	LF	Landing site name	Not determined	Not appliable	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Astronaut-named feature - Apollo 17 site.	IAU	01/01/1973 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	30.7	30.7	30 ° 42 ' East	20	20.000° North	Nearside	North-East	Macrobius	0	0	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Semi-circular hill in Taurus Littrow valley near the Apollo 17 landing site.		Fairly steep slopes.			99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	5	Five days after New Moon	Four days after Full Moon	999	Not observable	Not observable
129	BEAUMONT	AA180807S288229	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Léonce Elie de Beaumont	Mädler (1837)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Geologist	France	French	19	19 th century	Canon	1798	Canon	1874	Engineer of Mines. Author of a geological map of France with Dufrénoy. Secretary of the Academy of Sciences. Author of a method of dating rocky layers.	28.822854	28.822854	28 ° 49 ' East	-18.080698	18.081° South	Nearside	South-East	Mare Nectaris South edge	53	53	25.3	3403	0.067136673215138	Damaged circular formation situated on the South-West bank of Mare Nectaris.		Slightly steep slopes bearing Beaumont K to the North-East Beaumont E to the South-West and a double craterlet to the South.	Slightly high walls ridden by a craterlet to the North-West. Breach to the East opening on Mare Nectaris.	Fairly tormented floor filled with lava supporting an horseshoe shaped crater to the East. Craterlets and hills.	3	Very interesting formation	5	5 days after New Moon	4 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
130	BECQUEREL	AA407945N1295013	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	Antoine H. Becquerel	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	physicist	France	French	19	19 th century	Ch?›tillon sur Loing	1788	Paris	1878	Discoverer of piezoelectricity in 1819 and of a photovoltaic battery in 1839. Conceiver of the electrochimic actinometer.	129.501339	129.501339	129 ° 30 ' East	40.794549	40.795° North	Farside	South-East	Not determined	65	65	31.4	3630	0.057761280087307	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
131	BECVAR	AA25740S1250733	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Antonin Becvar	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	Czechoslovakia	Czechoslovakian	20	20 th century	?	1901	?	1965	Author of several celestial and stellar atlases.	125.073305	125.073305	125 ° 4 ' East	-2.573963	2.574° South	Farside	North-East	Not determined	67	67	33.3	3694	0.055462681564248	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
132	BEER	AA270746N3508983	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Wilhelm Beer	Schmidt (1878)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	Germany	German	19	19 th century	Berlin	1797	Berlin	1850	Collaborator of M?dler. Author of a map of the Moon in 1837 and a map of Mars planet.	-9.101673	350.898327	9 ° 6 ' West	27.074604	27.075° North	Nearside	North-West	South-East part of Mare Imbrium	10	10.2	4.5	1815	0.200367534066676	Circular formation with bowl shape situated to the North extremity of a wrinkle ridge of Mare Imbrium. Forms an interesting couple with Feuillée.		Fairly steep slopes bearing a chain of craterlets oriented West East to the East and a dome to the South.	Fairly high walls.	Rounded floor.	4	Exceptional formation	8	1 day after First Quarter	Last Quarter	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
133	BEHAIM	AA166056S794051	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Martin Behaim	Mädler (1837)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Navigator and cosmographer	Germany	German	15	15 th century	Nuremberg	1459	Lisbonne	1506	Geographer of the expedition of Diogo Ciao in Africa. Drew a terrestrial globe in 1492 showing the known world before Colomb.	79.405068	79.405068	79 ° 24 ' East	-16.605627	16.606° South	Nearside	South-East	Moon East-South-East limb	55	55	28.1	3510	0.062456954359443	Circular formation to the limit of the zone of librations.		Fairly steep slopes bearing the crater Behaim B to the West and Behaim S to the West.	High walls in terraces.	Flat floor. Central mountain. Rille.	3	Very interesting formation	2	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
134	BEIJERINCK	AA134016S1518375	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	Martinus W. Beijerink	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	botanist	Netherands	Dutch	20	20 th century	?	1851	?	1931	?	151.837498	151.837498	151 ° 50 ' East	-13.40156	13.402° South	Farside	South-East	Not determined	70	70	38.3	3856	0.050228662263903	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
135	BEKETOV	AA162309N291769	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Craterlet	Meteoritic impact	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	N. N. Beketov (ex Jansen C)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Chemist	Russia	Russian	19	19 th century	?	1827	?	1911	?	29.176926	29.176926	29 ° 11 ' East	16.230911	16.231° North	Nearside	North-East	North of Mare Tranquillitatis region	8	8	4.1	1661	0.200192061726371	Isolated circular formation.		Slightly steep slopes.	Fairly high walls.	Slightly extensive and flat floor.	2	Pretty interesting formation	5	5 days after New Moon	4 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
136	BEL'KOVICH	AA615278N901470	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Walled plain	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	gabbroic anorthosite	Igor V. Belkovitch	Arthur / Whitaker (1963)	01/01/1964 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	U. S. S. R.	Soviet	20	20 th century	?	1904	?	1949	Specialist of the Moon.	90.147023	90.147023	90 ° 9 ' East	61.527768	61.528° North	Librations zone	North-East	Moon North-North-East limb	12	2	5	2019	0.200579417644447	Situated in the zone of librations. Circular formation.	Not on Plate 7B	Steep slopes bearing Hayn to the North-West Belkovitch A and B to the South and Belkovitch K to the North-East.	Slightly high walls.	Large flat floor with a rille. Central hill.	2	Pretty interesting formation	2	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	5	Naked eye	10x binoculars
137	BELA	AA246650N22693	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Bèla	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Female name	Hungary	Hungarian	0	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	2.269287	2.269287	2 ° 16 ' East	24.665042	24.665° North	Nearside	North-East	Montes Apenninus region	199	198	107.5	5257	0.024446296746427	Very lengthened formation. South starting point of Rima Hadley.		Fairly steep slopes.	High walls.	Rounded floor in form of shell of boat.	3	Very interesting formation	7	First Quarter	6 days after Full Moon	150	150 mm reflector	300 mm reflector
138	BELL	AA219782N2634682	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Alexander G. Bell	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	inventor	Royaume Uni	Scottish	20	20 th century	Edinburgh	1847	Baddeck	1922	Inventor of the telephone in 1876.	-96.531822	263.468178	96 ° 32 ' West	21.978152	21.978° North	Librations zone	North-West	Not determined	86	86	43.1	3994	0.046272550894359	Circular formation situated in the zone of librations.	Partly covered by Imbrian ejecta possibly pre-Nectarian	Not easily observable.			1	Low interest or difficult formation	14	Full Moon	6 days after Last Quarter	30	x10 binoculars	50 mm refractor
139	BELLINSGAUZEN	AA607163S1951507	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Faddey F. Bellingshausen	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	explorer	Russia	Russian	19	19 th century	?	1778	?	1852	?	-164.849327	195.150673	164 ° 51 ' West	-60.716279	60.716° South	Farside	South-West	Not determined	63	63	31.6	3637	0.057524810222109	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
140	BELLOT	AA124760S481945	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Copernician (From -1.1 billions years to present days) ?	Period source not found	No details	Joseph R. Bellot	Birt / Lee (1865)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Navigator	France	French	19	19 th century	?	1826	?	1853	Specialist of the Antarctic.	48.1945	48.1945	48 ° 12 ' East	-12.475982	12.476° South	Nearside	South-East	East part of Mare Fecunditatis	17	17	8.7	2470	0.141194214817578	Isolated circular formation.		Steep slopes bearing mountainous crests to the East and to the South and Bellot A and B to the South-West.	High walls.	Slightly extensive and flat floor.	2	Pretty interesting formation	4	4 days after New Moon	3 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
141	BELOPOL'SKIY	AA172508S2317660	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Aristarch A. Belopol'skiy	IAU 1971 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	USSR	Soviet	20	20 th century	?	1854	?	1934	?	-128.234027	231.765973	128 ° 14 ' West	-17.250762	17.251° South	Farside	South-West	Not determined	59	59	30.9	3614	0.058386001621437	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
142	BELYAEV	AA230964N1431111	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Pavel I. Belyaev	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	cosmonaut	USSR	Soviet	20	20 th century	?	1925	?	1970	Voskhod 2 mission cosmonaut with Leonov on the march 18 1965.	143.111144	143.111144	143 ° 7 ' East	23.096417	23.096° North	Farside	North-East	Not determined	54	54	27.9	3504	0.062698860066123	Not observable	Younger than Moscoviense Basin	Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
143	BENCH	LF32000S3366000	IAU Named formation	LF	Landing site name	Not determined	Not appliable	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Astronaut-named feature - Apollo 12 site.	IAU	01/01/1973 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	-23.4	336.6	23 ° 24 ' West	-3.2	3.200° North	Nearside	South-West	Montes Riphaeus	0.1	0.1	0	34	0.192667648295301	Small geological formation visited by Apollo 12 astronauts.		Not described in this VMA version.			99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	9	Two days after First Quarter	One day after Last Quarter	999	Not observable	Not observable
144	BENEDICT	AA43492N1415364	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	F. G. Benedict	IAU 1985 ?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	chemist	USA	American	20	20 th century	?	1870	?	1957	?	141.53643	141.53643	141 ° 32 ' East	4.349198	4.349° North	Farside	North-East	Not determined	14	14	6.9	2782	0.201216825542781	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
145	BERGMAN	AA69731N1374896	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Torbern Olof Bergman	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	chemist	Sweden	Swedish	18		Katrineberg	1735	Medevi	1784	Mineralogist. Discoverer of nickel wolfram and of carbonates composition.	137.489589	137.489589	137 ° 29 ' East	6.973117	6.973° North	Farside	North-East	Not determined	21	21	11.2	2665	0.118410448930056	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
146	BERGSTRAND	AA187200S1764400	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Carl Osten E. Bergstrand	IAU 1997 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	Sweden	Swedish	20	20 th century	Stockholm	1873	Uppsala	1948	?	176.44	176.44	176 ° 25 ' East	-18.72	18 ° 43 ' South	Farside	South-West	Not determined	106	106	21.4	3238	0.075343757843458	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
147	BERKNER	AA251800N2546600	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	anorth norite	Lloyd Viel Berkner	IAU 1970	1970-01-01 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	geophysicist	U. S. A.	American	20	20 th century	?	1905	?	1967	Geophysicist	-105.34	254.66	105 ° 20 ' West	25.18	25 ° 18 ’ North	Farside	North-West	Not determined	87	87	43.8	4012	0.045795291495261	Damaged circular formation.	Older than Hertzsprung Basin	Slightly steep slopes.	Slightly step walls with not complete terraces.	Flat floor in the North tormented in the South with a central horseshoe shaped mountain.	0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
148	BERLAGE	AA630400S1963900	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	Hendrik P. Berlage	IAU 1970 ?	1970-01-01 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	geophysicist	Netherlands	Dutch	20	20 th century	?	1896	?	1968	?	-163.61	196.39	163 ° 37 ' West	-63.04	63 ° 2 ' South	Farside	South-West	Not determined	93.75	93.75	46.8	4095	0.043681000426527	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
149	BERNOULLI	AA349295N606124	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Upper Imbrian (From -3.8 billions years to -3.2 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	Jacques Bernoulli	Schröter (1802)	01/01/1985 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Mathematician and physicist	Switzerland	Swiss	17	17 th century	B?›le	1654	B?›le	1705	Works on the infinitesimal calculation. Specialist of probabilities.	60.612401	60.612401	60 ° 37 ' East	34.929512	34.930° North	Nearside	North-East	Moon North-East limb	48	47	23.6	3332	0.070464854789125	Circular formation.		Slightly steep slopes bearing Bernouilli A to the North.	Very high walls in terraces.	Flat floor. Central mountain.	3	Very interesting formation	3	3 days after New Moon	2 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
150	BEROSUS	AA334956N699922	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Berose	?	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Leototi	Not named	Not named	Astronomer priest and historian	Babylon	Babylonian	-4	4 th century BC	Babylone	330 BC	?	?	Inventor of a solar dial. Author of a history of Babylon about 280 BC.	69.992161	69.992161	69 ° 60 ' East	33.495559	33.496° North	Nearside	North-East	Moon North-East limb	75	74	37.6	3832	0.050940452287709	Circular formation.	Partly covered by Imbrian ejecta younger than Crisium Basin. Maybe Nectarian - on the map in the source (GHM) it is classified as Nectarian.	Fairly steep slopes.	Slightly high walls in terraces.	Flat floor filled with somber lava.	3	Very interesting formation	2	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
151	BERZELIUS	AA365518N509548	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Baron Jöns Jacob Berzelius	Mädler (1837)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Chemist	Sweden	Swedish	19	19 th century	V?versunda S?rgard	1779	Stockholm	1848	Secretary of the Academy of Sciences in 1818. Separated the organic chemistry and the mineral chemistry. Inventor of symbols and chemical equations. Laws of the electrochemistry.	50.954777	50.954777	50 ° 57 ' East	36.551821	36.552° North	Nearside	North-East	Atlas crater South-East region	51	51	24.2	3358	0.06921166627574	Circular formation.	Older than Crisium Basin	Slightly steep slopes.	Slightly high walls.	Flat floor filled with lava. Craterlets. Rille.	3	Very interesting formation	4	4 days after New Moon	3 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
152	BESSARION	AA148511N3226925	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Copernician (From -1.1 billions years to present days) ?	Period source not found	No details	Johannes Bessarion	Riccioli (1651)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Bettinii	Not named	Bessarion	Scholar and theologian	Byzance	Byzantin	15	15 th century	Trébizonde	1402	Ravenne	1472	Cardinal in 1439. Partisan of the Union of Churches. Promoter of the Renaissance in Italy.	-37.307527	322.692473	37 ° 18 ' West	14.85105	14.851° North	Nearside	North-West	Region between Oceanus Procellarum and Mare Imbrium	10	10	4.9	1973	0.200533079132155	Circular formation with bowl shape. Three white radial rays.	Not so sure	Slightly steep slopes bearing Bessarion E to the North.	Fairly high walls.	Rounded floor.	2	Pretty interesting formation	10	3 days after First Quarter	2 days after Last Quarter	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
153	BESSEL	AA217342N179204	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Eratosthenian (From -3.2 billions years to -1.1 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel	Mädler (1837)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	Germany	German	19	19 th century	Minden	1784	K?nigsberg	1846	Founder of the observatory of K?nigsberg. Observation of 75 000 stars. Measure of the distance of 61 Cygni in 1838. Prediction of the existence of the companion of Sirius.	17.920354	17.920354	17 ° 55 ' East	21.734231	21.734° North	Nearside	North-East	South-East part of Mare Serenitatis	17	16	7.7	2385	0.153280106470411	Isolated circular formation.	From Geological map I-489	Slightly steep slopes.	Slightly high walls.	Extensive flat floor filled with lava. Craterlets.	3	Very interesting formation	6	6 days after New Moon	5 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
154	BETTINUS	AA633969S3148398	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years) ?	Period source not found	noritic anorthosite	Mario Bettini	Riccioli (1651)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Martinitzi	Mons Meridionalis	Bettinus	Philosopher mathematician and astronomer	Italy	Italian	17	17 th century	?	1582	?	1657	?	-45.160231	314.839769	45 ° 10 ' West	-63.396885	63.397° South	Nearside	South-West	Moon South-South-West limb	71	71	35.8	3778	0.05264463080275	Circular formation.		Fairly steep slopes bearing Bettinus A to the South-West and many craterlets whose a couple to the South-East.	Fairly high walls ridden by two craterlets to the North-West.	Flat floor with a craterlet to the North-East. Mountain slightly off-center to the North-West. Craterlets.	3	Very interesting formation	11	4 days after First Quarter	3 days after Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
155	BHABHA	AA555000S1946900	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	ol-noritic gabbro	Homi Jehangir Bhabha	IAU 1970 ?	??	Not known	Not known	Not known	physicist	India	Indian	20	20 th century	Bombay	1909	Mont Blanc	1966	Etude sur les rayons cosmiques. Président de la 1ère conférence sur les applications pacifiques de l'énergie nucléaire de Genève en 1955. Mort dans un accident d'avion.	-165.31	194.69	165 ° 19 ' West	-55.5	55 ° 30 ' South	Farside	South-West	Not determined	70.25	70.25	35.1	3754	0.053443478189999	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
156	BI SHENG	AA783450N1484587	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Chinese inventor (c. 990-1051).	IAU	02/08/2010 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	?	Asia	China	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	148.458657	148.458657	148 ° 28 ' East	78.345006	78.345° North	Farside	North-East	Karpinskij	55.271	55.271	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Damaged circular formation.		Steep and rugged slopes crushed by a big crater in the North-West and a big craterlet in the North-East..		Flat floor riddled with craters and craterlets.	0	Not observable	0	not observable	not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
157	BIANCHINI	AA487814N3256261	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Upper Imbrian (From -3.8 billions years to -3.2 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Francesco Bianchini	Schröter (1802)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Claramontii	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	Italy	Italian	17	17 th century	?	1662	?	1729	?	-34.373945	325.626055	34 ° 22 ' West	48.781409	48.781° North	Nearside	North-West	Moon North-North-West limb	38	38	18.7	3110	0.082741795904729	Situated on the line of crest of Montes Swore. Circular formation.		Steep slopes bearing Bianchini P to the North.	High walls with terraces.	Flat floor. Small central mountain.	3	Very interesting formation	10	3 days after First Quarter	2 days after Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
158	BIELA	AA549915S516285	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Wilhelm von Biela	Mädler (1837)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	Austria	Austrian	19	19 th century	Rosslau	1782	Venice	1856	Discoverer of a comet in 1826.	51.628546	51.628546	51 ° 38 ' East	-54.991474	54.991° South	Nearside	South-East	Moon South-South-East limb	76	76	38.5	3859	0.050110095458233	Circular formation.		Steep slopes bearing Biela A to the East Biela B to the South and Rosenberger A to the North-West.	High walls in terraces overlapped by Biela C to the East and by a crater to the West.	Flat floor filled with lava. Mountain with three summits off-center in the North.	3	Very interesting formation	4	4 days after New Moon	3 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
159	BILHARZ	AA58278S563438	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	T. Bilharz (ex Langrenus F)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Insula Minor	Not named	Doctor	Germany	German	19	19 th century	?	1825	?	1862	Has given its name to a sickness caused by parasitic worms : the bilharziose.	56.343802	56.343802	56 ° 21 ' East	-5.827816	5.828° South	Nearside	South-East	Moon East limb	43	43	22.2	3273	0.073477767160999	Circular formation forming an interesting trio with Atwood and Naonobu.	Formerly Langrenus F	Fairly steep slopes bearing Atwood to the East and Langrenus FB to the North.	Slightly high walls in terraces to the East.	Flat floor filled with lava.	3	Very interesting formation	3	3 days after New Moon	2 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
160	BILLY	AA138324S3097618	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Jacques de Billy	Riccioli (1651)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Billy	Mathematician and astronomer	France	French	17	17 th century	?	1602	?	1679	Equally astrologer. Believed in a mysterious comet influence.	-50.238161	309.761839	50 ° 14 ' West	-13.832399	13.832° South	Nearside	South-West	South-West part of Oceanus Procellarum	46	46	22.7	3295	0.072324236504633	Circular formation forming an interesting couple with Hansteen.	Partly covered by Orientale ejecta. possibly Lower Imbrian	Slightly steep slopes but to the South-East and bearing Mons Hansteen to the North Billy K to the North-East and Billy D to the South-West.	Slightly high walls.	Very flat floor filled of somber lava. Craterlets.	3	Very interesting formation	11	4 days after First Quarter	3 days after Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
161	BINGHAM	AA80200N1150500	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Hiram Bingham	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Explorer	USA	American	20	20 th century	Honolulu	1875	Washington	1956	Discoverer of Machu Picchu inca city on 1911. Governer and republican senator of Connecticut.	115.05	115.05	115 ° 3 ' East	8.02	8 ° 1 ' North	Farside	North-East	Not determined	34.99	34.99	17.4	3043	0.086992874785484	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
162	BIOT	AA227003S510798	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Eratosthenian (From -3.2 billions years to -1.1 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Jean Baptiste Biot	Mädler (1837)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Physicist	France	French	19	19 th century	Paris	1774	Paris	1862		51.079832	51.079832	51 ° 5 ' East	-22.700264	22.700° South	Nearside	South-East	Mare Fecunditatis South edge	13	13	6.5	2616	0.201093875668603	Isolated circular formation with bowl shape situated in a gulf of the South part of Mare Fecunditatis.		Slightly steep slopes.	Slightly high walls.	Rounded floor.	2	Pretty interesting formation	4	4 days after New Moon	3 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
163	BIRKELAND	AA301700S1740100	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Eratosthenian (From -3.2 billions years to -1.1 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	ol-noritic gabbro	Olaf K. Birkeland	IAU 1970 ?	??	Not known	Not known	Not known	Physician	Norway	Norwegian	19	19 th century	Christiania	1867	Tokyo	1917	Works on terrestrial magnetic field. Discoverer of the origin of polar aurorae.	174.01	174.01	174 ° 1 ' East	-30.17	30 ° 11 ' South	Farside	South-East	Not determined	81.64	81.64	40.8	3928	0.048114979426656	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
164	BIRKHOFF	AA584500N2143500	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	George David Birkhoff	IAU 1970 ?	??	Not known	Not known	Not known	Mathematician	U.S.A.	American	20	20 th Century	Overisel Township	1884	Cambridge	1944	General theory of dynamic systems.Demonstration of the last theoreme of Poincaré. Works on relativity theory.	-145.65	214.35	145 ° 39 ' West	58.45	58 ° 27 ' North	Farside	North-West	Not determined	329.81	329.81	164.9	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
165	BIRMINGHAM	AA651238N3493021	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	John Birmingham	Birt / Lee (1865)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	Ireland	Irish	19	19 th century	?	1829	?	1884	Observer of the Moon.	-10.69787	349.30213	10 ° 42 ' West	65.12377	65.124° North	Nearside	North-West	Moon North limb	93	92	44.9	4044	0.044973319706488	Wrecked formation.		Steep slopes to the South.	Slightly high walls supporting Birmingham B to the South.	Tormented floor with a double central craterlet. Hills craterlets depressions and rilles.	3	Very interesting formation	8	1 day after First Quarter	Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
166	BIRT	AA223636S3514077	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Copernician (From -1.1 billions years to present days) ?	Period source not found	No details	William R. Birt	Schmidt (1878)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Insula Cyprus	Not named	Astronomer	England	English	19	19 th century	?	1804	?	1881	Selenographer.	-8.592256	351.407744	8 ° 36 ' West	-22.363583	22.364° South	Nearside	South-West	Mare Humorum region	17	17	7.9	2396	0.151581821525819	Isolated circular formation with bowl shape situated on the bank of Mare Nubium.		Fairly steep slopes bearing Birt A to the South-East Rima Birt and Birt F to the West and the craterlets Birt K J and H to the South-West.	Very high walls.	Rounded floor.	3	Very interesting formation	8	1 day after First Quarter	Last Quarter	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
167	BJERKNES	AA385000S1136900	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Upper Imbrian (From -3.8 billions years to -3.2 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Vilhelm F. K. Bjerknes	IAU 1970 ?	??	Not known	Not known	Not known	Physicist and meteorologist	Norway	Norwegian	20	20 th Century	Christiania	1862	Oslo	1951	Hertz assistant. Works on magnetic resonances. Discoverer of equations of climate models.	113.69	113.69	113 ° 41 ' East	-38.5	35 ° 3 ' South	Farside	South-East	Not determined	48.18	48.18	24	3351	0.069562728539156	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
168	BLACK	AA91959S803949	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Joseph Black (ex Kästner F)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Chemist and physicist	Scotland	Scottish	18	18 th century	Bordeaux	1728	Edimbourg	1799	Disciple of Lavoisier. Study of the carbonic gas in 1754. Initiator of notions of quantity of heat and latent and specific heat.	80.394873	80.394873	80 ° 24 ' East	-9.195929	9.196° South	Librations zone	South-East	Moon East limb	18	18	9.7	2551	0.131096065095069	Circular formation with bowl shape situated in the zone of librations.		Slightly steep slopes.	Slightly high walls.	Rounded floor.	1	Low interest or difficult formation	2	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
169	BLACKETT	AA375500S2441600	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett	IAU 1970 ?	??	Not known	Not known	Not known	Physicist	United Kingdom	British	20	20 th Century	London	1897	London	1974	Works on cosmic rays. First photography of a transmutation phenomena on 1925. Author of a general theory on the magnetisme. Nobel prize on 1948.	-115.84	244.16	115 ° 50 ' West	-37.55	37 ° 33 ' South	Farside	South-West	Not determined	145.31	145.31	72.6	4672	0.032155549993929	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
170	BLAGG	AA12189N14639	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Craterlet	Meteoritic impact	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Mary Adela Blagg	Lamech (1956)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	England	English	20	20 th century	?	1858	?	1944	Selenographer. Participated in the elaboration of the lunar nomenclature of the IAU in 1935.	1.463876	1.463876	1 ° 28 ' East	1.218941	1.219° North	Nearside	North-East	Moon disk center	5	5	2.4	989	0.199168033451421	Isolated circular formation with bowl shape situated on a wrinkle ridge of Sinus Medii.		Slightly steep slopes.	Slightly high walls.	Rounded floor.	1	Low interest or difficult formation	7	First Quarter	6 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
171	BLANCANUS	AA637697S3383701	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Giuseppe Biancani	Riccioli (1651)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Ferdinandi Elect. Col.	Vallis Hajalon	Blancanus	Mathematician geographer and astronomer	Italy	Italian	16	16 th century	?	1566	?	1624	?	-21.629925	338.370075	21 ° 38 ' West	-63.769739	63.770° South	Nearside	South-West	Moon South limb	106	106	52.9	4247	0.040135403766686	Circular formation situated on the South-West slope of Clavius.		Steep slopes bearing Blancanus D to the East Blancanus C to the South-West and a crater to the South.	High walls in terraces.	Flat floor with numerous craterlets whose a group of five to the South-East. Small central triple mountains.	3	Very interesting formation	9	2 days after First Quarter	1 day after Last Quarter	5	Naked eye	10x binoculars
172	BLANCHARD	AA582500S2665000	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Jean Pierre Blanchard.	IAU 1970 ?	??	Not known	Not known	Not known	Scientist	France	French	18	18 th century	Les Andelys	1753	Paris	1809	Works on parachute. First Channel crossing on 1785. Balloon fall in la Hague on 1808.	-93.5	266.5	93 ° 30 ' West	-58.25	58 ° 15 ' South	Farside	South-West	Not determined	37.46	37.46	18.7	3107	0.082942405245958	Circular formation in the libration zone.	Formerly Arrhenius P	Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
173	BLANCHINUS	AA253156S24439	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Giovanni Bianchini	Riccioli (1651)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Fromi	Not named	Blanchinus	Astronomer	Italy	Italian	15	15 th century	?	?	?	1458	?	2.443858	2.443858	2 ° 27 ' East	-25.315615	25.316° South	Nearside	South-East	Arzachel crater region	68	58	29.9	3578	0.059741916404794	Slightly lengthened formation oriented North South.	Mantled by the Nectaris basin	Steep slopes bearing La Caille and La Caille D to the North-West and Werner to the South	Slightly high walls but to the South and ridden by Blanchinus B to the West.	Flat floor with numerous parallel folds. Hills and craterlets whose Blanchinus M.	3	Very interesting formation	7	First Quarter	6 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
174	BLAZHKO	AA313700N2121400	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Upper Imbrian (From -3.8 billions years to -3.2 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Sergej N. Blazhko	IAU 1970 ?	??	Not known	Not known	Not known	Astronomer	U. R. R. S.	Soviet	20	20 th Century	?	1870	??	1956	Member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union in 1929. Discover of a variation of the amplitude and period of RR Lyrae stars known as the Blazhko effect.	-147.86	212.14	147 ° 52 ' West	31.37	31 ° 23 ' North	Farside	North-West	Not determined	51.11	51.11	25.5	3411	0.066750556055773	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
175	BLISS	AA530433N3462207	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Nathaniel. English Astronomer Royal (1700-1764).	IAU	01/01/2000 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	?	Europe	England	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	-13.77933	346.22067	13 ° 47 ' West	53.043345	53.043° North	Nearside	North-West	Plato	22.8495	22.8495	11.4	2677	0.117176100701774	Almost circular formation situated on tthe North-West ejecta of Plato.	Formerly Plato A	rugged slopes.	Slightly steep walls in the West and flatter in the East.	Flat floor with hiills.	99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	9	Two days after First Quarter	One day after Last Quarter	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
176	BLOCK	LF32000S3366000	IAU Named formation	LF	Landing site name	Not determined	Not appliable	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Astronaut-named feature - Apollo 12 site.	IAU	01/01/1973 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	-23.4	336.6	23 ° 24 ' West	-3.2	3.200° North	Nearside	South-West	Montes Riphaeus	0.01	0.01	0	1	0.187178546860202	Small geological formation visited by Apollo 12 astronauts.		Not described in this VMA version.			99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	9	Two days after First Quarter	One day after Last Quarter	999	Not observable	Not observable
177	BOBILLIER	AA196311N154355	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Craterlet	Meteoritic impact	Copernician (From -1.1 billions years to present days) ?	Period source not found	No details	E. Bobillier (ex Bessel E)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Geometer	France	French	19	19 th century	?	1798	?	1840	?	15.43545	15.43545	15 ° 26 ' East	19.631101	19.631° North	Nearside	North-East	South-West part of Mare Serenitatis	7	7	3	1205	0.19955675844496	Isolated circular formation with bowl shape situated on the North slope of Dorsum Buckland.		Fairly steep slopes.	Fairly high walls.	Rounded floor.	2	Pretty interesting formation	6	6 days after New Moon	5 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
178	BOBONE	AA267000N1278800	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Jorge Bobone	IAU 1970 ?	??	Not known	Not known	Not known	Astronomer	Argentina	Argentinian	20	20 th Century	?	1901	??	1958	Photographic observations of comets and some asteroids.	-132.12	227.88	132 ° 7 ' West	26.7	26 ° 4 ' North	Farside	North-West	Not determined	32.14	32.14	16	2967	0.092315671662255	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
179	BODE	AA67101N3575479	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Eratosthenian (From -3.2 billions years to -1.1 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Johannes Elert Bode	Lohrmann (1824)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Pratii	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	Germany	German	18	18 th century	Hambourg	1747	Berlin	1826	Author of an 'Introduction to the Astronomy' in 1766. Discoverer of an empirical law on planetary distances in 1772. Director of the observatory of Berlin in 1786.	-2.452087	357.547913	2 ° 27 ' West	6.710073	6.710° North	Nearside	North-West	Moon disk center	18	18	8.9	2483	0.13952656968137	Isolated circular formation. Rays.		Fairly steep slopes bearing Rimae Bode to the North-West.	Very high walls.	Extensive and little flat. Radial and raised crest line oriented South-West North-East.	2	Pretty interesting formation	7	First Quarter	6 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
180	BOETHIUS	AA55690N723340	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Boèce (ex Dubiago U)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Political man philosophe and poet	Rome	Roman	5	5 th century	Rome	480	Pavie	524	Minister of Theodoric the Great. Comments on Plato and Aristote. Works in geometry and astronomy. Author of 'Of the consolation of the philosophy	72.333996	72.333996	72 ° 20 ' East	5.568954	5.569° North	Nearside	North-East	Moon East limb	10	10	5.5	2242	0.200787467969867	Isolated circular formation with bowl shape.		Slightly steep slopes.	Slightly high walls.	Rounded floor.	2	Pretty interesting formation	2	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
181	BOGUSLAWSKY	AA729012S432572	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Palon H. Ludwig von Bogulawsky	Mädler (1837)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Manzinus	Astronomer	Germany	German	19	19 th century	?	1789	?	1851	Discoverer of the comet of 1835.	43.257224	43.257224	43 ° 15 ' East	-72.901213	72.901° South	Nearside	South-East	Moon South limb	100	100	47.2	4106	0.043409490253938	Circular formation.		Steep slopes bearing many craters whose one to the West and Bogulawsky F to the South-East.	Slightly high walls in terraces ridden by Bogulawsky D to the East.	Flat floor filled with lava. Hills and craterlets.	3	Very interesting formation	4	4 days after New Moon	3 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
182	BOHNENBERGER	AA162377S400556	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Imbrian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.85 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger	Mädler (1837)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Mathematician and physician	Germany	German	18	18 th century	?	1765	?	1831	Studies on gyroscopes condenser and pendulums. Study of the influence of the terrestrial rotation on the fall of bodies.	40.055589	40.055589	40 ° 3 ' East	-16.237717	16.238° South	Nearside	South-East	Mare Nectaris South edge	33	33	15.8	2955	0.093127353195036	Circular formation situated on the bank of Mare Nectaris.		Fairly steep slopes bearing Montes Pyrenaeus to the East Bohnenberger F to the North and Bohnenberger G and A to the South.	Slightly high walls with breach to the North.	Tormented floor. Double central mountain. Line of crest.	2	Pretty interesting formation	4	4 days after New Moon	3 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
183	BOHR	AA127063N2734759	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Niels H. D. Bohr	Arthur / Whitaker (1963)	01/01/1964 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Physicist	Danmark	Danish	20	20 th century	Copenhague	1885	Copenhague	1962	Theory of the structure of the atom in 1913. Numerous controversies with Einstein. Nobel Price in 1922.	-86.524082	273.475918	86 ° 31 ' West	12.70631	12.706° North	Librations zone	North-West	Moon West limb	71	71	35	3751	0.053539405999752	Deformed formation situated in the zone of librations.		Steep slopes bearing many craters and Vasco of Gama to the North-East.	Fairly high walls.	Flat floor with craterlets.	1	Low interest or difficult formation	2	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
184	BOK	AA202600S1884200	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Eratosthenian (From -3.2 billions years to -1.1 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Priscilla Fairfield and Bartholomeus Jan 'Bart' Bok	IAU 1970 ?	??	Not known	Not known	Not known	Astronomer	U.S.A.	American	20	20 th Century	?	1896 & 1906	?? & Tucson	1975 & 1983	Discoverers of compact interstellar dust or Bok globules.	-171.58	188.42	171 ° 35 ' West	-20.26	20 ° 15 ' South	Farside	South-West	Not determined	43.03	43.03	21.5	3239	0.075282551125614	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
185	BOLTZMANN	AA748200S2695900	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	Ludwig E. Boltzmann	IAU 1970 ?	??	Not known	Not known	Not known	Physicist	Austria	Austrian	19	19 th century	Vienna	1844	Duino	1906	Inventor of the gaz cinetics and of a formula describing entrophy and introducing a new fundamental physical constant. Suicide because of a bad disease.	-90.41	269.59	90 ° 25 ' West	-74.82	74 ° 49 ' South	Farside	South-West	Not determined	72.31	72.31	36.1	3787	0.05237461505049	Circular formation in the libration zone.		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
186	BOLYAI	AA338500S1261200	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	Janos Bolyai	IAU 1970 ?	??	Not known	Not known	Not known	Mathematician	Hungary	Hungarian	19	19 ème siècle	Kolozsvár	1802	Marosvásárhely	1860	Friend of Gauss. Author of a complete system in non euclidian geometry. Works on complex numbers.	126.12	126.12	126 ° 7 ' East	-33.85	33 ° 51 ' South	Farside	South-East	Not determined	102.22	102.22	51.1	4203	0.041118278231073	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
187	BOMBELLI	AA52800N561869	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Imbrian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.85 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Raffaele Bombelli (ex Apollonius T)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Engineer and mathematician	Italy	Italian	16	16 th century	Borgo Panigale	1526	?	1573	Author of a treaty of algebra in 1572 in which it brings interesting improvements.	56.186855	56.186855	56 ° 11 ' East	5.280049	5.280° North	Nearside	North-East	Moon East limb	10	10	4.8	1948	0.200508475047171	Isolated circular formation with bowl shape.		Fairly steep slopes.	Slightly high walls.	Rounded floor.	1	Low interest or difficult formation	3	3 days after New Moon	2 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
188	BONDARENKO	AA172400S1368900	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	V. V. Bondarenko	IAU 1970 ?	??	Not known	Not known	Not known	Cosmonaut	U. S. S. R.	Soviet	20	20 th Century	Kharkov	1937	Moscow	1961	Selected as cosmonaut. No participation in a spatial mission.	136.89	136.89	136 ° 53 ' East	-17.24	17 ° 15 ' South	Farside	South-East	Not determined	28.26	28.26	14.1	2854	0.101002276050456	Not observable	Formerly Patsaev G	Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
189	BONPLAND	AA83755S3426659	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Walled plain	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	Aimé Goujaud Bonpland	Mädler (1837)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Naturalist	France	French	19	19 th century	La Rochelle	1773	Santa Ana	1858	Explorer in Mexico and Colombia with Humboldt. Author of a collection of 6000 plants and American South works on this continent.	-17.334132	342.665868	17 ° 20 ' West	-8.375549	8.376° South	Nearside	South-West	South-East of Oceanus Procellarum region	60	60	29.6	3566	0.060199285785246	Damaged circular formation forming a remarkable trio with Fra Mauro and Parry.		Steep slopes bearing Dorsum Guettard to the South-West Fra Mauro to the North and Parry to the East.	Slightly high walls divided to the South.	Extensive flat floor filled with the lava of Mare Cognitum. Crossed by Rimae Parry. Craterlets.	3	Very interesting formation	8	1 day after First Quarter	Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
190	BOOLE	AA637885N2727146	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	George Boole	Arthur / Whitaker (1963)	01/01/1964 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Mathematician	England	English	19	19 th century	Lincoln	1815	Cork	1864	Promoter of the mathematical logic. Inventor of a branch of the algebra on totalities.	-87.285369	272.714631	87 ° 17 ' West	63.788467	63.788° North	Librations zone	North-West	Moon North-North-West limb	63	63	30.6	3604	0.058758080824874	Situated in the zone of librations. Circular formation.		Steep slopes bearing many craterlets whose Boole E to the South-East and Boole G to the North-West.	High walls in light terraces supporting a craterlet to the South-West.	Extensive flat floor.	1	Low interest or difficult formation	14	Full Moon	6 days after Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
191	BORDA	AA251952S465226	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Imbrian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.85 billions years) ?	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Charles de Borda	Mädler (1837)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Montes Caucasus Inferior	Not Named	Mathematician and sailor	France	French	18	18 th century	Dax	1733	Paris	1799	Memory on the movement of projectiles in 1756. Cruises in the Atlantic Ocean. Inventor of the reflecting circle. Installation of the metric system.	46.522578	46.522578	46 ° 31 ' East	-25.195186	25.195° South	Nearside	South-East	Mare Fecunditatis South edge	45	45	22.7	3292	0.07251343151768	Isolated circular formation.		Fairly steep Slopes riden by several craters to the South-West.	High damaged walls ridden by a crater to central mountain to the South-East and by a craterlet to the North.	Slightly flat floor extensive. Important central mountain. Lines of crest.	3	Very interesting formation	4	4 days after New Moon	3 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
192	BOREL	AA223735N264241	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Craterlet	Meteoritic impact	Eratosthenian (From -3.2 billions years to -1.1 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Félix Borel (ex Le Monnier C)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Mathematician	France	French	20	20 th century	Saint-Affrique	1871	Paris	1956	Founder of the Institute Henri Poincaré. Theory of totalities. Member of the Academy of Sciences in 1921.	26.424081	26.424081	26 ° 25 ' East	22.373543	22.374° North	Nearside	North-East	South-East part of Mare Serenitatis	5	5	2.3	927	0.19903980178832	Isolated circular formation with bowl shape. Recent.		Slightly steep slopes.	Slightly high walls.	Rounded floor.	1	Low interest or difficult formation	5	5 days after New Moon	4 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
193	BORIS	AA305339N3264993	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Russian male name.	IAU	01/01/1979 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	?	Europe	Russia	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	-33.500674	326.499326	33 ° 30 ' West	30.533907	30.534° North	Nearside	North-West	Aristarchus	1.72605	1.72605	0.8	340	0.197077267630843	Small elongated depression composed of two sticked craterlets.		Not described in this VMA version.			99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	10	Three days after First Quarter	Two days after Last Quarter	200	200 mm reflector	400 mm reflector
194	BORMAN	AA390600S2117500	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Lower Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.8 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	ol-norite	Frank Borman	IAU 1970 ?	??	Not known	Not known	Not known	Astronaut	U.S.A.	American	20	20 th Century	Gary	1928	Alive	Alive	Astronaut of the Apollo 8 mission. First lunar orbit on the December 25th 1968. Chairman of Eastern Air Lines.	-148.25	211.75	148 ° 15 ' West	-39.06	39 ° 5 ' South	Farside	South-West	Not determined	50.72	50.72	25.3	3403	0.067108913329605	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
195	BORN	AA60526S668274	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Imbrian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.85 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Max Born (ex Maclaurin Y)	?	01/01/1979 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Physicist	Germany	German	20	20 th century	Breslau	1882	G?ttingen	1970	Initiator of the theory quantique. Author of a method of approximation that wears its name. Works in physical molecular and atomic. Price Nobel in 1954.	66.827353	66.827353	66 ° 50 ' East	-6.052608	6.053° South	Nearside	South-East	Moon East limb	15	15	7.5	2362	0.156747035273477	Circular formation with bowl shape.		Slightly steep slopes bearing a craterlet to the South and one to the North-East.	Slightly high walls.	Rounded floor.	1	Low interest or difficult formation	2	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
196	BORYA	AA382994N3249996	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Slavic male name Boris in Russian diminutive form.	IAU	14/06/2012 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	?	Europe	Russia	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	-35.000381	324.999619	35 ° 0 ' West	38.29937	38.299° North	Nearside	North-West	Sinus Iridum	0.4	0.4	0.2	77	0.194212273061594	Small geological formation on the Luna 17 landing site.		Not described in this VMA version.			99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	10	Three days after First Quarter	Two days after Last Quarter	999	Not observable	Not observable
197	BOSCH	AA868175N1335429	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Carl Bosch	IAU	22/01/2009 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	?	Europe	Germany	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	133.542942	133.542942	133 ° 33 ' East	86.817516	86.818° North	Farside	North-East	Peary	19.5827	19.5827	9.7	2555	0.130533934978489	Damaged circular formation near North pole.		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	not observable	not observable	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
198	BOSCOVICH	AA97109N110111	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Ruggero Guiseppe Boscovich	Schröter (1802)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Taye	Collis Aconitus	Julius Caesar	Mathematician and astronomer	Croaty	Croatian	18	18 th century	Dubrovnik	1711	Milan	1787	Author of many astronomy and mathematics works. Promoter of theories of Newton. Author of an atomic theory of the matter.	11.011104	11.011104	11 ° 1 ' East	9.710929	9.711° North	Nearside	North-East	East of Mare Tranquillitatis region	46	46	20.7	3204	0.077173022320434	Wrecked formation of South-East North-West oriented rectangular shape.		Steep slopes bearing the lengthened crater Boscovich P to the North-West.	Fairly high walls collapsed to the West.	Flat floor filled of somber lava supporting Rimae Boscovich. Line of crest.	3	Very interesting formation	6	6 days after New Moon	5 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
199	BOSE	AA539500S1906400	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	ol-gabbroic norite	Sir Jagadis Chandra Bose	IAU 1970 ?	??	Not known	Not known	Not known	Physicist	India	Indian	20	20 th Century	Mymensingh	1858	Giridih	1937	Inventor of an electrical ultra short waves generator on 1897. Works on molecular phenomenas.	-169.36	190.64	169 ° 22 ' West	-53.95	53 ° 57 ' South	Farside	South-West	Not determined	92.55	92.55	46.2	4079	0.044076122246825	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
200	BOSS	AA457480N886799	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Upper Imbrian (From -3.8 billions years to -3.2 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	Lewis Boss	Arthur / Whitaker (1963)	01/01/1964 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	U. S. A.	American	19	19 th century	?	1846	?	1912	Author of a catalogue of stars.	88.679925	88.679925	88 ° 41 ' East	45.747968	45.748° North	Librations zone	North-East	Moon North-East limb	48	47	25.1	3393	0.067594070505149	In the zone of librations. Circular formation.	Not on Plate 9A but probably Upper Imbrian. possibly Lower Imbrian	Steep slopes.	High walls.	Flat floor. Small central mountain.	1	Low interest or difficult formation	2	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
201	BOUGUER	AA523224N3241772	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Copernician (From -1.1 billions years to present days) ?	Period source not found	No details	Pierre Bouguer	Mädler (1837)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Mons Atlas Major	Not named	Geophysicist	France	French	18	18 th century	Le Croisic	1698	Paris	1758	Mission to Peru with La Condamine in 1735. Discoverer of anomalies of the field of gravity of the Earth. Inventor of the héliometer in 1748.	-35.822785	324.177215	35 ° 49 ' West	52.322436	52.322° North	Nearside	North-West	Moon North-North-West limb	23	23	11.1	2655	0.1194510067068	Circular formation.		Fairly steep slopes.	High walls.	Extensive and little flat floor.	2	Pretty interesting formation	10	3 days after First Quarter	2 days after Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
202	BOUSSINGAULT	AA702063S537342	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Jean-Baptiste Boussingault	Mädler (1837)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Chemist and botanist	France	French	19	19 th century	Paris	1801	Paris	1887	Works in metallurgy and on nitrogenous fertilizer. Member of the Academy of Sciences in 1839.	53.734171	53.734171	53 ° 44 ' East	-70.206334	70.206° South	Nearside	South-East	Moon South-South-East limb	131	131	63.8	4493	0.035211707641596	Circular formation with double enclosure.		Steep slopes bearing Boussingault E to the North-West and Boussingault B to the South-East.	High walls in terraces overlapped by Boussingault K to the North-West.	Floor replaced by Boussingault A concentric forming a double enclosure.	3	Very interesting formation	3	3 days after New Moon	2 days after Full Moon	5	Naked eye	10x binoculars
203	BOWDITCH	AA249700S1030700	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Nathaniel Bowditch	IAU 1970 ?	??	Not known	Not known	Not known	Astronomer	U.S.A.	American	19	19 th century	Salem	1773	Boston	1848	Works on navigation.	103.07	103.07	103 ° 4 ' East	-24.97	24 ° 58 ' South	Farside	South-East	Not determined	43.04	43.04	21.5	3239	0.075270324280006	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
204	BOWEN	AA176281N90980	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Craterlet	Meteoritic impact	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Ira Sprague Bowen (ex Manilius A)	?	01/01/1973 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	U. S. A.	American	20	20 th century	?	1898	?	1973	?	9.098013	9.098013	9 ° 6 ' East	17.628099	17.628° North	Nearside	North-East	South-West part of Mare Serenitatis	8	9	4	1619	0.200140765512729	Isolated circular formation.	Formerly Manilius A	Fairly steep slopes to the East.	Slightly high walls.	Flat floor filled with lava.	2	Pretty interesting formation	6	6 days after New Moon	5 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
205	BOWEN APOLLO	LF203000N309000	IAU Named formation	LF	Landing site name	Not determined	Not appliable	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Astronaut-named feature - Apollo 17 site.	IAU	01/01/1973 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	30.9	30.9	30 ° 54 ' East	20.3	20.300° North	Nearside	North-East	Macrobius	0.42	0.42	0.1	58	0.193654362059239	Small geological formation on the Apollo 17 landing site.		Not described in this VMA version.			99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	5	Five days after New Moon	Four days after Full Moon	999	Not observable	Not observable
206	BOYLE	AA532900S1778900	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	ol-gabbroic norite	Sir Robert Boyle	IAU 1970 ?	??	Not known	Not known	Not known	Physicist	United Kingdom	British	17	17 th century	Lismore Castle	1627	London	1691	Co-inventor of the law on gaz compressibility with Mariotte. Inventor of the zero of temperatures at the ice fusion point. Adversory of the elements theory of Aristote. Inventor of the notion of elements and of analytical methods.	177.89	177.89	177 ° 53 ' East	-53.29	53 ° 17 ' South	Farside	South-East	Not determined	57.13	57.13	28.5	3527	0.061752195954987	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
207	BRACKETT	AA178399N235356	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Craterlet	Meteoritic impact	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Frederick Sumner Bracket	?	01/01/1973 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Physicist	U. S. A.	American	20	20 th century	?	1896	?	1972	?	23.535567	23.535567	23 ° 32 ' East	17.839944	17.840° North	Nearside	North-East	South-East part of Mare Serenitatis	8	9	4.4	1776	0.20032507202278	Ghost circular formation situated on the North flank of Rimae Plinius.		Quasi flat slopes.	Very little high walls.	Flat floor filled with the lava of Mare Serenitatis.	2	Pretty interesting formation	5	5 days after New Moon	4 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
208	BRAGG	AA423300N2565600	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	Sir William Henry Bragg	IAU 1970 ?	??	Not known	Not known	Not known	Physicist	United Kingdom	British	20	20 th Century	Wigton	1862	London	1942	Head of the Royal Great Britain Institution on 1923. Autor of numerous works on X rays and radioactivity with his son. Inventor of a high frequency spectrograph. Nobel prize on 1915.	-103.44	256.56	103 ° 26 ' West	42.33	42 ° 20 ' North	Farside	North-West	Not determined	77.21	77.21	38.6	3862	0.050028408285864	Circular formation in the libration zone.		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
209	BRASHEAR	AA735400S1884300	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	John A. Brashear	IAU 1979 ?	??	Not known	Not known	Not known	Astronomer	U.S.A.	American	20	20 th Century	Brownsville	1840	Pittsburgh ?	1920	Builder of astronomical instruments. Inventor of the silver coating of the telescopes mirrors.	-171.57	188.43	171 ° 34 ' West	-73.54	73 ° 32 ' South	Farside	South-West	Not determined	60.16	60.16	30	3583	0.05956132180338	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
210	BRAUDE	AA818201S1588802	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Semion Ya Braude	IAU	17/04/2009 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	?	Europe	Ukraine	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	158.88024	158.88024	158 ° 53 ' East	-81.820097	81.820° North	Farside	North-East	Amundsen	11.2776	11.2776	5.6	2265	0.200807145368957	Circular formation with bowl shape.		Steep slopes	Steep slopes.	Very small flat floor.	0	Not observable	0	not observable	not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
211	BRAYLEY	AA208963N3230627	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Eratosthenian (From -3.2 billions years to -1.1 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Edward E. Brayley	Birt / Lee (1865)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Ciermanni	Not named	Not named	Professor	England	English	19	19 th century	?	1801	?	1870	Specialist in geography.	-36.937283	323.062717	36 ° 56 ' West	20.896281	20.896° North	Nearside	North-West	Region between Oceanus Procellarum and Mare Imbrium	15	15	7	2851	0.20126570082304	Circular formation with bowl shape.	Rim flooded	Fairly steep slopes bearing a craterlet to the South-East.	High walls.	Reduced flat floor.	3	Very interesting formation	10	3 days after First Quarter	2 days after Last Quarter	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
212	BREDIKHIN	AA172500N2016300	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Fedor A. Bredikhin	IAU 1988 ?	??	Not known	Not known	Not known	Astronomer	Russia	Russian	19	19 th century	Mykolaiev	1831	Saint Petersburg	1904	Head of the Moscow and Pulkovo observatories. Works on comets tails and on the Jupiter Great Red Spot.	-158.37	201.63	158 ° 22 ' West	17.25	17 ° 15 ' North	Farside	North-West	Not determined	61.68	61.68	30.8	3610	0.058531491035048	Not observable	Older than Korolev Basin	Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
213	BREISLAK	AA483075S183096	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Imbrian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.85 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Scipione Breislak	Schmidt (1878)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Lantsbergi	Not named	Not named	Geologist chemist and mathematician	Italy	Italian	18	18 th century	?	1748	?	1826	?	18.309631	18.309631	18 ° 19 ' East	-48.307529	48.308° South	Nearside	South-East	Maurolycus crater region	50	50	24.3	3361	0.069102219358074	Circular formation.		Fairly steep slopes bearing Baco S to the South and Baco B to the South-West.	Fairly high walls riddled of craterlets on its East side.	Flat floor with hills and craterlets whose a couple to the South.	3	Very interesting formation	5	5 days after New Moon	4 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
214	BRENNER	AA390936S391078	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	Leo Brenner	Fauth (1936)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Montes Coibacarani	Metius	Astronomer	Austria	Austrian	19	19 th century	?	1855	?	1928	Amateur observer of the Moon and planets.	39.107828	39.107828	39 ° 6 ' East	-39.09358	39.094° South	Nearside	South-East	Vallis Rheita region	98	98	45	4045	0.044941882116382	Very damaged formation little differentiated.		Steep slopes subsisting to the West and bearing Metius to the South-East and Stiborius A to the North-West.	High walls displayed and riddled of craters whose Brenner A to the South and Brenner E to the East.	Tormented floor with an extensive plateau to the North. Craterlets and lines of crest.	3	Very interesting formation	5	5 days after New Moon	4 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
215	BREWSTER	AA232694N346857	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Copernician (From -1.1 billions years to present days) ?	Period source not found	No details	David Brewster (ex R?mer L)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Physicist	Scotland	Scottish	19	19 th century	Jedburgh	1781	Melrose	1868	Laws of the polarization by reflection in 1815. Discoverer of telluric rays in the solar specter in 1834. Inventor of a electromagnet of a polarimeter and the kaleidoscope.	34.685732	34.685732	34 ° 41 ' East	23.269378	23.269° North	Nearside	North-East	North of Mare Tranquillitatis region	12	11	4.9	1971	0.200531040168485	Circular formation with bowl shape.		Slightly steep slopes bearing a hill to the North.	Fairly high walls.	Rounded floor.	2	Pretty interesting formation	5	5 days after New Moon	4 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
216	BRIANCHON	AA747512N2716358	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Charles Julien Brianchon	Arthur / Whitaker (1963)	01/01/1964 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Mathematician	France	French	19	19 th century	S‡vres	1783	Versailles	1864	Pupil of Monge. Specialist of the geometry. Memory on curved surfaces of the second degree published in 1808.	-88.364163	271.635837	88 ° 22 ' West	74.751154	74.751° North	Librations zone	North-West	Moon North limb	146	145	68.6	4593	0.033462412338312	Situated in the zone of librations. Circular formation.		Riddled and Slightly steep slopes of craters.	Fairly high walls crushed by Brianchon B to the South.	Extensive flat floor. Craterlets.	2	Pretty interesting formation	14	Full Moon	6 days after Last Quarter	5	Naked eye	10x binoculars
217	BRIDGE	LF260000N36000	IAU Named formation	LF	Landing site name	Not determined	Not appliable	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Astronaut-named feature - Apollo 15 site.	IAU	01/01/1973 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	3.6	3.6	3 ° 36 ' East	26	26.000° North	Nearside	North-East	Montes Apenninus	0.71	0.71	0.3	134	0.19527406286195	Geological formation on the Apollo 15 landing site.		Not described in this VMA version.			99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	7	First Quarter	Six days after Full Moon	999	Not observable	Not observable
218	BRIDGMAN	AA433900N1369800	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Percy Williams Bridgman	IAU 1970 ?	??	Not known	Not known	Not known	Physicist	U.S.A.	American	20	20 th Century	Cambridge	1882	Randolph	1961	Works on ultra pressures and on cristals properties. Nobel prize on 1946.	136.98	136.98	136 ° 59 ' East	43.39	43 ° 24 ' North	Farside	North-East	Not determined	81.89	81.89	40.9	3931	0.048012256738389	Not observable	Younger than Humboldtianum and Moscoviense basins	Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
219	BRIGGS	AA264528N2908127	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Upper Imbrian (From -3.8 billions years to -3.2 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Henry Briggs	?	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Mathematician	England	English	17	17 th century	Warleywood	1561	Oxford	1630	Author of a table of 31 000 logarithms to 14 decimals in 1624 and a table of trigonometrical values in 1633.	-69.187266	290.812734	69 ° 11 ' West	26.452797	26.453° North	Nearside	North-West	Moon West-North-West limb	36	37	18.3	3089	0.084059270289242	Circular formation.		Fairly steep slopes.	Slightly high walls.	Flat floor. Central mountain. 3 lines of crest.	3	Very interesting formation	13	6 days after First Quarter	5 days after Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
220	BRILL	AA882700S2665900	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Yvonne Madelaine Brill	IAU 2023	18/04/2023 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Engineer	Canada	Canadian	20	20 th century	??	1924	??	2013	Worked in the field of launchers in the United States. Specialist in rocket engines. Inventor of a satellite engine.	-93.41	266.59	93 ° 25 ' West	-88.27	88 ° 16 ' South	Librations zone	South-West	Sur le fond du cratère De Gerlache	17	17	8.5	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Crater having impacted the floor of the De Gerlache crater.		Slightly steep slopes.	Quite steep wall.	Flat floor	0	Not observable	Not observable	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
221	BRISBANE	AA491997S687569	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Period source not found	No details	Sir Thomas Brisbane	Schmidt (1878)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Political man and astronomer	Scotland	Scottish	19	19 th century	?	1770	?	1860	?	68.756942	68.756942	68 ° 45 ' East	-49.199724	49.200° South	Nearside	South-East	Moon South-South-East limb	45	45	22.1	3268	0.0737440987285	Circular formation.		Slightly steep slopes bearing Peirescius D to the North and Brisbane E to the South-East.	Slightly high walls supporting a craterlet to the North-East.	Flat floor.	2	Pretty interesting formation	2	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
222	BRONK	AA259000N2253300	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	Detlev Wulf Bronk	IAU 1970 ?	??	Not known	Not known	Not known	Neurophysiologist	U.S.A.	American	20	20 th Century	New York	1897	New York	1975	President of Johns Hopkins University and president of The Rockefeller University. Also president of the National Academy of Sciences.	-134.67	225.33	134 ° 40 ' West	25.9	25 ° 6 ' North	Farside	North-West	Not determined	66.16	66.16	33	3687	0.055731950997167	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
223	BRONTE	LF202000N307000	IAU Named formation	LF	Landing site name	Not determined	Not appliable	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Astronaut-named feature - Apollo 17 site.	IAU	01/01/1973 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	30.7	30.7	30 ° 42 ' East	20.2	20.200° North	Nearside	North-East	Macrobius	0.23	0.23	0.1	40	0.19296487581522	Geological formation on the Apollo 17 landing site.		Not described in this VMA version.			99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	5	Five days after New Moon	Four days after Full Moon	999	Not observable	Not observable
224	BROUWER	AA358200S2352500	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Dirk Brouwer	IAU 1976 ?	??	Not known	Not known	Not known	Astronomer	U.S.A.	American	20	20 th Century	Rotterdam	1902	New Haven	1966	Revision of astronomical constants. Numerical intégration of celestial mechanics equations.	-124.75	235.25	124 ° 45 ' West	-35.82	35 ° 49 ' South	Farside	South-West	Not determined	119.6	119.6	59.8	4406	0.036843968649326	Not observable	Partly covered by Orientale ejecta likely pre-Nectarian possibly Nectarian: should be shown on Plate 6A not 7A	Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
225	BROWN	AA465279S3420119	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Imbrian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.85 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Ernest William Brown	IAU Commission 17 (1935)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	England	English	20	20 th century	Hul	1866	New Haven	1938	Specialist of the celestial mechanics. Editor of a theory of movements of the Moon. Discovers in 1926 the irregularity of the terrestrial rotation.	-17.988108	342.011892	17 ° 59 ' West	-46.527895	46.528° South	Nearside	South-West	Tycho crater region	35	35	17	3018	0.088701098082337	South-East North-West lengthened and damaged formation.		Fairly steep slopes bearing many craterlets whose a trio to the South-West.	Slightly high walls crushed by Brown E to the South-East.	Flat floor.	3	Very interesting formation	8	1 day after First Quarter	Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
226	BRUCE	AA11642N3739	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Eratosthenian (From -3.2 billions years to -1.1 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Catherine W. Bruce	Krieger / K?nig (1912)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Benefactor	U. S. A.	American	19	19 th century	?	1816	?	1900	Amateur astronomer. Financed many astronomy schools and observatories of the world.	0.373899	0.373899	0 ° 22 ' East	1.164151	1.164° North	Nearside	North-East	Moon disk center	7	7	3	1225	0.19958952981246	Isolated circular formation with bowl shape.		Slightly steep slopes bearing a craterlet to the North.	Slightly high walls.	Rounded floor.	2	Pretty interesting formation	7	First Quarter	6 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
227	BRUNNER	AA98600S909100	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Lower Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.8 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	William O. Brunner	IAU 19XX ?	??	Not known	Not known	Not known	Astronomer	Switzerland	Swiss	20	20 th Century	Wattvill	1878	??	1958	Head of Zurich observatory. Works on solar activity. Member of the Royal Astronomical Society on 1945	90.91	90.91	90 ° 55 ' East	-9.86	9 ° 51 ' South	Farside	South-East	Not determined	50.66	50.66	25.3	3402	0.067164461027936	Circular formation in the libration zone.		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
228	BUCH	AA388990S176786	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Imbrian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.85 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Leopold von Busch	Mädler (1837)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Geologist	Germany	German	19	19 th century	Stolpe	1774	Berlin	1853	Author of the deep volcano origin and chains of mountains. Geological map of Germany in 1826.	17.678618	17.678618	17 ° 41 ' East	-38.899049	38.899° South	Nearside	South-East	Maurolycus crater region	55	55	25.6	3415	0.066568579612875	Circular formation forming an interesting couple with Busching.		Fairly steep slopes bearing Busching to the North-East and Busch C to the North.	Slightly high walls.	Very flat floor supporting the craterlets whose a large to the North.	3	Very interesting formation	6	6 days after New Moon	5 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
229	BUFFON	AA406400S2264700	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Georges Louis Leclercq Comte de Buffon	IAU 1970 ?	??	Not known	Not known	Not known	Naturalist	France	French	18	18 th century	Montbard	1707	Paris	1788	Member of the Académie des Sciences on 1733. Head of the King Garden on 1739. Author of the 36 volumes of the Histoire naturelle published from 1749 to 1804. First evolutionism hypotheses. Great popularizer of sciences.	-133.53	226.47	133 ° 32 ' West	-40.64	40 ° 38 ' South	Farside	South-West	Not determined	105.76	105.76	52.8	4246	0.040151318433362	Not observable	Partly covered by Imbrian ejecta	Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
230	BUISSON	AA14671S1129508	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Henri Buisson	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	France	French	20	20 th century	?	1873	?	1944	?	112.950816	112.950816	112 ° 57 ' East	-1.467056	1.467° South	Farside	South-East	Not determined	56	56	30.6	3602	0.058804996751026	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
231	BULLIALDUS	AA207477S3377368	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Eratosthenian (From -3.2 billions years to -1.1 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	gabbroic norite	Ismaèl Bouillau	Riccioli (1651)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Medicaei	Insula Creta	Bullialdus	Astronomer and historian	France	French	17	17 th century	?	1605	?	1694	?	-22.263213	337.736787	22 ° 16 ' West	-20.74771	20.748° South	Nearside	South-West	West part of Mare Nubium	61	61	30.3	3593	0.059176816287004	Isolated circular formation situated on the West bank of Mare Nubium.		Very steep and rugged slopes bearing the craterlets Bullialdus L to the West Bullialdus E to the South-West and crater Bullialdus A and B to the South.	Very high walls in terraces with sweeter slopes to the South-West.	Slightly extensive and flat floor with ruins to the South-West. Important central mountain with several summits. Rays.	4	Exceptional formation	9	2 days after First Quarter	1 day after Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
232	BUNSEN	AA414036N2745404	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Robert Wilhelm Bunsen	Schmidt (1878)	01/01/1964 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Physicist and chemist	Germany	German	19	19 th century	G?ttingen	1811	Heidelberg	1899	Inventor of an electrical battery and many machines. Creator of the spectral analysis.	-85.459649	274.540351	85 ° 28 ' West	41.403584	41.404° North	Librations zone	North-West	Moon North-West limb	53	52	27.6	3491	0.063237561307498	Situated in the zone of librations. Circular formation.		Slightly steep slopes	Slightly high walls wrecked to the South.	Flat floor.	1	Low interest or difficult formation	14	Full Moon	6 days after Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
233	BURBIDGE	AA863500S486000	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Eleanor Margaret Burbidge	IAU 2023	02/08/2023 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer and astrophysicist	U. S. A.	American	20	20 th Century	Davenport	1919	San Francisco	2020	Spouse of Geoffrey Burbidge. Head of the Greenwich observatory on 1972. President of the American Society of Astronomy on 1976. Developer of one of the spectrograph of the Hubble Space Telescope.	48.6	48.6	48 ° 36 ' East	-86.35	86 ° 21 ' South	Nearside	South-East	South Pole area	21	21	10.5	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Circular formation on the South slope of Nobile Crater		Steep slopes.	High walls	Very small flat floor.	1	Low interest or difficult formation	4	Four days after New Moon	Three days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
234	BURCKHARDT	AA311072N563876	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Lower Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.8 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Johan K. Burckhardt	Mädler (1837)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Barreae	Montes Riphaei	Not named	Astronomer and meteorologist	Germany	German	18	18 th century	?	1773	?	1825	?	56.387623	56.387623	56 ° 23 ' East	31.107234	31.107° North	Nearside	North-East	Moon North-East limb	58	57	27.1	3475	0.063935220081954	Circular formation.		Steep slopes bearing Burckhardt E to the South-West Burckhardt F to the North-East and Burckhardt A to the South-East.	High walls.	Flat floor. Central mountain. Line of crest to theSouth-East.	3	Very interesting formation	3	3 days after New Moon	2 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
235	BURG	AA450734N282081	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Copernician (From -1.1 billions years to present days)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	noritic gabbro	Johann Tobias Burg	Mädler (1837)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Thales	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	Austria	Austrian	19	19 th century	?	1766	?	1834	Author of a theory of movements of the Moon.	28.208134	28.208134	28 ° 12 ' East	45.073391	45.073° North	Nearside	North-East	North-East of Mare Serenitatis region	40	40	20.5	3193	0.07781593848434	Circular formation. Surrounded by a mountainous uprising.		Steep slopes.	High walls in terraces.	Flat floor. Central mountain.	3	Very interesting formation	5	5 days after New Moon	4 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
236	BURNHAM	AA139208S72513	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Imbrian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.85 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Sherburne W. Burnham	Krieger / K?nig (1912)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	U. S. A.	American	19	19 th century	?	1838	?	1921	Amateur Astronomer having discovered more than 1300 stars double.	7.251298	7.251298	7 ° 15 ' East	-13.920762	13.921° South	Nearside	South-East	East of Ptolemaeus crater region	25	25	12	2720	0.112926683959167	South North lengthened and wrecked formation. Seems to result from the fusion of 3 craters.		Slightly steep slopes bearing Burnham A to the South and Burnham L to the South-East.	Slightly high walls destroyed to the South by Burnham F and ridden to the North by Burnham K.	Very tormented floor with craterlets and lines of crests.	3	Very interesting formation	6	6 days after New Moon	5 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
237	BUSCHING	AA380425S199551	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Imbrian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.85 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Anton F. Busching	Mädler (1837)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Philosopher and geographer	Germany	German	18	18 th century	?	1724	?	1793		19.955111	19.955111	19 ° 57 ' East	-38.042463	38.042° South	Nearside	South-East	Maurolycus crater region	53	53	26.7	3458	0.064660335359031	Circular formation forming an interesting couple with Buch.		Fairly steep slopes bearing Buch to the South-West and many craterlets whose a chain to the East.	Fairly high walls.	Tormented flat floor to the West supporting a small crater to the South-East. Hills and craterlets.	3	Very interesting formation	5	5 days after New Moon	4 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
238	BUTLEROV	AA120500N2511948	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Upper Imbrian (From -3.8 billions years to -3.2 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Aleksandr Mikaïlovitch Butlerov	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	chemist	Russia	Russian	19	19 th century	Tchistopol	1828	Boutlerovka	1886	Member of Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences in 1870. Works on fat alcohools. Discoverer of trimethylcarbinol. Author of organic compounds structures theory with Couper and Kekule.	-108.805171	251.194829	108 ° 48 ' West	12.049976	12.050° North	Farside	North-West	Not determined	40	40	19.3	3139	0.080973317677547	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
239	BUYS-BALLOT	AA208573N1748224	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Christophorus Henricus Didericus Buys-Ballot	IAU 1991 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	meterologist	Netherands	Dutch	19	19 th century	Kloetingue	1817	Utrecht	1890	Author of a law about depressions direction center. Founder of the Dutch Meteorological Institute in 1854.	174.822436	174.822436	174 ° 49 ' East	20.857345	20.857° North	Farside	North-East	Not determined	55	55	33.1	3690	0.055602774430716	Not observable	Probably Nectarian but age uncertain part of oblique impact cluster?	Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
240	BYRD	AA854283N100699	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Walled plain	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	Richard Evelyn Byrd	Arthur / Whitaker (1963)	01/01/1964 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Pilot sailor and explorer	U. S. A.	American	20	20 th century	Winchester	1888	Boston	1957	1st flight over the North Pole on May 9th 1926. 1st flight over the South Pole on November 29th 1928.	10.069924	10.069924	10 ° 4 ' East	85.428332	85.428° North	Nearside	North-East	Moon North limb	94	94	48.7	4143	0.042502787082943	Situated near the North pole of the Moon. Circular formation.		Slightly steep slopes bearing many craters whose Peary to the North and Gioja to the South.	Slightly high walls.	Flat floor.	1	Low interest or difficult formation	6	6 days after New Moon	5 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
241	BYRGIUS	AA247311S2946201	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Joost Burgi	Riccioli (1651)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Mons Acabe	Byrgius	Clockmaker	Switzerland	Swiss	16	16 th century	Lichtensteig	1552	Kassel	1632	Manufacturer of precision instruments and collaborator of Kepler. Constructor of clocks and celestial spheres.	-65.379875	294.620125	65 ° 23 ' West	-24.731054	24.731° South	Nearside	South-West	Moon West-South-Westlimb	88	87	42.2	3968	0.046986316068423	Circular formation situated in a tormented region.	Partly covered by Imbrian ejecta	Steep slopes bearing Byrgius D to the North-West and 2 craterlets to the South-West.	Fairly high walls ridden to the East by Byrgius A.	Flat floor tormented to the South-West. Craterlets. Rays in source of Byrgius A.	3	Very interesting formation	12	5 days after First Quarter	4 days after Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
242	C. HERSCHEL	AA344815N3287051	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Eratosthenian (From -3.2 billions years to -1.1 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Caroline Herschel	Birt / Lee (1865)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	England	English	18	18 th century	Hanovre	1750	Hanovre	1848		-31.29495	328.70505	31 ° 18 ' West	34.481527	34.482° North	Nearside	North-West	North-West part of Mare Imbrium	13	13	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Situated on a wrinkle ridge. Isolated circular formation.		Slightly steep slopes.	Slightly high walls.	Flat floor filled with lava.	2	Pretty interesting formation	10	3 days after First Quarter	2 days after Last Quarter	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
243	C. MAYER	AA632562N173072	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Upper Imbrian (From -3.8 billions years to -3.2 billions years)	Period source not found	No details	Christian Mayer	Schröter (1802)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Ptolomaei	Montes Sarmatici	Not named	Astronomer	Germany	German	18	18 th century	?	1719	?	1783		17.307243	17.307243	17 ° 18 ' East	63.256231	63.256° North	Nearside	North-East	Moon North limb	38	38	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Circular formation.		Very steep slopes bearing Mayer H in the North-West and Mayer Din the South-East.	High walls in terraces.	Extensive and little flat floor. Lengthened central mountain.	3	Very interesting formation	6	6 days after New Moon	5 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
244	CABANNES	AA612401S1897936	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	Jean Cabannes	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	physicist	France	French	19	19 th century	Marseille	1885	Les Lecques	1959	Member of french Academy of Sciences in 1946. Studies on Kerr phenomena atmospheric ozona and sky spectrography.	-170.206366	189.793634	170 ° 12 ' West	-61.240102	61.240° South	Farside	South-West	Not determined	80	80	40.6	3923	0.048255543041297	Not observable	Name is on LAC 132	Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
245	CABEUS	AA853303S3178673	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Niccolo Cabeo	?	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Physicist	Italy	Italian	17	17 th century	Ferrare	1586	Génes	1650	Jesuit. Studies on the magnetism. Author of Philosophia Magnetica in 1629.	-42.132688	317.867312	42 ° 8 ' West	-85.330304	85.330° South	Nearside	South-West	Moon South limb	98	98	50.2	4182	0.041585781598751	Circular formation situated near the South Pole in the zone of librations.		Fairly steep slopes bearing Cabeus A to the North and a crater to the North-East.	Fairly high walls.	Flat floor.	2	Pretty interesting formation	10	3 days after First Quarter	2 days after Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
246	CAI LUN	AA801166N1136639	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Chinese inventor (c. 57-121).	IAU	02/08/2010 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	?	Asia	China	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	113.663851	113.663851	113 ° 40 ' East	80.116551	80.117° North	Farside	North-East	Peary	44.8908	44.8908	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Very damaged circular formation.		Steep slopes riddled with craterlets.	Steep walls riddled with craters.	Tormented floor riddled with craterlets.	0	Not observable	0	not observable	not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
247	CAILLEUX	AA604115S1534987	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	André Cailleux	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1997 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	geologist	France	French	20	20 th century	?	1907	?	1986	?	153.498691	153.498691	153 ° 30 ' East	-60.411524	60.412° South	Farside	South-East	Not determined	50	50	26.4	3446	0.065206674122351	Not observable	Formerly Poincare R	Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
248	CAJAL	AA125928N310750	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Craterlet	Meteoritic impact	Copernician (From -1.1 billions years to present days) ?	Period source not found	No details	Santiago Ramon y Cajal (ex Jansen F)	?	01/01/1973 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Doctor	Spain	Spanish	19	19 th century	Petilla	1852	Madrid	1934	Works on the nervous system. Discoverer of the polarity of neurons. Many works. Nobel Price in 1906 with Golgi.	31.075041	31.075041	31 ° 5 ' East	12.59276	12.593° North	Nearside	North-East	Central part of Mare Tranquillitatis	8	9	4.2	1716	0.20025615790396	Isolated circular formation with bowl shape and situated between 2 mountains.		Slightly steep slopes.	Slightly high walls.	Rounded floor.	1	Low interest or difficult formation	5	5 days after New Moon	4 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
249	CAJORI	AA476680S1686972	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	Florian Cajori	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	mathematician	USA	American	20	20 th century	?	1859	?	1930	?	168.697153	168.697153	168 ° 42 ' East	-47.66798	47.668° South	Farside	South-East	Not determined	70	70	37.3	3823	0.051221543353844	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
250	CALIPPUS	AA389249N107175	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Lower Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.8 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Callippos	?	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	Greece	Greek	-4	4 th century BC	Cyzique	350 BC	?	?	Disciple of Eudoxe and director of its school. Improvement of the cycle of Meton.	10.717504	10.717504	10 ° 43 ' East	38.924891	38.925° North	Nearside	North-East	North of Mare Serenitatis region	33	33	17	3018	0.088701098082337	Situated in Montes Caucasus. Circular formation.		Steep slopes bearing the craterlet Calippus E to the East.	Deformed high walls to the East.	Tormented floor. Hills and craterlets.	3	Very interesting formation	6	6 days after New Moon	5 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
251	CAMELOT	LF202000N307000	IAU Named formation	LF	Landing site name	Not determined	Not appliable	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Astronaut-named feature - Apollo 17 site.	IAU	01/01/1973 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	30.7	30.7	30 ° 42 ' East	20.2	20.200° North	Nearside	North-East	Macrobius	0.63	0.63	0.3	118	0.195033569691699	Geological formation on the Apollo 17 landing site.		Not described in this VMA version.			99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	5	Five days after New Moon	Four days after Full Moon	999	Not observable	Not observable
252	CAMERON	AA61863N459337	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Copernician (From -1.1 billions years to present days) ?	Period source not found	No details	Robert C. Cameron (ex Taruntius C)	?	01/01/1973 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	U. S. A.	American	20	20 th century	?	1925	?	1972	?	45.933679	45.933679	45 ° 56 ' East	6.186288	6.186° North	Nearside	North-East	North edge of Mare Fecunditatis	12	11	5.4	2190	0.200740184448691	Circular formation with bowl shape situated on the North-West wall of Taruntius.		Fairly steep slopes.	Slightly high walls.	Rounded floor.	2	Pretty interesting formation	4	4 days after New Moon	3 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
253	CAMPANUS	AA280426S3321021	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Lower Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.8 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Giovanni Campano	Riccioli (1651)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Gallilei	Not named	Campanus	Astronomer and theologian	Italy	Italian	13	13 th century	?	?	?	vers 1400	?	-27.897911	332.102089	27 ° 54 ' West	-28.042558	28.043° South	Nearside	South-West	West part of Mare Nubium	48	48	23.2	3313	0.0714067081147	Circular formation separating Palus Epidemiarum and Mare Nubium and forming an interesting couple with Mercator separated by a rille.		Steep slopes to the North bearing a rille to the South-East.	Fairly high walls in terraces.	Flat floor filled with lava. Small central mountain. Craterlets.	3	Very interesting formation	9	2 days after First Quarter	1 day after Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
254	CAMPBELL	AA455738N1529073	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Leon Campbell	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	USA	American	20	20 th century	?	1881	?	1951	?	152.907325	152.907325	152 ° 54 ' East	45.573759	45.574° North	Farside	North-East	Not determined	219	219	111.2	5311	0.023875039927096	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
255	CANNIZZARO	AA555049N2602705	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Stanislao Cannizzaro	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	chemist	Italy	Italian	19	19 th century	Palerme	1826	Roma	1910	Application of Dulong and Petit law. Determination of atomic mass ofmetals. Synthesis of aromatic alcohools.	-99.729479	260.270521	99 ° 44 ' West	55.50486	55.505° North	Librations zone	North-West	Not determined	56	56	27.2	3478	0.063812189676448	Circular formation situated in the zone of librations.		Not easily observable.			1	Low interest or difficult formation	14	Full Moon	6 days after Last Quarter	30	x10 binoculars	50 mm refractor
256	CANNON	AA198752N813641	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Annie J. Cannon	Arthur / Whitaker (1963)	01/01/1964 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	U. S. A.	American	20	20 th century	?	1863	?	1941	Specialist of the classification of stellar specters.	81.364131	81.364131	81 ° 22 ' East	19.87524	19.875° North	Librations zone	North-East	Moon East-North-East limb	58	57	28.7	3536	0.061414455810722	Circular formation situated alongside the zone of librations.	Older than Crisium Basin possibly pre-Nectarian	Slightly steep slopes bearing a crater to the West.	Slightly high walls supporting a craterlet to the North.	Flat floor.	2	Pretty interesting formation	2	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
257	CANTOR	AA380397N1186878	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Upper Imbrian (From -3.8 billions years to -3.2 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Georg Cantor	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	mathematician	Germany	German	19	19 th century	Saint Petersburg	1845	Halle	1918	Professor at Halle University in 1879. Numerous works on numbers and sets. Discoverer of sets antinomy. Died in a mental hospital.	118.687775	118.687775	118 ° 41 ' East	38.0397	38.040° North	Farside	North-East	Not determined	81	81	37.8	3840	0.050714516054532	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
258	CAPELLA	AA76476S349164	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Martianus Capella	Riccioli (1651)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Vlacci	Not named	Capella	Lawyer	Carthage	Carthagian	5	5 th century	Carthage?	?	?	?	Author of a theory Where Venus and Mercury turns around the Sun. Inspirer of Copernic.	34.916447	34.916447	34 ° 55 ' East	-7.647605	7.648° South	Nearside	South-East	Theophilus crater North-East region	50	49	24	3350	0.069613234199224	Wrecked circular formation forming an interesting couple with Isidorus.		Steep slopes bearing Isidorus to the West Capella F to the South Vallis	Fairly high walls in very damaged terraces supporting a craterlet to the North.	Slightly extensive floor. Important central mountain. Crossed by Vallis Capella.	3	Very interesting formation	5	5 days after New Moon	4 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
259	CAPUANUS	AA340926S3332684	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Francesco Capuano di Manfredonia	?	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Theologian and astronomer	Italy	Italian	15	15 th century	?	?	?	?	?	-26.731624	333.268376	26 ° 44 ' West	-34.092639	34.093° South	Nearside	South-West	Tycho crater North-West region	60	60	29.8	3574	0.059888756405566	Circular formation situated on the South bank of Palus Epidemiarum.	Partly covered by Imbrian ejecta	Steep slopes to the South crushed to the South-West by Capuanus P and with perpendicular crests to the North-West.	Fairly high walls supporting Capuanus A to the South-East high to the South-West with crater and almost gobbled to the North-East.	Flat floor with craterlets and domes.	3	Very interesting formation	9	2 days after First Quarter	1 day after Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
260	CARDANUS	AA132716N2875017	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Upper Imbrian (From -3.8 billions years to -3.2 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Girolamo Cardano	Riccioli (1651)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Cardanus	Doctor	Italy	Italian	16	16 th century	Pavie	1501	Rome	1576	Numerous philosophical works including the astrology. Resolution of equations of 3e`me degree. Creators of imaginary numbers. Inventor of the mechanical junction with his name.	-72.498334	287.501666	72 ° 30 ' West	13.271576	13.272° North	Nearside	North-West	Moon West limb	50	50	24.7	3380	0.068193420448403	Circular formation. Forms an interesting couple with Krafft.	Typical	Steep slopes bearing Cardanus R to the South Cardanus E to the South-East and Catena Krafft to the North.	High walls in terraces.	Slightly flat and extensive floor. Small central mountain.	4	Exceptional formation	13	6 days after First Quarter	5 days after Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
261	CARLINI	AA337499N3358806	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Francesco Carlini	Mädler (1837)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	Italy	Italian	19	19 th century	?	1783	?	1862	Specialist of movements of the Moon.	-24.119442	335.880558	24 ° 7 ' West	33.749922	33.750° North	Nearside	North-West	North-West part of Mare Imbrium	12	12	5.3	2139	0.200693655494734	Circular formation with bowl shape.		Fairly steep slopes.	High walls.	Slightly flat and extensive floor. Small central hill.	2	Pretty interesting formation	9	2 days after First Quarter	1 day after Last Quarter	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
262	CARLOS	AA249075N22832	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Spanish male name.	IAU	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	?	Europe	Spain	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	2.283174	2.283174	2 ° 17 ' East	24.907465	24.907° North	Nearside	North-East	Montes Apenninus	4.66924	4.66924	2.3	929	0.199044068498102	Elongated triangular formation on the Noth end of Bela.		Rima Hadley extension.			99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	7	First Quarter	Six days after Full Moon	100	100 mm reflector	200 mm reflector
263	CARMICHAEL	AA195342N403619	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Copernician (From -1.1 billions years to present days) ?	Period source not found	No details	Leonard Carmichael (ex Macrobius A)	?	01/01/1973 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Psychologist	U. S. A.	American	20	20 th century	?	1898	?	1973	?	40.361856	40.361856	40 ° 22 ' East	19.534187	19.534° North	Nearside	North-East	North of Mare Tranquillitatis region	20	20	9.8	2561	0.129839449678496	Circular formation. Forms an interesting couple with Hill.		Fairly steep slopes bearing an mountainous crest to the North and a craterlet to the South-West.	High walls.	Slightly extensive and flat floor.	2	Pretty interesting formation	5	5 days after New Moon	4 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
264	CARNOT	AA520938N2157974	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Nicolas L. S. Carnot	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	physicist	France	French	19	19 th century	?	1796		1832		-144.202623	215.797377	144 ° 12 ' West	52.093806	52.094° North	Farside	North-West	Not determined	126	126	63	4476	0.035513785234371	Not observable	Maybe pre-Nectarian	Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
265	CAROL	AA84792N1223685	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Latin female name.	IAU	01/01/1979 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Not appliable	Europe	Latin	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	122.368478	122.368478	122 ° 22 ' East	8.479246	8.479° North	Farside	North-East	Ostwald	6.25379	6.25379	3.1	1247	0.199624973516317	Almost circular formation at the end of a crater chain including Kasper et Melissa.		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	not observable	not observable	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
266	CARPENTER	AA695156N3087664	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Copernician (From -1.1 billions years to present days)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	noritic anorthosite	James Carpenter	Gaudibert (1890)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Anaximander	Astronomer	England	English	19	19 th century	?	1840	?	1899	?	-51.233644	308.766356	51 ° 14 ' West	69.51555	69.516° North	Nearside	North-West	Moon North-North-West limb	60	60	29.5	3563	0.06033459227991	Circular formation.		Fairly steep slopes crushed by Anaximander to the South-West.	High walls in terraces.	Flat floor with line of crest.	3	Very interesting formation	11	4 days after First Quarter	3 days after Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
267	CARREL	AA106655N266796	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Copernician (From -1.1 billions years to present days) ?	Period source not found	No details	Alexis Carrel (ex Jansen B)	?	01/01/1979 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Physiologist and surgeon	France	French	20	20 th century	Sainte-Foy les Lyon	1873	Paris	1944	Numerous works on transplants. Author of 'the Man this unknown' in1936. Nobel Price in 1912.	26.679574	26.679574	26 ° 41 ' East	10.665478	10.665° North	Nearside	North-East	East part of Mare Tranquillitatis	17	16	7.7	2386	0.153073870710629	Isolated formation of irregular form.		Steep slopes bearing a mountainous chain to the North and to the South.	High walls.	Slightly flat floor extensive. Central mountain.	3	Very interesting formation	5	5 days after New Moon	4 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
268	CARRILLO	AA21111S809607	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Flores N. Carillo	?	01/01/1979 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Engineer and botanist	Mexico	Mexican	20	20 th century	?	1911	?	1967	?	80.960689	80.960689	80 ° 58 ' East	-2.111107	2.111° South	Librations zone	South-East	Moon East limb	17	17	8.9	2485	0.139253263694172	Circular formation situated in the zone of librations on the North-East slope of K?stner G.		Slightly steep slopes.	Slightly high walls.	Flat floor.	1	Low interest or difficult formation	2	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
269	CARRINGTON	AA439674N620366	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Richard Christopher Carrington	Schmidt (1878)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	England	English	19	19 th century	Londres	1826	Churt	1875	Discoverer of the differential rotation of the Sun by solar spots observation.	62.036632	62.036632	62 ° 2 ' East	43.967362	43.967° North	Nearside	North-East	Atlas crater South-East region	30	30	13.8	2839	0.102244736192804	Damaged formation.		Slightly steep slopes crushed by Schumacher in the South.	Slightly high walls open to the North.	Flat floor.	2	Pretty interesting formation	3	3 days after New Moon	2 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
270	CARTAN	AA42416N592867	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Imbrian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.85 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Elie Cartan (ex Apollonius D)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Mathematician	France	French	20	20 th century	Dolomieu	1869	Paris	1951	Professor of geometry superior the Sorbonne. Thesis on the theory of groups in 1894. Promoter of the differential calculation with Poincaré.	59.286652	59.286652	59 ° 17 ' East	4.241625	4.242° North	Nearside	North-East	Moon East limb	17	16	7.8	2387	0.152868308118493	Circular formation situated on the West slope of Apollonius.		Fairly steep slopes bearing a crater and Cartan H to the South.	Slightly high walls.	Slightly extensive and flat floor.	2	Pretty interesting formation	3	3 days after New Moon	2 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
271	CARVER	AA434559S1275978	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	George Washington Carver	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	chemist	USA	American	20	20 th century	Diamond Grave	1864	Tuskegee	1943	Feeding specialist. Peanut agriculture in United States. Works on colouring substances and cotton.	127.597755	127.597755	127 ° 36 ' East	-43.455871	43.456° South	Farside	North-East	Not determined	59	59	31.2	3623	0.058026091861971	Not observable	Possibly Lower Imbrian	Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
272	CASATUS	AA726964S3292524	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Paolo Casati	Riccioli (1651)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Anselmi Elect. Mogunt.	Not named	Casatus	Mathematician and theologian	Italy	Italian	17	17 th century	?	1617	?	1707	?	-30.74761	329.25239	30 ° 45 ' West	-72.69636	72.696° South	Nearside	South-West	Moon South limb	111	111	51.4	4210	0.040942060502944	Circular formation forming a double crater with Klaproth.		Fairly steep slopes bearing Casatus A to the West and Casatus H to the East.	High walls ridden by several craterlets whose Casatus J to the South.	Flat floor supporting Casatus C to the North and separated from Klaproth by a line of crest.	3	Very interesting formation	10	3 days after First Quarter	2 days after Last Quarter	5	Naked eye	10x binoculars
273	CASSEGRAIN	AA519529S1132981	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Giovanni D. Cassegrain	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	France	French	17		?	1625	?	1712	Doctor and amateur astronomer. Conceiver of a telescope with convex secondary mirror.	113.298117	113.298117	113 ° 18 ' East	-51.952905	51.953° South	Farside	South-East	Not determined	55	55	28.3	3519	0.062109806483188	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
274	CASSINI	AA402503N46437	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Lower Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.8 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Jean Dominique Cassini	Allard (1700)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	France	French	17	17 th century	Perinaldo	1625	Paris	1712	Founder and director of the Observatory of Paris in 1672. Member of the Academy of Sciences. Discoverer of 4 satellites of Saturn and the main division of its rings.	4.643657	4.643657	4 ° 39 ' East	40.250262	40.250° North	Nearside	North-East	North of Archimedes crater region	58	57	28.4	3523	0.06194178933844	Circular formation.	Maybe Upper Imbrian	Steep slopes bearing Cassini M to the North-West.	Slightly high walls.	Flat floor filled with lava supporting Cassini A and B. Hills and craterlets.	4	Exceptional formation	7	First Quarter	6 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
275	CATALAN	AA456955S2726284	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Miguel A. Catalãn	?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Physicist	Spain	Spanish	20	20 th century	?	1894	?	1957	Specialist of the spectroscopy.	-87.371587	272.628413	87 ° 22 ' West	-45.695451	45.695° South	Librations zone	South-West	Moon South-West limb	25	25	13.3	2808	0.104899709912593	Circular formation situated in the zone of librations.		Slightly steep slopes.	Slightly high walls.	Flat floor.	1	Low interest or difficult formation	14	Full Moon	6 days after Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
276	CATENA ABULFEDA	CA165912S167001	IAU Named formation	CA	Crater chain	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Chain of Abulfeda - Isma'il Abu al-Fida	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Historian and geographer	Arabia	Arabian	14	14 th century	Damas	1273	Hamah	1331	Prince of the dynasty of Ayyubides. Author of 'the History' that continues the work of Ibn al-Athir.	16.700132	16.700132	16 ° 42 ' East	-16.591158	16.591° South	Nearside	South-East	East of Catharina crater region	210	10	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Alignment composed with more or less marked craterlets of variable dimensions.		Oriented South-East North-West.	Share of the South slope of Abulfeda then passes the North slope of Almanon.	Ends to the North point of Rupes Altai.	3	Very interesting formation	6	6 days after New Moon	5 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
277	CATENA ARTAMONOV	CA260916N1057718	IAU Named formation	CA	Craters chain	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Chain of Artamonov (Nikolaj N. Artamonov)	IAU 1976 ?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	engineer	USSR	Soviet	20	20 th century	?	1906	?	1965	Scientist involved in soviet launchers program.	105.771819	105.771819	105 ° 46 ' East	26.091609	26.092° North	Farside	North-East	Not determined	134	134	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
278	CATENA BRIGITTE	CA184954N274930	IAU Named formation	CA	Catena catenae	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	French female name.	IAU	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Not appliable	Europe	France	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	27.492963	27.492963	27 ° 30 ' East	18.495359	18.495° North	Nearside	North-East	Mare Serenitatis	7.6503	7.6503	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Small craterlets chain situated between Dawes and Mons Argaeus.		Maybe a rille associated to a lava tube.			99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	5	Five days after New Moon	Four days after Full Moon	999	Not observable	Not observable
279	CATENA DAVY	CA109847S3537344	IAU Named formation	CA	Crater chain	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Chain of Davy - Sir Humphry Davy	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Physicist and chemist	England	English	19	19 th century	Penzance	1778	Gen‡ve	1829	Discoverer of the sodium the potassium the barium the strontium and the calcium in 1807-1808. Specialist of the electrolysis. Inventor of the electrical arc and a lamp for miners.	-6.265576	353.734424	6 ° 16 ' West	-10.984739	10.985° South	Nearside	South-West	West of Ptolemaeus crater region	50	3	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Formation situated in the arena of the walled plain Davy Y. Oriented West-East.		Constituted of a dozen of craterlets of 1 to 3 km of diameter. Begins with the craterlet Davy C.	Constituted of a dozen of craterlets of 1 to 3 km of diameter.	Probably caused by the impact of several parts of a same body.	3	Very interesting formation	8	1 day after First Quarter	Last Quarter	100	100 mm reflector	200 mm reflector
280	CATENA DZIEWULSKI	CA187756N1002692	IAU Named formation	CA	Craters chain	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Chain of Dziewulski (Wladyslaw Dziewulski)	IAU 1976 ?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	Poland	Polish	20	20 th century	?	1878	?	1962	?	100.269209	100.269209	100 ° 16 ' East	18.775628	18.776° North	Farside	North-East	Not determined	80	80	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
281	CATENA GREGORY	CA5919S1298025	IAU Named formation	CA	Craters chain	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Chain of Gregory (James Gregory)	IAU 1976 ?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	mathematician	United Kingdom	British	17	17 th century	Drumoak	1638	Edimburg	1675	Inventor of a reflector telescope with concave secondary mirror on 1632. Member of the Royal Society on 1668. Conception of infinitesimal methods for surfaces and volumes computing. Author of developments of trigonometrical functions and Pi.	129.802518	129.802518	129 ° 48 ' East	-0.591887	0.592° South	Farside	South-East	Not determined	152	152	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
282	CATENA HUMBOLDT	CA219809S846970	IAU Named formation	CA	Crater chain	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Chain of Humboldt - Wilhelm von Humboldt	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Statesman and philologist	Germany	German	19	19 th century	Potsdam	1767	Berlin	1835	Brother of Alexander von Humboldt the explorer. Founder of the University of berlin in 1809. Studies of linguistics.	84.696989	84.696989	84 ° 42 ' East	-21.980936	21.981° South	Librations zone	South-East	Moon East-South-East limb	161	5	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Chain of craters leaving from the center of Humboldt crossing the wall and prolonging to the North-East.		Not described in this VMA version.			1	Low interest or difficult formation	2	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	150	150 mm reflector	300 mm reflector
283	CATENA KRAFFT	CA149136N2877497	IAU Named formation	CA	Crater chain	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Chain of Krafft - Wolfgang Ludwig Krafft	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer and physicist	Germany	German	18	18 th century	?	1743	?	1814	Lived in St Pétersbourg.	-72.250258	287.749742	72 ° 15 ' West	14.913554	14.914° North	Nearside	North-West	Moon West-North-West limb	60	3	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Oriented North - South. Connects Krafft to Cardanus.		Not described in this VMA version.			3	Very interesting formation	13	6 days after First Quarter	5 days after Last Quarter	100	100 mm reflector	200 mm reflector
284	CATENA KURCHATOV	CA372465N1366033	IAU Named formation	CA	Craters chain	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Chain of Kurchatov (Igor V. Kurchatov)	IAU 1976 ?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	physicist	USSR	Soviet	20	20 th century	?	1903	?	1960	Surveys in nuclar physics. Radio-elements synthesis.	136.603347	136.603347	136 ° 36 ' East	37.246545	37.247° North	Farside	North-East	Not determined	226	226	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
285	CATENA LEUSCHNER	CA50737N2486955	IAU Named formation	CA	Craters chain	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Chain of Leuschner (Armin O. Leuschner)	IAU 1979 ?	01/01/1979 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	USA	American	20	20 th century	?	1868	?	1953	Gas Dynamics Laboratory engineer.	-111.304456	248.695544	111 ° 18 ' West	5.073663	5.074° North	Farside	North-West	Not determined	364	364	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
286	CATENA LITTROW	CA222308N296114	IAU Named formation	CA	Crater chain	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Chain of Littrow - Johann J. V. Littrow	?	01/01/1985 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	Austria	Austrian	19	19 th century	?	1781	?	1840	?	29.61139	29.61139	29 ° 37 ' East	22.230806	22.231° North	Nearside	North-East	South-East part of Mare Serenitatis	10	3	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Four craterlets aligned North - South to the North of Clercke and overlapped in Rimae Littrow.		Not described in this VMA version.			3	Very interesting formation	5	5 days after New Moon	4 days after Full Moon	100	100 mm reflector	200 mm reflector
287	CATENA LUCRETIUS	CA40258S2335543	IAU Named formation	CA	Craters chain	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Chain of Lucretius (Titus C. Lucrecius)	IAU 1979 ?	01/01/1979 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	philosopher	Roma	Roman	-1	1 st century BC	?	95 BC	?	-55	?	-126.445734	233.554266	126 ° 27 ' West	-4.025843	4.026° South	Farside	South-West	Not determined	271	271	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
288	CATENA MENDELEEV	CA66302N1392166	IAU Named formation	CA	Craters chain	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Chain of Mendeleev (Dmitrij Ivanovitch Mendeleev)	IAU 1976 ?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	chemist	Russia	Russian	19	19 th century	Tobolsk	1834	Saint Petersburg	1907	Numerous works on gases and the air. Author of a chemistry treaty on 1868 and of the periodical classification of elements on 1869.	139.216619	139.216619	139 ° 13 ' East	6.630199	6.630° North	Farside	North-East	Not determined	188	188	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
289	CATENA MICHELSON	CA4422S2464188	IAU Named formation	CA	Craters chain	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Chain of Michelson (Albert Abraham Michelson)	IAU 1979 ?	01/01/1979 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	physicist	USA	American	20	20 th century	Strelno	1852	Pasadena	1931	Inventor of an interferometer. Mesurement of light speed in various media. Mesurement of terrestrial crust tides on 1917. Nobel laureate on 1907.	-113.581154	246.418846	113 ° 35 ' West	-0.442237	0.442° South	Farside	North-West	Not determined	456	456	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
290	CATENA PIERRE	CA197612N3281416	IAU Named formation	CA	Catena catenae	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	French male name.	IAU	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	?	Europe	France	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	-31.858367	328.141633	31 ° 52 ' West	19.761239	19.761° North	Nearside	North-West	Aristarchus	9.43503	9.43503	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Small inequal craters chain sinuous and completing Rima Wan Yu.		Not described in this VMA version.			99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	10	Three days after First Quarter	Two days after Last Quarter	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
291	CATENA SUMNER	CA378917N1119101	IAU Named formation	CA	Craters chain	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Chain of Sumner (Thomas H. Sumner)	IAU 1976 ?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	geographer	USA	American	19	19 th century	?	1807	?	1876	?	111.910098	111.910098	111 ° 55 ' East	37.891729	37.892° North	Farside	North-East	Not determined	247	247	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
292	CATENA SYLVESTER	CA799898N2768822	IAU Named formation	CA	Catena catenae	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Named from nearby crater.	IAU	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	?	Europe	Great Britain	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	-83.117763	276.882237	83 ° 7 ' West	79.989785	79.990° North	Librations zone	North-West	Brianchon	139	139	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Not tyîcal big valley of 140 km composed of craterlets closely sticked and joining Sylvester to Poncelet D.		Not described in this VMA version.			99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	14	Full Moon	Six days after Last Quarter	999	Not observable	Not observable
293	CATENA TARUNTIUS	CA30431N487064	IAU Named formation	CA	Catena catenae	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Named from nearby crater.	IAU	01/01/1985 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Mathematician and philosoph	Rome	Roman	-2	2 nd century BC	??	?	??	86 BC	Astronomer friend of Cicero. Author of a birth dat for Romulus. Author of a book on celestial objects in greek which has been used by Plinius.	48.706422	48.706422	48 ° 42 ' East	3.043059	3.043° North	Nearside	North-East	Taruntius	69.2389	69.2389	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Irregularly spaced craterlets chain with variuous sizes on two parallel lines joining Taruntius T to Anville.		Not described in this VMA version.			99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	4	Four days after New Moon	Three days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
294	CATENA TIMOCHARIS	CA290949N3467940	IAU Named formation	CA	Crater chain	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Copernician (From -1.1 billions years to present days) ?	Period source not found	No details	Chain of Timocharis - Timocharis	?	01/01/1985 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	Greece	Greek	-5	5 th century BC	?	450 BC	?	350 av JC	Close with school of Alexandrie. Attempt of definitions of coordinate stellar based on the Ecliptique.	-13.205983	346.794017	13 ° 12 ' West	29.094924	29.095° North	Nearside	North-West	South-East part of Mare Imbrium	50	3	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Chain of craterlets oriented North South and very narrow situated in ejected it North Timocharis.		Not described in this VMA version.			1	Low interest or difficult formation	8	1 day after First Quarter	Last Quarter	250	250 mm reflector	500 mm reflector
295	CATENA YURI	CA244081N3296184	IAU Named formation	CA	Catena catenae	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Russian male name.	IAU	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	?	Europe	Russia	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	-30.381608	329.618392	30 ° 23 ' West	24.408144	24.408° North	Nearside	North-West	Aristarchus	4.51752	4.51752	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Small sitcked craterlets chain at the border between Mare Imbrium and Oceanus Procellarum. Probably created by an Euler ejecta.		Not described in this VMA version.			99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	10	Three days after First Quarter	Two days after Last Quarter	100	100 mm reflector	200 mm reflector
296	CATHARINA	AA179802S235521	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Holly Catherine of Alexandria	Riccioli (1651)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Piccolomini	Mons Moschus	Catharina	Holly character	Greece	Greek	3	3 rd century	?	?	Alexandrie ?	307	Christian martyrdom. Supports philosophers. Beheaded on order of the Emperor Maxence	23.55211	23.55211	23 ° 33 ' East	-17.980152	17.980° South	Nearside	South-East	Catharina crater region	101	100	49.3	4159	0.04211701525712	Very damaged circular formation forming a South North aligned remarkable trio with Theophilus and Cyrillus.	Covered by Imbrium ejecta	Fairly steep slopes and rugged to the North-East and bearing Catharina D to the North-West Catharina A to the South-West and Catharina C to the South-East	High walls to the South-East crushed by the large ghost semi crater Catharina P to the North by Catharina B & G to the North-East and by the crater Catharina S to the South.	Flat floor to the East and tormented to the West. Craterlets crack and hills.	4	Exceptional formation	5	5 days after New Moon	4 days after Full Moon	5	Naked eye	10x binoculars
297	CAUCHY	AA95561N386261	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Copernician (From -1.1 billions years to present days) ?	Period source not found	No details	Augustin Louis Cauchy	Neison (1876)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Insula Aea	Not named	Mathematician	France	French	19	19 th century	Paris	1789	Sceaux	1857	Author of the theory of functions of a complex variable. Works on the development in series of functions. Member of the Academy of Sciences in 1816 and of the Bureau of Longitudes in 1839.	38.626125	38.626125	38 ° 38 ' East	9.556149	9.556° North	Nearside	North-East	Central part of Mare Tranquillitatis	13	13	5.9	2370	0.200897666102878	Bright circular formation with bowl shape situated between the 'hyperboles' of Rima Cauchy and Rupes Cauchy.		Slightly steep slopes bearing Rima Cauchy to the North-East.	Slightly high walls.	Rounded floor.	2	Pretty interesting formation	5	5 days after New Moon	4 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
298	CAVALERIUS	AA50973N2930720	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Eratosthenian (From -3.2 billions years to -1.1 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Bonaventura Cavalieri	Riccioli (1651)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Cavalerius	Mathematician	Italy	Italian	17	17 th century	Milan	1598	Bologne	1647	Disciple of Galilée. Author of the theory of the indivisible in 1635. Precursor of the integer calculation.	-66.928045	293.071955	66 ° 56 ' West	5.097295	5.097° North	Nearside	North-West	Moon West limb	58	58	29.6	3568	0.060128367539152	Circular formation. Forms a remarkable couple with Hevelius.		Steep slopes.	High walls in terraces.	Flat floor with small central mountain. Three lines of crest. Craterlets.	4	Exceptional formation	13	6 days after First Quarter	5 days after Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
299	CAVENDISH	AA246251S3062167	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Henry Cavendish	Mädler (1837)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Mons Ajax	Not named	Chemist and physicist	England	English	19	19 th century	Nice	1731	London	1810	Member of the Royal Company in 1803. Studies on gases. Discovers hydrogen in 1766. Synthesis of the water in 1783. Creator of the quantitative electrostatic with Maxwell.	-53.783287	306.216713	53 ° 47 ' West	-24.625098	24.625° South	Nearside	South-West	East of Mare Humorum region	56	56	26.3	3442	0.065388398111388	Damaged circular formation.	Partly covered by Imbrian ejecta	Fairly steep slopes bearing Rimae De Gasparis to the East and Cavendish F to the South.	Fairly high walls supporting Cavendish A to the North-East and Cavendish E to the South-East.	Tormented floor with two ghost craters. Small central mountain. Hills line of crest and craterlets.	3	Very interesting formation	11	4 days after First Quarter	3 days after Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
300	CAVENTOU	AA297437N3306224	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Craterlet	Meteoritic impact	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Joseph Bienaimé Caventou (ex La Hire D)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Pharmacist	France	French	19	19 th century	Saint-Omer	1795	Paris	1877	Co-Discoverer of the strychnine in 1818 and the quinine in 1820 with Pierre Joseph Pelletier.	-29.377559	330.622441	29 ° 23 ' West	29.743657	29.744° North	Nearside	North-West	South part of Mare Imbrium	3	3	1.4	554	0.198028478944053	Isolated circular formation with bowl shape.		Slightly steep slopes.	Slightly high walls.	Rounded floor.	1	Low interest or difficult formation	9	2 days after First Quarter	1 day after Last Quarter	100	100 mm reflector	200 mm reflector
301	CAYLEY	AA39379N150896	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Eratosthenian (From -3.2 billions years to -1.1 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Arthur Cayley	Birt / Lee (1865)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Mathematician	England	English	19	19 th century	Richmond	1821	Cambridge	1895	Author of the theory of the determinants and the invariants with Sylvester. Discovery of matrical properties. Works in projective geometry. Member of the Royal Mathematics Society.	15.089603	15.089603	15 ° 5 ' East	3.937898	3.938° North	Nearside	North-East	East of Mare Tranquillitatis region	15	15	7.1	2858	0.201269957458306	Circular formation with bowl shape. Forms a remarkable trio with Whewell and Morgan.		Fairly steep slopes.	High walls.	Rounded floor.	3	Very interesting formation	6	6 days after New Moon	5 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
302	CELSIUS	AA340980S200456	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Imbrian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.85 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Anders Celsius	Schmidt (1878)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Physicist and astronomer	Danmark	Danish	18	18 th century	Uppsala	1701	Upsalla	1744	Inventor of the centigrade scale of temperature measure.	20.045553	20.045553	20 ° 3 ' East	-34.097998	34.098° South	Nearside	South-East	Rupes Altai South region	36	36	19.4	3143	0.080697086258329	Damaged circular formation situated on the West slope of Rabbi Levi.		Fairly steep slopes bearing Celsius A and a craterlet to the North and three craterets aligned North South to the East.	Fairly high walls supporting three craterlets to the South-West.	Flat floor supporting a craterlet to the North.	3	Very interesting formation	5	5 days after New Moon	4 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
303	CENSORINUS	AA4169S326907	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Craterlet	Meteoritic impact	Copernician (From -1.1 billions years to present days) ?	Period source not found	No details	Censorinus	Riccioli (1651)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Censorinus	Astronomer	Rome	Roman	3	3 rd century	?	?	?	?	Author of an astrological treaty presenting astral them influence according to the chronology.	32.690702	32.690702	32 ° 41 ' East	-0.416881	0.417° South	Nearside	South-East	Theophilus crater North-East region	4	4	2	815	0.198785137222952	Bright and circular formation with bowl shape.		Slightly steep slopes bearing a very clear material and Censorinus A larger to the East.	Slightly high walls.	Rounded floor.	3	Very interesting formation	5	5 days after New Moon	4 days after Full Moon	100	100 mm reflector	200 mm reflector
304	CEPHEUS	AA406810N457806	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Eratosthenian (From -3.2 billions years to -1.1 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Cephee	?	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Vossii	Mons Bodinus	Not named	Mythological character	Greece	Greek	0	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Imaginary King of Ethiopia. Designates also a boreal constellation.	45.780613	45.780613	45 ° 47 ' East	40.680951	40.681° North	Nearside	North-East	Atlas crater South-East region	40	40	19.7	3155	0.080023507228523	Circular formation.		Steep slopes.	Fairly high walls in terraces overlapped by the craterlet Cepheus A.	Flat floor. Central hill.	3	Very interesting formation	4	4 days after New Moon	3 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
305	CHACORNAC	AA298840N316669	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Imbrian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.85 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Jean Chacornac	Birt / Lee (1865)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	France	French	19	19 th century	Lyon	1823	Villeurbanne	1873	Discoverer of six asteroids. Study on solar spots. Theory of the lunar crater origin.	31.6669	31.6669	31 ° 40 ' East	29.883986	29.884° North	Nearside	North-East	North-East of Mare Serenitatis region	51	51	25.2	3398	0.067369095915044	Formation wrecked. Forms a remarkable couple with Posidonius.		Fairly steep slopes crushed by Posidonius to the North-West.	Slightly high walls.	Tormented flat floor supporting the craterlet Chacornac A and Rimae Chacornac. Hills.	4	Exceptional formation	5	5 days after New Moon	4 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
306	CHADWICK	AA528520S2586576	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Sir James Chadwick	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1985 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	physicist	United Kingdom	British	20	20 th century	Manchester	1891	London	1974	Rutherford schoolboy. Works on nuclear physics and elements desint‚gration. Discoverer of neutron nature in 1932. Participation in the first atomic bomb construction in 1945 at Los Alamos. Nobel laureate in 1935.	-101.342415	258.657585	101 ° 21 ' West	-52.852022	52.852° South	Farside	South-West	Not determined	30	30	14.8	2898	0.097461965324676	Circular formation situated in the zone of librations.	Formerly de Roy X	Not easily observable.			1	Low interest or difficult formation	14	Full Moon	6 days after Last Quarter	30	x10 binoculars	50 mm refractor
307	CHAFFEE	AA390650S2053713	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Roger B. Chaffee	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronaut	USA	American	20	20 th century	?	1935	Cape Kennedy	1967	Astronautical engineer and Apollo 1 mission astronaut. Deceased in module ground fire during a training.	-154.628672	205.371328	154 ° 38 ' West	-39.064995	39.065° South	Farside	South-West	Not determined	49	49	25.8	3424	0.066172441873484	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
308	CHALLIS	AA795799N90856	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	James Challis	Birt / Lee (1865)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	England	English	19	19 th century	?	1803	?	1862	?	9.085563	9.085563	9 ° 5 ' East	79.579877	79.580° North	Nearside	North-East	Moon North limb	56	56	26.6	3453	0.064897984695183	Little deep circular formation. Overlapped with Main.		Slightly steep slopes.	Slightly high walls.	Flat floor.	2	Pretty interesting formation	6	6 days after New Moon	5 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
309	CHALONGE	AA204391S2436507	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Daniel Henri Chalonge	IAU 1994 ?	01/01/1985 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	France	French	20	20 th century	Grenoble	1895	Paris	1977	Spectral classification of stars with Daniel Barbier. Jungfraujoch observations promoter.	-116.349263	243.650737	116 ° 21 ' West	-20.439071	20.439° South	Farside	South-West	Not determined	30	30	12.5	2753	0.109791963927516	Not observable	Formerly Lewis R	Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
310	CHAMBERLIN	AA588339S960379	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Thomas C. Chamberlin	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	geologist	USA	American	20	20 th century	?	1843	?	1928	?	96.037938	96.037938	96 ° 2 ' East	-58.833887	58.834° South	Librations zone	South-East	Not determined	58	58	30.2	3587	0.059388919299714	Circular formation situated in the zone of librations.		Not easily observable.			1	Low interest or difficult formation	1	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	30	x10 binoculars	50 mm refractor
311	CHAMPOLLION	AA373917N1750292	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Jean-François Champollion	IAU 1976 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	egyptologist	France	French	19	19 th century	Figeac	1790	Paris	1832	Oriental languages translator. Hieroglyphs translation using Rosetta stone in 1822.	175.029197	175.029197	175 ° 2 ' East	37.391687	37.392° North	Farside	North-East	Not determined	58	58	24.4	3367	0.068776386758535	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
312	CHANDLER	AA436460N1717597	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	Seth Carlo Chandler	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	USA	American	19	19 th century	Boston	1846	Wellesley Hill	1913	Surveys on Earth shape and rotation.	171.759661	171.759661	171 ° 46 ' East	43.646009	43.646° North	Farside	North-East	Not determined	85	85	44.3	4026	0.04544062823777	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
313	CHANG HENG	AA189038N1122149	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Chang Heng	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	China	Chinese	2	2 nd century	?	78	?	139	?	112.214907	112.214907	112 ° 13 ' East	18.903753	18.904° North	Farside	North-East	Not determined	43	43	21.3	3230	0.075750777166464	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
314	CHANG-NGO	AA126871S3578350	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Chinese female name.	IAU	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	?	Asia	China			?	?	?	?	?	-2.164968	357.835032	2 ° 10 ' West	-12.687089	12.687° North	Nearside	South-West	Ptolemaeus	2.33637	2.33637	1.1	462	0.19767339895111	Small craterlet included in one of the catenas situated on the floor of Alphonsus.		Not described in this VMA version.			99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	8	One day after First Quarter	Last Quarter	150	150 mm reflector	300 mm reflector
315	CHANT	AA401352S2505415	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Upper Imbrian (From -3.8 billions years to -3.2 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Clarence A. Chant	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	Canada	Canadian	20	20 th century	?	1865	?	1956	?	-109.458537	250.541463	109 ° 28 ' West	-40.135243	40.135° South	Farside	North-West	Not determined	33	33	16.8	3006	0.089493057069666	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
316	CHAPLYGIN	AA57649S1502374	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Sergej A. Chaplygin	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	mathematician	USSR	Soviet	20	20 th century	?	1869	?	1942	?	150.237433	150.237433	150 ° 14 ' East	-5.764892	5.765° South	Farside	South-East	Not determined	137	137	61.6	4448	0.036049214304048	Not observable	Younger than Mendleev Basin. Typical	Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
317	CHAPMAN	AA500915N2595292	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	Sydney Chapman	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	physicist	United Kingdom	British	20	20 th century	Eccles	1888	Boulder	1970	Surveys on terrestrial magnetism and lunar attraction influence. Author of a ionosphere formation theory.	-100.47078	259.52922	100 ° 28 ' West	50.091479	50.091° North	Librations zone	North-West	Not determined	71	71	38.4	3856	0.050201240192168	Circular formation situated in the zone of librations.		Not easily observable.			1	Low interest or difficult formation	14	Full Moon	6 days after Last Quarter	30	x10 binoculars	50 mm refractor
318	CHAPPE	AA612913S2687597	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	Abb‚ Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1994 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	France	French	18		Mauriac	1728	San Lucar	1769	Observer of Venus transits in front of the Sun on june 5th 1761 in Siberia and in 1769 in California where he died.	-91.240323	268.759677	91 ° 14 ' West	-61.291253	61.291° South	Librations zone	South-West	Not determined	59	59	27.8	3502	0.062785246264808	Circular formation situated in the zone of librations.	Formerly Hausen A	Not easily observable.			1	Low interest or difficult formation	14	Full Moon	6 days after Last Quarter	30	x10 binoculars	50 mm refractor
319	CHAPPELL	AA545317N1832296	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	James F. Chappel	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	USA	American	20	20 th century	?	1891	?	1964	?	-176.77036	183.22964	176 ° 46 ' West	54.531695	54.532° North	Farside	North-West	Not determined	80	80	36.9	3812	0.051574602553194	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
320	CHARLES	AA298968N3336344	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	French male name.	IAU	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	?	Europe	France	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	-26.365634	333.634366	26 ° 22 ' West	29.896848	29.897° North	Nearside	North-West	Timocharis	1.33951	1.33951	0.6	263	0.196574472686808	Small craterlet situated at the South end of Dorsum Heim.		Not described in this VMA version.			99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	10	Three days after First Quarter	Two days after Last Quarter	150	150 mm reflector	300 mm reflector
321	CHARLIER	AA362197N2283091	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Carl W. L. Charlier	IAU 1976 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	Sweden	Swedish	20	20 th century	?	1862	?	1934	?	-131.690862	228.309138	131 ° 41 ' West	36.219671	36.220° North	Farside	North-West	Not determined	99	99	54.9	4295	0.039092942596428	Not observable	Older than Hertzsprung Basin	Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
322	CHAUCER	AA33860N2192928	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Geoffrey Chaucer	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	United Kingdom	British	14	14 th century	?	1340	?	1400	?	-140.707227	219.292773	140 ° 42 ' West	3.385982	3.386° North	Farside	North-West	Not determined	45	45	22.7	3293	0.072424248901487	Not observable	Younger than Hertzsprung Basin	Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
323	CHAUVENET	AA116360S1371979	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	William Chauvenet	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	USA	American	19	19 th century	?	1820	?	1970	?	137.197923	137.197923	137 ° 12 ' East	-11.636014	11.636° South	Farside	South-East	Not determined	81	81	38.8	3869	0.049821114485312	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
324	CHAWLA	AA424784S2125148	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Kalpana. Chawla	IAU	01/01/2006 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Astronaut	North America	United States	20	20 th century	?	1961	?	2003	Space Shuttle Columbia Mission Specialist	-147.485208	212.514792	147 ° 29 ' West	-42.478375	42.478° North	Farside	North-West	Apollo	14.2452	14.2452	7.1	2868	0.201277032105124	Big craterlet in a group of anonymous craters in a bigger damaged carter.		Not described in this VMA version.	Slightly steep wals.	Flor covered with material.	0	Not observable	0	not observable	not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
325	CHEBYSHEV	AA340106S2271167	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Pafnutiy Lvovitch Chebyshev	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	mathematician	Russia	Russian	19	19 th century	Okatovo	1821	Saint Petersburg	1894	Founder of a mathematical school. Works on algorithms PI number and elliptical functions.	-132.883285	227.116715	132 ° 53 ' West	-34.010606	34.011° South	Farside	South-West	Not determined	178	178	89.5	4975	0.027788905714526	Not observable	Partially covered by Orientale ejecta	Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
326	CHERNYSHEV	AA470115N1744078	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Nikolaj G. Chernyshev	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	engineer	USSR	Soviet	20	20 th century	?	1906	?	1963	Space launchers conceiver.	174.40783	174.40783	174 ° 24 ' East	47.011547	47.012° North	Farside	North-East	Not determined	58	58	29.6	3567	0.060156710458805	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
327	CHEVALLIER	AA450093N515726	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Imbrian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.85 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Temple Chevallier	Birt / Lee (1865)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	England	English	19	19 th century	?	1794	?	1873	Director of the observatory of Durnham.	51.57261	51.57261	51 ° 34 ' East	45.009253	45.009° North	Nearside	North-East	Atlas crater South-East region	53	52	25.9	3426	0.066101031047476	Wrecked formation.		Slightly steep slopes bearing Chevallier A to the West Chevallier M to the North and Chevallier K to the South.	Slightly high walls.	Floor filled with lava containing Chevallier B. Narrow grooves and craterlets.	2	Pretty interesting formation	4	4 days after New Moon	3 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
328	CHIEN-SHIUNG WU	AA418800S2063200	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Chien-Shiung Wu	IAU 2024	06/08/2024 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Physicist	United States	American	20	20 th century	Shangai	1912	New York	1997	Chinese origin. Participated in the Manhattan Project. Separation of uranium isotopes by gaseous diffusion. Work on weak interactions. Nicknamed the Chinese Marie Curie.	-153.68	206.32	153 ° 42 ' West	-41.88	41 ° 52 ' South	Farside	South-West	Dans le bassin d'impact Apollo	0.7	0.7	0.4	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Tiny regular and isolated craterlet on the southern marine part of the Apollo impact basin.		Slightly steep and low slopes.	Steep and deep wall.	Rounded floor almost non-existent	0	Not observable	Not observable	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
329	CHING-TE	AA200195N299681	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Craterlet	Meteoritic impact	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Ching-Te	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	?	China	Chinese	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	29.96807	29.96807	29 ° 58 ' East	20.019549	20.020° North	Nearside	North-East	North of Mare Tranquillitatis region	3	3.9	1.8	734	0.198581180724758	Circular formation with bowl shape squeezed between two mountainous mountains.		Slightly steep slopes.	Slightly high walls.	Rounded floor.	1	Low interest or difficult formation	4	4 days after New Moon	3 days after Full Moon	100	100 mm reflector	200 mm reflector
330	CHLADNI	AA39869N11172	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Copernician (From -1.1 billions years to present days) ?	Period source not found	No details	Ernst Chladni	Schmidt (1878)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Physicist	Germany	German	18	18 th century	Wittenberg	1756	Breslau	1827	Specialist of the sounds and vibratory phenomena. Determination of the speed of the sound in various gas. Author of a theory on the cosmic meteorite origin in 1794.	1.117196	1.117196	1 ° 7 ' East	3.98692	3.987° North	Nearside	North-East	Moon disk center	14	14	6.5	2628	0.201103128683493	Isolated circular formation in form of bowl situated to the South extremity of a mountainous area.		Slightly steep slopes but to the North.	High walls.	Rounded floor.	2	Pretty interesting formation	7	First Quarter	6 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
331	CHRETIEN	AA461145S1629911	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	Henri Jacques Chrétien	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	physicist	France	French	20	20 th century	Paris	1879	Washington	1956	Astronomer in Meudon and Nice Observatories. Professor at Paris Optics Institute. Conceiver of an aplanetic telescope in 1930 with Georges Willis Ritchey. Conceiver of catadioptrical devices and of Hypergonar lens used in Cinemascope since 1925.	162.991139	162.991139	162 ° 59 ' East	-46.114502	46.115° South	Farside	South-East	Not determined	88	88	49.3	4158	0.042158794545136	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
332	CICHUS	AA332877S3388175	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Eratosthenian (From -3.2 billions years to -1.1 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Francesco degli Stabili (or Cecco d'Ascoli)	?	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Cantelmi	Not named	Not named	Astronomer and theologian	Italy	Italian	13	13 th century	?	1257	Florence	1327	Death on the woodshed for heresy.	-21.182519	338.817481	21 ° 11 ' West	-33.287716	33.288° South	Nearside	South-West	Tycho crater North-West region	41	41	19.5	3149	0.080380084967538	Circular formation situated on the bank of Palus Epidemiarum.		Fairly steep slopes bearing Weiss to the North-East.	High walls in terraces supporting Cichus C to the West.	Slightly extensive flat floor with two craters. Hills and craterlets.	3	Very interesting formation	9	2 days after First Quarter	1 day after Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
333	CINCO	LF91000S155000	IAU Named formation	LF	Landing site name	Not determined	Not appliable	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Astronaut-named feature - Apollo 16 site.	IAU	01/01/1973 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	15.5	15.5	15 ° 30 ' East	-9.1	9.100° North	Nearside	South-East	Theophilus	0.08	0.08	0	13	0.190856542387145	Small craterlet named by Apollo 16 astronauts and comprised in a five craterlets group.		Not described in this VMA version.			99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	6	Six days after New Moon	Five days after Full Moon	999	Not observable	Not observable
334	CLAIRAUT	AA478361S138618	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	Alexis Clairaut	Mädler (1837)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Danesii	Not named	Not named	Astronomer matemathician and geodesist	France	French	18	18 th century	Paris	1713	Paris	1765	Member of the Academy of Sciences in 1731. Author of the 'Theory of the Moon' in 1752. Inventor of a partial solution of the problem of 3 bodies. Calculations on the orbit of the comet of Halley.	13.861758	13.861758	13 ° 52 ' East	-47.836102	47.836° South	Nearside	South-East	Maurolycus crater region	75	75	38.4	3857	0.050173854480615	Damaged circular formation.		Fairly steep slopes to the North bearing Clairaut E to the North-West. and Clairaut S to the East.	Fairly high walls crushed by Clairaut B to the West and by Clairaut A to the South.	Deformed flat floor supporting Clairaut D to the North and a second crater. Craterlets.	3	Very interesting formation	6	6 days after New Moon	5 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
335	CLARK	AA386746S1193478	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Alvan Graham Clark	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	optician	USA	American	19	19 th century	Fall River	1832	Cambridge	1897	Builder of the two biggest astronomical lenses of the World (Lick - 91 cm / Yerkes - 102 cm). Discoverer of Sirius companion in 1862.	119.34778	119.34778	119 ° 21 ' East	-38.674561	38.675° South	Farside	South-East	Not determined	49	49	26	3431	0.065852560882373	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
336	CLAUSIUS	AA369030S3160653	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Rudolf Emanuel Clausius	Neison (1876)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Montana Faran	Not named	Physicist	Germany	German	19	19 th century	K?slin	1822	Bonn	1888	Has written a new statement of 2nd principle of the thermodynamic in 1850 introducing the entropy. One of creators of the cinetic of gases in 1857.	-43.934695	316.065305	43 ° 56 ' West	-36.903039	36.903° South	Nearside	South-West	Schickard crater region	25	25	12.1	2724	0.11256763914989	Isolated circular formation.		Fairly steep slopes with perpendicular crest line to the South and two craterlets to the North.	Slightly high walls.	Flat floor filled with lava.	3	Very interesting formation	11	4 days after First Quarter	3 days after Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
337	CLAVIUS	AA586228S3452725	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Walled plain	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	anorth gabbro	Christoph Klau (or Christophorus Clavius)	Riccioli (1651)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Maximiliani Duc. Bava.	Desertum Raphidim	Clavius	Mathematician and astronomer	Germany	German	16	16 th century	Bamberg	1537	Rome	1612	Translator of Euclide. Nicknamed it even	-14.72749	345.27251	14 ° 44 ' West	-58.622831	58.623° South	Nearside	South-West	Moon South limb	225	225	115.3	5370	0.023272237104062	Damaged circular formation.	Typical	Steep slopes riddled bearing crater Blancanus to the South-West.	Very high walls ridden by Porter to the North-East Rutherford to the South-East Clavius K to the South-West and Clavius L to the West.	Large flat floor with Clavius D C N J & JA on an arc of circle. Numerous craterlets whose a chain to the South-West. Lines of crests.	4	Exceptional formation	8	1 day after First Quarter	Last Quarter	5	Naked eye	10x binoculars
338	CLEOMEDES	AA276005N555005	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Walled plain	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Cleomede	Riccioli (1651)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Moura	Montes Riphaei	Cleomedes	Astronomer	Greece	Greek	-2	2 nd century BC	?	about 150 BC	?	?	Author of a treaty of astronomy called 'Theory of circular movements of celestial bodies '.	55.500544	55.500544	55 ° 30 ' East	27.600484	27.600° North	Nearside	North-East	North-West edge of Mare Crisium	126	126	65.3	4526	0.034614759631666	Circular formation.	Younger than Crisium Basin. floor fractured (FFC) DHCs on the floor	Steep slopes bearing many craterlets whose Tralles to the North-West and Delmotte to the South-East.	Fairly high walls overlapped to the North-West by Cleomedes A and E and to the South by Cleomedes C.	Large flat floor filled with lava and supporting Cleomedes B and J and Rimae Cleomedes. Small mountain off-center.	4	Exceptional formation	3	3 days after New Moon	2 days after Full Moon	5	Naked eye	10x binoculars
339	CLEOSTRATUS	AA603196N2826030	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Cleostrate	Riccioli (1651)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Cleostratus	Poet and astronomer	Greece	Greek	-6	6 th century BC	Ténédos	about 500 BC	?	?	Has perfected the athenian calendar by introducing a Moon/Sun cycle of 8 years. Author of the system of signs of the Zodiac.	-77.397037	282.602963	77 ° 24 ' West	60.31958	60.320° North	Nearside	North-West	Moon North-North-West limb	63	63	31.6	3637	0.057524810222109	Circular formation.	Partly covered by Imbrian ejecta	Slightly steep slopes bearing Cleostratus E and F to the North-West.	High walls supporting Cleostratus M to the North and two craterlets to the South-West.	Flat floor supporting a craterlet.	1	Low interest or difficult formation	13	6 days after First Quarter	5 days after Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
340	CLERKE	AA216803N297981	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Craterlet	Meteoritic impact	Copernician (From -1.1 billions years to present days) ?	Period source not found	No details	Agnes Mary Clerke (ex Littrow B)	?	01/01/1973 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	Great Britain	British	19	19 th century	?	1842	?	1907	?	29.798132	29.798132	29 ° 48 ' East	21.680323	21.680° North	Nearside	North-East	North of Mare Tranquillitatis region	7	7	3.3	1330	0.199751851577155	Isolated circular formation with bowl shape and overlapping a rille of Rimae Littrow.		Slightly steep slopes.	Slightly high walls.	Rounded floor.	2	Pretty interesting formation	5	5 days after New Moon	4 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
341	COBLENTZ	AA380932S1266513	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	William W. Coblentz	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	USA	American	20	20 th century	?	1873	?	1962	?	126.651328	126.651328	126 ° 39 ' East	-38.093195	38.093° South	Farside	South-East	Not determined	33	33	16.3	2981	0.091285792145915	Not observable	Possibly pre-Nectarian	Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
342	COCHISE	LF202000N308000	IAU Named formation	LF	Landing site name	Not determined	Not appliable	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Astronaut-named feature - Apollo 17 site.	IAU	01/01/1973 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	30.8	30.8	30 ° 48 ' East	20.2	20.200° North	Nearside	North-East	Macrobius	0.63	0.63	0.2	109	0.194866844047824	Geological formation on the Apollo 17 landing site.		Not described in this VMA version.			99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	5	Five days after New Moon	Four days after Full Moon	999	Not observable	Not observable
343	COCKCROFT	AA310913N1970919	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Sir John Douglas Cockcroft	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	physicist	United Kingdom	British	20	20 th century	Todmorden	1897	Cambridge	1967	Professor in Cambridge University in 1939. Works on radar andatomic bomb. Director of Harwell nuclear center in 1946. Nobel laureate in 1951 with Ernest Walton.	-162.908107	197.091893	162 ° 54 ' West	31.0913	31.091° North	Farside	North-West	Not determined	93	93	46	4074	0.044206416877762	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
344	COLLINS	AA12981N237089	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Craterlet	Meteoritic impact	Eratosthenian (From -3.2 billions years to -1.1 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Michael Collins (ex Sabine D)	?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronaut	U. S. A.	American	20	20 th century	?	1930	?	Vivant	Pilot of the cabin of the mission Apollo 11	23.708917	23.708917	23 ° 43 ' East	1.298061	1.298° North	Nearside	North-East	East part of Mare Tranquillitatis	3	3	1.2	510	0.197866498486956	Isolated circular formation with bowl shape.		Slightly steep slopes.	Slightly high walls.	Rounded floor.	1	Low interest or difficult formation	5	5 days after New Moon	4 days after Full Moon	100	100 mm reflector	200 mm reflector
345	COLOMBO	AA152550S460218	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Christophe Colomb	Mädler (1837)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Welperi	Mons Tancon	Not named	Navigator	Spain	Spanish	15	15 th century	Génes	1451	Valladolid	1506	Discoverer of America (Island Bahamas) 12 October 1492. Realized three others travel in Southern and Central America."	46.02178	46.02178	46 ° 1 ' East	-15.255042	15.255° South	Nearside	South-East	Mare Fecunditatis South edge	76	76	39.5	3889	0.049224613851774	Isolated circular formation situated on the West bank of Mare Fecunditatis.		Steep slopes to the South and overlapped by the large crater Colombo A to the North-West by Colombo B to the South-West and by Colombo M to the East.	Slightly high walls to the North but high and tormented to the South-East.	Flat floor. Small central mountain. Hills and craterlets.	3	Very interesting formation	4	4 days after New Moon	3 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
346	COMPTON	AA558622N1040548	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Lower Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.8 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	anorth gabbro	Arthur Holly Compton	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	physicist	USA	American	20	20 th century	Wooster	1892	Berkeley	1962	Discoverer of the effect of photons. Surveys on cosmic rays. Nobel laureate in 1927 with Charles Wilson.	104.054816	104.054816	104 ° 3 ' East	55.862159	55.862° North	Librations zone	North-East	Not determined	162	162	82.3	4851	0.029468682722289	Circular formation situated in the zone of librations.	Maybe Upper Imbrian interior ring	Not easily observable.			1	Low interest or difficult formation	1	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	30	x10 binoculars	50 mm refractor
347	COMRIE	AA233932N2468306	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Leslie J. Comrie	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	United Kingdom	British	20	20 th century	?	1893	?	1950	?	-113.169366	246.830634	113 ° 10 ' West	23.393157	23.393° North	Farside	North-West	Not determined	59	59	29.6	3566	0.060199285785246	Not observable	Older than Hertzsprung Basin	Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
348	COMSTOCK	AA215916N2379498	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	George C. Comstock	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	USA	American	20	20 th century	?	1855	?	1934	?	-122.050214	237.949786	122 ° 3 ' West	21.591583	21.592° North	Farside	North-West	Not determined	72	72	36.6	3801	0.051913805278753	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
349	CONDON	AA18731N603601	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Imbrian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.85 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Edward W. Condon (ex Webb R)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Physicist	U. S. A.	American	20	20 th century	?	1902	?	1974	President of a commission of studies on UFO and author of a famous report."	60.360134	60.360134	60 ° 22 ' East	1.873078	1.873° North	Nearside	North-East	Moon East limb	35	35	17.4	3040	0.087237006341129	Damaged circular formation situated on the bank of Sinus Successus.		Fairly steep slopes bearing Webb F and G to the South-East.	Slightly high walls damaged to the South-West.	Flat floor filled with lava. Hills.	2	Pretty interesting formation	3	3 days after New Moon	2 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
350	CONDORCET	AA120996N695832	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Marie Jean Antoine de Caritat (Marquis of Condorcet)	Schröter (1802)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Philosopher mathematician and stateman	France	French	18	18 th century	Ribemont	1743	Bourg-la-Reine	1794	Collaborator of 'the Encyclopedia' . Chief of the 'Philosophical Party' . Member of the Academy of Sciences in 1769.	69.583166	69.583166	69 ° 35 ' East	12.099608	12.100° North	Nearside	North-East	Moon East limb	75	74	37.4	3826	0.051125836543979	Circular formation situated to the East of Mare Crisium.	Younger than Crisium Basin	Fairly steep slopes bearing Condorcet A E and G to the South-West.	Slightly high walls ridden to the North by Condorcet Y.	Flat floor filled with somber lava.	3	Very interesting formation	2	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
351	CONE	LF37000S3426000	IAU Named formation	LF	Landing site name	Not determined	Not appliable	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Astronaut-named feature - Apollo 14 site.	IAU	01/01/1973 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	-17.4	342.6	17 ° 24 ' West	-3.7	3.700° North	Nearside	South-West	Montes Riphaeus	0.3	0.3	0.1	63	0.193839022365973	Small craterlet ned by Apollo 14 astronauts where samples of impact Imbrium have been sampled.		Not described in this VMA version.			99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	9	Two days after First Quarter	One day after Last Quarter	999	Not observable	Not observable
352	CONGREVE	AA2801S1921585	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Sir William	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	general	United Kingdom	British	19	19 th century	London	1772	Toulouse	1828	Conceiver of a military rocket in 1804. Works on powder and color printing. Introduction of gaz for towns lighting.	-167.841477	192.158523	167 ° 50 ' West	-0.280109	0.280° South	Farside	South-West	Not determined	57	57	28.8	3536	0.061392099239065	Not observable	Younger than Korolev Basin. relatively old	Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
353	CONON	AA216571N19504	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Copernician (From -1.1 billions years to present days)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Conon of Samos	?	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Mathematician and astronomer	Greece	Greek	-4	4 th century BC	Samos	300 BC	?	?	Friend of Archimede. Author of the constellation 'Hair of Berenice'. Author of 7 books devoted to the astronomy.	1.950397	1.950397	1 ° 57 ' East	21.657058	21.657° North	Nearside	North-East	Montes Apenninus region	22	22	10.4	2608	0.124465215424355	Isolated circular formation situated in Montes Apenninus.		Fairly steep slopes.	High walls.	Slightly extensive and flat floor with small central hill.	3	Very interesting formation	7	First Quarter	6 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
354	COOK	AA174975S488072	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	James Cook	Mädler (1837)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Navigator	England	English	18	18 th century	Marton	1728	Hawaii	1779	Expeditions on the Endeavour to Tahiti in 1769 for the passage of Venus in front of the Sun. Discovery of the New-Zealand and Australia in 1770. Discovery of Hawaii in 1778.	48.807157	48.807157	48 ° 48 ' East	-17.497494	17.497° South	Nearside	South-East	Mare Fecunditatis South edge	48	48	22.5	3286	0.072782588867094	Isolated circular formation situated on the South-West bank of Mare Fecunditatis.		Slightly steep slopes bearing a chain of craterlets to the North-East a crater to the South-West and a perpendicular mountainous crest to the North.	Slightly high walls ridden by 2 craterlets to the North-East.	Extensive flat floor filled with lava supporting the crater Cook A to the South-East.	3	Very interesting formation	4	4 days after New Moon	3 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
355	COOPER	AA526816N1759201	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	John C. Cooper	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	humanitarian	USA	American	20	20 th century	?	1887	?	1967	?	175.920129	175.920129	175 ° 55 ' East	52.68164	52.682° North	Farside	North-East	Not determined	36	36	25.9	3426	0.066065395817111	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
356	COPERNICUS	AA96209N3399214	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Copernician (From -1.1 billions years to present days)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	troctolite	Nicolas Copernic	Riccioli (1651)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Philippi IV	Insula Sicilia + Mons Aetna	Copernicus	Astronomer	Poland	Polish	16	16 th century	Torun	1473	Frauenburg	1543	Canon of Frauenburg in 1479. Doctor of the university of Ferrare in 1503. Author of the 'De revolutionibus orbium coelestium ' in 1543 presenting the heliocentric system in which the Earth and planets turn around the Sun.	-20.078621	339.921379	20 ° 5 ' West	9.620945	9.621° North	Nearside	North-West	Copernic crater region	93	93	48	4125	0.042940948485908	Young and isolated formation with hexagonal form. Bright rays all around.		Very steep slopes dominant Mare Insularum of 900 m rugged and bearing Fauth to the South and Gay-Lussac to the North.		Floor flatter to the North that to the South. Three central mountains (1200 m). Hills and ruins in the arena.	4	Exceptional formation	9	2 days after First Quarter	1 day after Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
357	CORI	AA504802S2070948	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1979 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	physiologist	USA	American	20	20 th century	?	1887	?	1967	Nobel laureate	-152.905249	207.094751	152 ° 54 ' West	-50.480193	50.480° South	Farside	South-West	Not determined	65	65	33.6	3704	0.05511617132975	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
358	CORIOLIS	AA5643N1717954	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	Gaspard Coriolis	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	mathematician	France	French	19	19 th century	Paris	1792	Paris	1792	Ponts et Chauss‚es engineer. Professor in mechanics in 1816. Surveys on centrifugal strengthes.	171.795388	171.795388	171 ° 48 ' East	0.564347	0.564° North	Farside	North-East	Not determined	78	78	39.2	3882	0.049425909290844	Not observable	Younger than Freundlich-Sharonov or Nectarian (map)	Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
359	COUDER	AA49013S2674175	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Andr‚ Couder	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1985 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	France	French	20	20 th century	Alen?on	1897	Suresnes	1979	Director of Paris Optics Institute in 1926. Member of french Academy of Sciences in 1954. Numerous surveys on astrometrical and astrophysical instruments. Author of "Refractors and telescopes" in 1935 with Andr‚ Danjon.	-92.58248	267.41752	92 ° 35 ' West	-4.901341	4.901° South	Librations zone	South-West	Not determined	21	21	9.2	2515	0.135507862981422	Circular formation situated in the zone of librations.	Formerly Maunder Z	Not easily observable.			1	Low interest or difficult formation	14	Full Moon	6 days after Last Quarter	30	x10 binoculars	50 mm refractor
360	COULOMB	AA544620N2449987	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Charles A. De Coulomb	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	physicist	France	French	18	18 th century	Angouléme	1857	Nancy	1926	Discoverer of magnetic field. Author of a law on electrostatical strengthes. Member of french Academy of Sciences in 1781 and of the Institute in 1795.	-115.001255	244.998745	115 ° 0 ' West	54.462013	54.462° North	Farside	North-West	Not determined	89	89	44.8	4041	0.045043372791939	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
361	COURTNEY	AA251350N3291949	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	English male name.	IAU	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	?	Europe	England	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	-30.805081	329.194919	30 ° 48 ' West	25.135035	25.135° North	Nearside	North-West	Aristarchus	1.23623	1.23623	0.6	243	0.196422072103858	Principal craterlet included in rima Zahia at its North end.		Not described in this VMA version.			99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	10	Three days after First Quarter	Two days after Last Quarter	150	150 mm reflector	300 mm reflector
362	CREMONA	AA672352N2691429	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Luigi Cremona	Arthur / Whitaker (1963)	01/01/1964 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Mathematician and political man	Italy	Italian	19	19 th century	Pavie	1830	Rome	1903	Director of School of applications of engineers of Rome. Minister of the Public Instruction in 1898.	-90.857118	269.142882	90 ° 51 ' West	67.235217	67.235° North	Librations zone	North-West	Moon North-North-West limb	86	85	42.5	3977	0.046731357799153	Situated in the zone of librations. Circular formation.		Steep slopes bearing Cremona A to the North.	High walls crushed by Boole L to the South.	Flat and extensive floor with Cremona B & C to the West.	1	Low interest or difficult formation	13	6 days after First Quarter	5 days after Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
363	CRESCENT	LF29000S3366000	IAU Named formation	LF	Landing site name	Not determined	Not appliable	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Astronaut-named feature - Apollo 12 site.	IAU	01/01/1973 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	-23.4	336.6	23 ° 24 ' West	-2.9	2.900° North	Nearside	South-West	Montes Riphaeus	0.6	0.6	0.9	390	0.197343453134583	Small craterlet named by Apollo 12 astronauts and comprised in a seven craterlets group.		Not described in this VMA version.			99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	9	Two days after First Quarter	One day after Last Quarter	999	Not observable	Not observable
364	CRILE	AA142083N459842	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Craterlet	Meteoritic impact	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	G. Crile (ex Proclus F)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Doctor	U. S. A.	American	20	20 th century	?	1864	?	1943	?	45.984196	45.984196	45 ° 59 ' East	14.208319	14.208° North	Nearside	North-East	North edge of Mare Fecunditatis	8	9	4.6	1863	0.200419927568611	Isolated circular formation with bowl shape.		Slightly steep slopes.	Slightly high walls.	Rounded floor.	1	Low interest or difficult formation	4	4 days after New Moon	3 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
365	CROCCO	AA469804S1505058	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Gaetano A. Crocco	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	engineer	Italy	Italian	20	20 th century	?	1877	?	1968	Aeronautical specialist.	150.505761	150.505761	150 ° 30 ' East	-46.980412	46.980° South	Farside	South-East	Not determined	75	75	33.7	3709	0.054956258978772	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
366	CROMMELIN	AA674614S2120485	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	ol-noritic gabbro	Andrew Claude De La Cherois Crommelin	IAU 1964 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	United Kingdom	British	20	20 th century	?	1865	?	1939	?	-147.951526	212.048474	147 ° 57 ' West	-67.461395	67.461° South	Farside	South-West	Not determined	94	94	46.7	4091	0.043769151219514	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
367	CROOKES	AA103961S1948976	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Copernician (From -1.1 billions years to present days)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	anorth gabbro	Sir William Crookes	IAU 1973 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	physicist	United Kingdom	British	19	19 th century	London	1832	London	1919	Conceiver of the radiometer in 1872 and of an X rays generating tube. Works on viscosity and gaz conductibility. Member of the Royal Society in 1863.	-165.102447	194.897553	165 ° 6 ' West	-10.396136	10.396° South	Farside	South-West	Not determined	49	49	24.1	3352	0.069492170032485	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
368	CROZIER	AA135595S507177	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	François R. M. Crozier	Birt / Lee (1865)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Navigator	England	English	19	19 th century	?	1796	?	1848	Collaborator of Parry and Ross.	50.717689	50.717689	50 ° 43 ' East	-13.559481	13.559° South	Nearside	South-East	East part of Mare Fecunditatis	22	22	11.2	2665	0.118410448930056	Circular formation forming a clover with Crozier M and D of identical aspect.		Fairly steep slopes bearing Crozier M to the South and Crozier D to the East.	Slightly high walls.	Extensive flat floor filled with somber lava.	2	Pretty interesting formation	4	4 days after New Moon	3 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
369	CRUGER	AA166769S2930398	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Lower Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.8 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Peter Cruger	Riccioli (1651)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Fontes Amari	Cruger	Mathematician	Germany	German	17	17 th century	?	1580	?	1639	?	-66.960244	293.039756	66 ° 58 ' West	-16.67686	16.677° South	Nearside	South-West	Moon West-South-Westlimb	46	46	22.9	3303	0.071916574991799	Remarkable circular formation for its weak albedo.	Possibly Upper Imbrian (PC)	Slightly steep slopes.	Slightly high walls.	Flat floor filled with very somber lava. Craterlet.	4	Exceptional formation	13	6 days after First Quarter	5 days after Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
370	CTESIBIUS	AA8348N1187510	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Lower Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.8 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Ctesibius	IAU 1994 ?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	physicist	Egypt	Egyptian	-1	1 st century BC	?	?	?	100	?	118.75101	118.75101	118 ° 45 ' East	0.834771	0.835° North	Farside	North-East	Not determined	36	36	16	2965	0.092396066128786	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
371	CURIE	AA230455S922793	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Pierre Curie	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	physicist	France	French	19	19 th century	Paris	1859	Paris	1906	Discoverer of piezoelectricity in 1880 and of the transformation point in magnetism. Husband of Marie Curie in 1895. Author of the principle of phenomenas symetry. Discoverer of polonium and radium in 1898. Nobel laureate in 1903 with his wife.	92.279263	92.279263	92 ° 17 ' East	-23.045542	23.046° South	Librations zone	South-East	Not determined	151	151	69.4	4609	0.033190760403443	Circular formation situated in the zone of librations.		Not easily observable.			1	Low interest or difficult formation	1	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	30	x10 binoculars	50 mm refractor
372	CURTIS	AA145741N567921	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Craterlet	Meteoritic impact	Copernician (From -1.1 billions years to present days) ?	Period source not found	No details	Heber Doust Curtis (ex Picard Z)	?	01/01/1973 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	U. S. A.	American	20	20 th century	?	1872	?	1942	?	56.79212	56.79212	56 ° 48 ' East	14.574121	14.574° North	Nearside	North-East	North-West edge of Mare Crisium	3	3	1.4	570	0.198084273161707	Isolated circular formation with bowl shape.		Slightly steep slopes.	Slightly high walls.	Rounded floor.	1	Low interest or difficult formation	3	3 days after New Moon	2 days after Full Moon	100	100 mm reflector	200 mm reflector
373	CURTIUS	AA670794S44049	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Albert Curtz	Riccioli (1651)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Mons Techisandam	Curtius	Astronomer	Germany	German	17	17 th century	?	1600	?	1671	Publisher of the observations of Tycho Brahé.	4.40494	4.40494	4 ° 24 ' East	-67.079371	67.079° South	Nearside	South-East	Moon South limb	96	96	49.6	4166	0.041962711838381	Circular formation.		Steep slopes bearing Curtius B to the North Curtius D to the North-East and Curtius E to the West.	High walls in terraces overlapped by a crater to the East and a craterlet to the South.	Flat floor supporting several craterlets whose 2 to the North-West. Small mountain with 3 summits off-center to the North-West.	3	Very interesting formation	7	First Quarter	6 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
374	CUSANUS	AA718208N694004	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Nicolas de Cusa	Schmidt (1878)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Theologian	Germany	German	15	15 th century	Kues	1401	Todie	1464	Representative of the Pope in Germany. Opponent to the geocentrism. Important work in literature.	69.400358	69.400358	69 ° 24 ' East	71.820806	71.821° North	Nearside	North-East	Moon North-North-East limb	63	63	30.4	3595	0.059074844990832	Circular formation.	Younger than Humboldtianum Basin	Fairly steep slopes.	Slightly high walls supporting two craterlets to the East.	Flat floor.	2	Pretty interesting formation	2	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
375	CUVIER	AA502927S96921	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	Georges Cuvier	Mädler (1837)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Licetus	Naturalist and paleotologist	France	French	19	19 th century	Montbéliard	1769	Paris	1832	Creator of the compared anatomy and the paleontology. Member of the Academy of Sciences in 1795 and of the French Academy in 1818.	9.692075	9.692075	9 ° 42 ' East	-50.292684	50.293° South	Nearside	South-East	Moon South limb	75	75	38.6	3864	0.049987685919348	Circular formation.		Steep slopes bearing the quartet Heraclitus to the West and a composed remarkable chain of Cuvier F A E and B to the South-East.	High walls in light terraces.	Flat floor with lava flood to the North-West.	3	Very interesting formation	6	6 days after New Moon	5 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
376	CYRANO	AA203653S1573738	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Cyrano De Bergerac Savinien	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	writer	France	French	17	17 th century	?	1615		1655		157.373823	157.373823	157 ° 22 ' East	-20.365288	20.365° South	Farside	South-East	Not determined	80	80	39.7	3898	0.048982229435409	Not observable	Possibly Nectarian	Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
377	CYRILLUS	AA132913S240655	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Saint Cyrille	Riccioli (1651)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Ferd. Caroli Leop F.	Mons Moschus	Cyrillus	Philosopher	Greece	Greek	5	5 th century	Alexandrie	376	Alexandrie	444	Fit to condemn the heresy of Nestor in 431 and specified the doctrine of the Incarnation of the Christ.	24.065469	24.065469	24 ° 4 ' East	-13.291329	13.291° South	Nearside	South-East	Theophilus crater North-West region	98	98	49	4151	0.042320891654287	Damaged circular formation forming a remarkable trio with Theophilus and Catharina.		rugged and steep slopes bearing Theophilus to the North-East Ibn Ru'shd to the North-West and Cyrillus E F and G to the South-East.	Fairly high walls more high to the East that to the West crushed by Theophilus to the North-East and ridden by Cyrillus A to the South-West.	Tormented and extensive floor with 3 central mountains and a groove to the South. Hills and craterlets.	4	Exceptional formation	5	5 days after New Moon	4 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
378	CYSATUS	AA662082S3536618	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Jean-Baptiste Cysat	Riccioli (1651)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Cysatus	Mathematician and astronomer	Switzerland	Swiss	17	17 th century	?	1588	?	1657	?	-6.338221	353.661779	6 ° 20 ' West	-66.208205	66.208° South	Nearside	South-West	Moon South limb	50	50	23.8	3342	0.069979524148054	Circular formation situated on the slope of Gruemberger.		to the West Steep slopes bearing many craterlets to the North and Cysatus E to the East.	Very high walls damaged to the South-East.	Flat floor.	3	Very interesting formation	8	1 day after First Quarter	Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
379	D. BROWN	AA416479S2128402	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	David McDowell Brown	IAU	01/01/2006 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Not known	North America	United States	20	20 th century	?	?	?	?	?	-147.159809	212.840191	147 ° 10 ' West	-41.647898	41.648° North	Farside	North-West	Apollo	16.1167	16.1167	8	2410	0.149538264995088	Big craterlet Included in a group inside of a damaged anonymous crater.		Fairly steep slopes with sharp crest.	High walls.	Floor presenting two hills covering almost totally it and one could be a volcabic dome.	0	Not observable	0	not observable	not observable	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
380	D'ALEMBERT	AA510723N1648907	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Jean Le Rond d'Alembert	IAU 1976 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	philosopher	France	French	18	18 th century	Paris	1717	Paris	1783	Member of french Academy of Sciences in 1740 and secretary in 1772. Author of a treaty about dynamics in 1743. Computation of equinoxes precession in 1749. Leader of the Encyclopedia with Diderot.	164.890724	164.890724	164 ° 53 ' East	51.072288	51.072° North	Farside	North-East	Not determined	0.357669	0.357669	0.1	69	0.194007757767329	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
381	D'ARREST	AA22648N146041	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Imbrian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.85 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Heinrich Louis d'Arrest	Schmidt (1878)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Mons Horminius	Not named	Astronomer	Germany	German	19	19 th century	Berlin	1822	Copenhague	1875	Comets and asteroid specialist. Observer of nebulae and clusters of stars. Numerous stellar astronomy works.	14.604128	14.604128	14 ° 36 ' East	2.264809	2.265° North	Nearside	North-East	East of Mare Tranquillitatis region	54	54	26.9	3465	0.064374587202446	Damaged circular formation.		Fairly steep slopes bearing d'Arrest M and A to the West.	Damaged and little high walls.	Flat floor filled with lava. Hills.	3	Very interesting formation	6	6 days after New Moon	5 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
382	D'ARSONVAL	AA103139S1245874	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Jacques Arsène d'Arsonval	IAU 1976 ?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	physicist	France	French	20	20 th century	La Borie	1851	La Borie	1940	Numerous surveys in biological physics. Discoverer of high frequencies currents treatments. Conceiver of numerous apparatus for physics.	124.587373	124.587373	124 ° 35 ' East	-10.313907	10.314° South	Farside	South-East	Not determined	15	15	7.4	2982	0.201354630744011	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
383	DA VINCI	AA91048N449549	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Imbrian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.85 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Leonardo da Vinci (Leonard of Vinci)	Peucker (1935)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Artist and scientist	Italy	Italian	15	15 th century	Vinci	1452	Amboise	1519	Painter and author sculptor of famous works of the Renaissance. Works in many areas as anatomy the applied mechanics and the geology.	44.95485	44.95485	44 ° 57 ' East	9.104802	9.105° North	Nearside	North-East	North edge of Mare Fecunditatis	38	38	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Wrecked formation of irregular form.		Steep slopes bearing Watts to the South-East.	Very damaged walls crumbled to the South.	Very tormented floor. Central mountain. Hills craterlets and lines of crest.	2	Pretty interesting formation	4	4 days after New Moon	3 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
384	DAEDALUS	AA58329S1793983	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Lower Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.8 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Daedalus	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	mythological character.	Greece	Greek	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	179.398316	179.398316	179 ° 24 ' East	-5.832917	5.833° South	Farside	South-East	Not determined	93	93	46.8	4093	0.043726654322278	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
385	DAG	AA187098N52622	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Scandinavian male name.	IAU	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	?	Europe	Scandinavian	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	5.262214	5.262214	5 ° 16 ' East	18.709757	18.710° North	Nearside	North-East	Montes Apenninus	17	17	7.4	3012	0.201374922965789	Irregularly shaped formation composing a couple with Apollonius F.		Not described in this VMA version.			99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	7	First Quarter	Six days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
386	DAGUERRE	AA119067S336135	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Imbrian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.85 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre	Schmidt (1878)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Engineer	France	French	19	19 th century	Cormeilles en Parisi	1789	Bry sur Marne	1851	Inventor of the diorama in 1822. Associate to Niepce for the invention of the photography by daguerreotypes.	33.613473	33.613473	33 ° 37 ' East	-11.906717	11.907° South	Nearside	South-East	Theophilus crater North-East region	131	131	61	4434	0.036298394322578	Almost ghost circular formation.		Quasi flat slopes bearing a similar crater to the North-West and a craterlet to the South-East.	Quasi non-existent walls completely gobbled to the South.	Flat floor filled with the lava of Mare Nectaris. Small central relief subsisting. Grooves and craterlets.	3	Very interesting formation	5	5 days after New Moon	4 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
387	DALE	AA95581S829299	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Sir Henry Hallet Dale	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Physiologist	Great Britain	British	20	20 th century	London	1875	Cambridge	1968	Works on the chemistry of the nervous system. Nobel Price in 1936.	82.929888	82.929888	82 ° 56 ' East	-9.558087	9.558° South	Librations zone	South-East	Moon East limb	38	38	17.9	3068	0.085362469638494	Circular formation with bowl shape situated in the zone of librations.		Slightly steep slopes bearing a craterlet to the South.	Slightly high walls.	Rounded floor.	1	Low interest or difficult formation	2	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
388	DALTON	AA170655N2755482	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Upper Imbrian (From -3.8 billions years to -3.2 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	John Dalton	Arthur / Whitaker (1963)	01/01/1964 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Chemist and physicist	England	English	19	19 th century	Eaglesfield	1766	Manchester	1844	Creator of the atomic theory. Studies on the compression of gases. Study on the daltonism. Author of an English grammar.	-84.451805	275.548195	84 ° 27 ' West	17.065487	17.065° North	Librations zone	North-West	Moon West-North-West limb	46	46	22.8	3300	0.072081168584911	Situated in the zone of librations. Circular formation.		Steep slopes crushed by Balboa in the North Balboa A in the East Vasco de Gama in the South and Einstein In the West.	High walls.	Flat floor with groove. Small mountain off-center.	1	Low interest or difficult formation	14	Full Moon	6 days after Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
389	DALY	AA57442N595004	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Reginald Aldworth Daly (ex Apollonius P)	Mädler (1837)	01/01/1973 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Geologist	U. S. A.	American	20	20 th century	Napanee	1871	Cambridge	1957	Professor in Harvard. Specialist of glaciations of the Quaternary.	59.500363	59.500363	59 ° 30 ' East	5.744208	5.744° North	Nearside	North-East	Moon East limb	22	22	11.7	2697	0.115209664119808	Formation of irregular form forming a couple overlapped with Apollonius F.		Fairly steep slopes crushed by Apollonius F to the East.	Fairly high walls.	Slightly extensive and flat floor.	2	Pretty interesting formation	3	3 days after New Moon	2 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
390	DAMOISEAU	AA48514S2987500	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Upper Imbrian (From -3.8 billions years to -3.2 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Marie Charles Théodore de Damoiseau	?	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	France	French	18	18 th century	Besan‡on	1768	Issy les Moulineaux	1846	Author of a theory and tables on movements of the Moon.	-61.250022	298.749978	61 ° 15 ' West	-4.851391	4.851° South	Nearside	South-West	Moon West limb	248	248	116.7	5389	0.023078255036234	Fomplex formation. Crater having crushed Damoiseau M. North extremity of Rimae Grimaldi.		Slightly steep slopes bearing Damoiseau K lengthened to the East.	Slightly high walls.	Tormented floor. Small central mountain. Line of crest. Craterlet.	3	Very interesting formation	12	5 days after First Quarter	4 days after Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
391	DANIELL	AA354201N311645	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Imbrian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.85 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	John Frederick Daniell	Birt / Lee (1865)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Physicist	England	English	19	19 th century	London	1790	London	1845	Inventor of a hygrometer and an electrical battery.	31.164479	31.164479	31 ° 10 ' East	35.42011	35.420° North	Nearside	North-East	North-East of Mare Serenitatis region	61	61	30.3	3592	0.059197261921185	Oval formation.		Slightly steep slopes bearing the craterlet Daniell W to the North-East.	Fairly high walls.	Extensive flat floor.	3	Very interesting formation	5	5 days after New Moon	4 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
392	DANJON	AA114209S1239033	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	André Danjon	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	France	French	20	20 th century	Caen	1890	Suresnes	1967	Director of Paris Observatory in 1945. Member of french Academy of Sciences in 1948. Conceiver of the de unpersonal astrolabe and of an interferometer. Surveys about Venus and Mercury. Author of 2 books with Andr‚ Couderc.	123.903308	123.903308	123 ° 54 ' East	-11.420936	11.421° South	Farside	South-East	Not determined	36	37	18.3	3086	0.084203466058972	Complex formation. Crater having crushed Damoiseau M. North end of Rimae Grimaldi.		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
393	DANTE	AA253552N1799960	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Upper Imbrian (From -3.8 billions years to -3.2 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Alighieri Dante	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	poet	Italy	Italian	13	13 th century	?	1265		1321		179.995952	179.995952	179 ° 60 ' East	25.355194	25.355° North	Farside	North-West	Not determined	30	23	14.1	2852	0.101152442017653	Oval formation.	Possibly Lower Imbrian	Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
394	DARNEY	AA146071S3364318	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Copernician (From -1.1 billions years to present days) ?	Period source not found	No details	Maurice Darney	Lamech (1956)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Fournerii	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	France	French	20	20 th century	?	1882	?	1958	Author of many observations of the Moon.	-23.568235	336.431765	23 ° 34 ' West	-14.607087	14.607° South	Nearside	South-West	South-East of Oceanus Procellarum region	71	71	34.6	3739	0.053954536700978	Isolated circular formation with bowl shape of large size and situated in a mountainous region.		Steep slopes.	High walls.	Rounded floor.	3	Very interesting formation	9	2 days after First Quarter	1 day after Last Quarter	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
395	DARWIN	AA199279S2907949	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Walled plain	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Charles R. Darwin	Schmidt (1878)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Naturalist	England	English	19	19 th century	Shrewsbury	1809	Down	1882	Trip in South America with the 'Beagle' from 1831 to 1836. Author of 'Of the origin of species by way of natural selection' in 1859. Author of the theory of the transforming evolution of species called 'Darwinism'.	-69.205128	290.794872	69 ° 12 ' West	-19.927883	19.928° South	Nearside	South-West	Moon West-South-Westlimb	30	30	14.8	2896	0.097622636791441	Wrecked circular formation.		Fairly steep slopes bearing Darwin B to the West Cruger to the North-East and crushing Lamarck to the South.	Slightly high walls ridden by 3 craters to the South-West.	Tormented floor containing the Rimae Darwin. White stains. Hills and lines of crest. Craterlets. Dome with summit craterlet.	3	Very interesting formation	13	6 days after First Quarter	5 days after Last Quarter	5	Naked eye	10x binoculars
396	DAS	AA264904S2229501	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Copernician (From -1.1 billions years to present days)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Amil K. Das	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	India	Indian	20	20 th century	?	1902	?	1961	?	-137.049914	222.950086	137 ° 3 ' West	-26.490396	26.490° South	Farside	South-West	Not determined	28	28	15.1	2916	0.096066410431136	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
397	DAUBREE	AA157298N147464	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Imbrian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.85 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Auguste Daubrée (ex Menelaus S)	?	01/01/1973 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Geologist	France	French	19	19 th century	Metz	1814	Paris	1896	Member of the french Academy of Sciences in 1861. Director of School of Mines in 1872. Author of 'Synthetic studies of experimental geology' in 1879.	14.746362	14.746362	14 ° 45 ' East	15.729791	15.730° North	Nearside	North-East	South-West part of Mare Serenitatis	15	14	7.3	2953	0.201335506916652	Deformed formation situated on the North rim of Lacus Hiemalis.		Fairly steep slopes.	Fairly high walls collapsed to the North-West.	Flat floor filled with lava communicating with Lacus Gaudii to the North-West.	2	Pretty interesting formation	6	6 days after New Moon	5 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
398	DAVISSON	AA379272S1850347	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	peridotite (pyroxenite)	Clinton Joseph Davisson	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	physicist	USA	American	20	20 th century	Bloomington	1881	Charlotsville	1958	Discoverer of electrons diffraction in 1927 with L. Germer. Conceiver of electronic optics. Nobel laureate in 1937 with G. Thomson.	-174.96533	185.03467	174 ° 58 ' West	-37.927228	37.927° South	Farside	South-West	Not determined	87	87	46.2	4078	0.044106107351889	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
399	DAVY	AA118470S3518509	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Upper Imbrian (From -3.8 billions years to -3.2 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Sir Humphry Davy	Mädler (1837)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Mons Lathmus	Not named	Physicist and chemist	England	English	19	19 th century	Penzance	1778	Gen‡ve	1829	Discoverer of the sodium potassium barium strontium and calcium in 1807-1808. Specialist of the electrolysis. Inventor of the electrical arc and a lamp for miners.	-8.149119	351.850881	8 ° 9 ' West	-11.847018	11.847° South	Nearside	South-West	West of Ptolemaeus crater region	35	35	16.9	3016	0.088865445803604	Damaged circular formation.		Fairly steep slopes bearing a perpendicular mountain chain to the North and Catena Davy to the East.	Slightly high walls ridden to the South-East by Davy A.	Flat floor. Hills and craterlets.	3	Very interesting formation	8	1 day after First Quarter	Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
400	DAWA	AA854500S316600	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Dawa	IAU 2024	04/03/2024 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Tibetan common name.	31.66	31.66	31 ° 40 ' East	-85.45	85 ° 27 ' South	Nearside	South-East	Sur Mons Mouton	0.7	0.7	0.4	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Tiny craterlet in a range on a ridge of Mons Mouton.		Slightly steep and low slopes.	Low wall.	Rounded floor almost non-existent	0	Not observable	Not observable	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
401	DAWES	AA172082N263431	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Copernician (From -1.1 billions years to present days)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	William R. Dawes	Birt / Lee (1865)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Insula	Vitruvius	Astronomer and doctor	England	English	19	19 th century	?	1799	?	1868	Important works in optical.	26.343077	26.343077	26 ° 21 ' East	17.208169	17.208° North	Nearside	North-East	South-East part of Mare Serenitatis	18	18	8.8	2475	0.140632968453813	Isolated circular formation situated on a little marked wrinkle ridge to the extremity of Rimae Plinius.		Fairly steep slopes.	Fairly high walls.	Fairly flat floor filled with lava. Small central relief.	2	Pretty interesting formation	5	5 days after New Moon	4 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
402	DAWSON	AA669897S2249516	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Lower Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.8 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Bernhard H. Dawson	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	Argentina	Argentinian	20	20 th century	?	1890	?	1960	?	-135.048358	224.951642	135 ° 3 ' West	-66.989653	66.990° South	Farside	South-West	Not determined	45	45	22.1	3268	0.0737440987285	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
403	DE FOREST	AA769356S1966667	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Upper Imbrian (From -3.8 billions years to -3.2 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	Lee De Forest	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	engineer	USA	American	20	20 th century	Council Bluffs	1873	Hollywood	1961	Conceiver of the triod in 1906.	-163.333331	196.666669	163 ° 20 ' West	-76.935632	76.936° South	Farside	South-West	Not determined	57	57	28.1	3511	0.062418149477909	Not observable	Possibly Nectarian	Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
404	DE GASPARIS	AA258331S3091736	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Annibale de Gasparis	Schmidt (1878)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	Italy	Italian	19	19 th century	?	1819	?	1882	Discoverer of 9 asteroids.	-50.826391	309.173609	50 ° 50 ' West	-25.833081	25.833° South	Nearside	South-West	East of Mare Humorum region	30	30	15.4	2932	0.094889797875807	Circular formation	Partly covered by Imbrian ejecta	Slightly steep slopes bearing a double crater to the South-East Rimae De Gasparis to the North and to the South.	Slightly high walls supporting a craterlet to the North-East.	Flat floor filled with lava and supporting Rimae De Gasparis.	3	Very interesting formation	11	4 days after First Quarter	3 days after Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
405	DE GERLACHE	AA884849S2716553	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Adrien. Belgian Antarctic explorer (1866-1934).	IAU	01/01/2000 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Explorer	Europe	Belgium	19	19 th century	?	1866	?	1934	Antarctic explorer	-88.344686	271.655314	88 ° 21 ' West	-88.484921	88.485° North	Librations zone	South-West	Amundsen	32.7054	32.7054	16.3	2982	0.091188232595651	Almost squared crater near the North Pole.		Very steep slopes specially on one slide and riddled with small craterlets.	Walls damaged by numerous craterlets and deposits.	Floor filles with materials and digged on onse side by an anonymous big crater with a flat floor.	99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	14	Full Moon	Six days after Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
406	DE LA RUE	AA590179N528409	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Walled plain	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Warren de la Rue	Birt / Lee (1865)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Businessman and scientist	England	English	19	19 th century	Saint Pierre Port	1815	London	1889	Inventor of machines to print in colors and for the folding of envelopes. First stereoscopic cliches of the Moon in 1857.	52.840872	52.840872	52 ° 50 ' East	59.017905	59.018° North	Nearside	North-East	Moon North-North-East limb	136	136	67.6	4572	0.033814493567817	Dismantled formation.		Damaged steep slopes bearing Strabo to the North.	Dislocated walls.	Flat floor supporting De La Rue I and a large craterlet to the center. Lines of crest crack hills and craterlets.	2	Pretty interesting formation	4	4 days after New Moon	3 days after Full Moon	5	Naked eye	10x binoculars
407	DE MORAES	AA493821N1429964	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	A. de Moraes	IAU 1985 ?	01/01/1979 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	Brazil	Brazilian	20	20 th century	?	1916	?	1970	?	142.996389	142.996389	142 ° 60 ' East	49.382149	49.382° North	Farside	North-East	Not determined	53	53	27.2	3476	0.063894145920856	Not observable	Younger than Moscoviense Basin older than Humboldtianum Basin	Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
408	DE MORGAN	AA33060N148882	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Eratosthenian (From -3.2 billions years to -1.1 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Augustus de Morgan	Birt / Lee (1865)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Mathematician	England	English	19	19 th century	Madura	1806	London	1871	Discoverer of laws of duality in logical. Author of 'Formal logic or the calculus of inference	14.88818	14.88818	14 ° 53 ' East	3.306033	3.306° North	Nearside	North-East	East of Mare Tranquillitatis region	10	10	4.8	1940	0.200500206815211	Circular formation with bowl shape. Composing a remarkable trio with Whewell and Cayley.		Slightly steep slopes.	Fairly high walls.	Rounded floor.	3	Very interesting formation	6	6 days after New Moon	5 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
409	DE ROY	AA552351S2610137	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Felix De Roy	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	Belgium	Belgian	20	20 th century	?	1883	?	1942	?	-98.986337	261.013663	98 ° 59 ' West	-55.235086	55.235° South	Librations zone	South-West	Not determined	43	43	21.7	3250	0.074701053978699	Circular formation situated in the zone of librations.		Not easily observable.			1	Low interest or difficult formation	14	Full Moon	6 days after Last Quarter	30	x10 binoculars	50 mm refractor
410	DE SITTER	AA798123N385701	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Willem de Sitter	Arthur / Whitaker (1963)	01/01/1964 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer and mathematician	Netherlands	Dutch	20	20 th century	Sneek	1872	Leyde	1934	Works in relativity cosmology and in celestial mechanic. Study of the movement of Jupiter satellites. President of the IAU in 1925.	38.57006	38.57006	38 ° 34 ' East	79.812291	79.812° North	Nearside	North-East	Moon North limb	65	65	31.8	3646	0.057171347674418	Circular formation. Overlaps an equivalent crater not named.		Fairly steep slopes.	High wallss.	Flat floor.	2	Pretty interesting formation	6	6 days after New Moon	5 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
411	DE VICO	AA197114S2996811	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Eratosthenian (From -3.2 billions years to -1.1 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Père Francesco de Vico	Neison (1876)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	Italy	Italian	19	19 th century	Macerata	1805	Londres	1849	Jesuit in 1823. Director of the Observatory of Roma in 1838. Specialist of Venus and discoverer of 6 comets. Works on Saturn and its satellites.	-60.318859	299.681141	60 ° 19 ' West	-19.711412	19.711° South	Nearside	South-West	East of Mare Humorum region	20	20	11	2651	0.119828049549932	Circular formation with bowl shape.		Fairly steep slopes bearing Vico H to the East Vico P to the South Vico R to the West and Vico C D and E to the South-West.	High walls.	Slightly extensive and flat floor.	3	Very interesting formation	12	5 days after First Quarter	4 days after Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
412	DE VRIES	AA196813S1832153	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Upper Imbrian (From -3.8 billions years to -3.2 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Hugo M. De Vries	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	botanist	Netherands	Dutch	19	19 th century	Haarlem	1848	Lunteren	1935	Discoverer of mutations in 1897. General theory about plants growth.	-176.784742	183.215258	176 ° 47 ' West	-19.68133	19.681° South	Farside	South-West	Not determined	59	59	28.7	3534	0.061466698188377	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
413	DEBES	AA294739N516240	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Ernest Debes	Muller (1935)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Cartographer	Germany	German	19	19 th century	?	1840	?	1923	?	51.623969	51.623969	51 ° 37 ' East	29.473912	29.474° North	Nearside	North-East	North-West edge of Mare Crisium	31	31	15.9	2960	0.092759958074411	Circular formation. Forms a couple overlapped with Debes A.	Younger than Crisium Basin	Slightly steep slopes bearing Debes A and B to the South-West.	Damaged and little high walls to the South-East.	Flat floor filled with lava.	2	Pretty interesting formation	4	4 days after New Moon	3 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
414	DEBUS	AA106829S996833	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Kurt Heinrich Debus	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/2000 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	physicist	Germany	German	20	20 th century	?	1908	?	1983	?	99.683345	99.683345	99 ° 41 ' East	-10.682884	10.683° South	Librations zone	South-East	Not determined	20	20	9.8	2563	0.129655766450362	Circular formation situated in the zone of librations.	Formerly Ganskiy H	Not easily observable.			1	Low interest or difficult formation	1	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	30	x10 binoculars	50 mm refractor
415	DEBYE	AA494260N1839731	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Petrus Josephus Wilhelmus Debye	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	physicist	USA	American	20	20 th century	Maastricht	1884	Ithaca	1966	Director of Physics Institute of Berlin in. Teacher at Cornell University in 1940. Surveys about quantas theory electrolyths and low temperatures. Molecules measurements. Nobel laureate in chemist in 1936.	-176.026851	183.973149	176 ° 2 ' West	49.425973	49.426° North	Farside	North-West	Not determined	142	142	63.5	4487	0.035324009777342	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
416	DECHEN	AA461204N2918187	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Ernst Karl von Dechen	Schmidt (1878)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Geologist	Germany	German	19	19 th century	?	1800	?	1889	?	-68.181266	291.818734	68 ° 11 ' West	46.120445	46.120° North	Nearside	North-West	Moon North-West limb	12	12	6	2419	0.200938120736558	Circular formation with bowl shape.		Slightly steep slopes.	Slightly high walls.	Rounded floor.	2	Pretty interesting formation	13	6 days after First Quarter	5 days after Last Quarter	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
417	DELAMBRE	AA19391S173940	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Upper Imbrian (From -3.8 billions years to -3.2 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Chevalier Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre	Lohrmann (1824)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Crani	Mons Amanus	S. Dionysus	Astronomer	France	French	18	18 th century	Amiens	1749	Paris	1822	Collaborator of Méchain. Author of 'Tables of Jupiter and Saturn' in 1789 and of a 'History of the Astronomy'	17.39404	17.39404	17 ° 24 ' East	-1.939111	1.939° South	Nearside	South-East	Theophilus crater North-West region	53	52	25.7	3419	0.066405828166077	Circular formation.		Steep slopes bearing Deslambres H to the North-West and Theon Junior to the South-West.	High walls in terraces supporting Deslambres D to the North.	Tormented floor. Central mountain. Hills crack and craterlets.	3	Very interesting formation	6	6 days after New Moon	5 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
418	DELAUNAY	AA222577S26187	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Imbrian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.85 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Charles Eugène Delaunay	Birt / Lee (1865)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	France	French	19	19 th century	Lusigny sur Barse	1816	Cherbourg	1872	Numerous works in celstial mechanic. Director of the	2.618716	2.618716	2 ° 37 ' East	-22.257718	22.258° South	Nearside	South-East	Arzachel crater region	46	46	23	1930	0.042	Double formation with heart shape situated on the North-East slope of La Caille		Steep slopes bearing La Caille M to the West La Caille D E and F to the South and Faye to the North-East.	Fairly high walls tormented to the South.	Flat floor with important central crest line. Craterlets.	3	Very interesting formation	7	First Quarter	6 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
419	DELIA	AA109124S3538743	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Greek female name.	IAU	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	?	Europe	Greek	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	-6.125657	353.874343	6 ° 8 ' West	-10.912441	10.912° North	Nearside	South-West	Ptolemaeus	1.57281	1.57281	0.7	309	0.196886105213778	Squared formation included in Catena Davy.		Two sides shared with adjacent craterlets.	Steep walls.	Concave floor.	99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	8	One day after First Quarter	Last Quarter	150	150 mm reflector	300 mm reflector
420	DELISLE	AA299831N3253228	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Eratosthenian (From -3.2 billions years to -1.1 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Joseph Nicolas Delisle	Schröter (1802)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Baieri	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	France	French	18	18 th century	Paris	1688	Paris	1768	Member of the french Academy of Sciences in 1714. Inventor of the calculation of the distance of the Sun using passages of Mercury and Venus. Has put in place the observatory of St-Petersbourg.	-34.677202	325.322798	34 ° 41 ' West	29.983149	29.983° North	Nearside	North-West	Noth part of Oceanus Procellarum	25	25	12.4	2745	0.110563498323963	Isolated circular formation..		Fairly steep slopes to the South.	High walls.	Tormented floor. Central mountains.	3	Very interesting formation	10	3 days after First Quarter	2 days after Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
421	DELLINGER	AA68685S1406955	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	John H. Dellinger	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	physicist	USA	American	20	20 th century	?	1886	?	1962	?	140.695548	140.695548	140 ° 42 ' East	-6.868544	6.869° South	Farside	South-East	Not determined	81	81	41	3933	0.047950878490571	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
422	DELMOTTE	AA271615N602048	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Eratosthenian (From -3.2 billions years to -1.1 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Gabriel Delmotte	Lamech (1956)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	France	French	20	20 th century	?	1876	?	1950	?	60.204759	60.204759	60 ° 12 ' East	27.161457	27.161° North	Nearside	North-East	North-West edge of Mare Crisium	33	33	16	2967	0.09227553814506	Circular formation situated on the slope of Cleomedes.		Fairly steep slopes to the North.	Slightly high walls supporting a lengthened craterlet to the North-West.	Flat floor filled with lava tormented to the North.	3	Very interesting formation	3	3 days after New Moon	2 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
423	DELPORTE	AA158938S1215544	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Upper Imbrian (From -3.8 billions years to -3.2 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Eugene J. Delporte	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	Belgium	Belgian	20	20 th century	?	1882	?	1955	?	121.55443	121.55443	121 ° 33 ' East	-15.893828	15.894° South	Farside	North-East	Not determined	45	45	21.2	3227	0.07593755967417	Not observable	Possibly Lower Imbrian	Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
424	DELUC	AA550165S3570246	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Jean-André Deluc	Mädler (1837)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Desertum Evila	Not named	Geologist and physicist	Switzerland	Swiss	18	18 th century	?	1727	?	1817	?	-2.975368	357.024632	2 ° 59 ' West	-55.016499	55.016° South	Nearside	South-West	Moon South limb	48	48	22.8	3298	0.072191407490923	Damaged circular formation.		Steep slopes bearing Deluc D and Deluc T to the South Deluc H to the North-East and the double crater Deluc J to the North-West.	High walls in light terraces.	Flat floor with small central mountain and two craterlets.	3	Very interesting formation	7	First Quarter	6 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
425	DEMBOWSKI	AA28779N72743	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Ercole Dembowski	Krieger / K?nig (1912)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Mons Mysius	Not named	Astronomer	Italy	Italian	19	19 th century	?	1812	?	1881	Specialist of double stars. Measured position of 20 000 couples.	7.274301	7.274301	7 ° 16 ' East	2.877919	2.878° North	Nearside	North-East	East of Mare Tranquillitatis region	27	26	13	2787	0.106746217574923	Wrecked formation.		Fairly steep slopes to the South-West and bearing Dembowski C to the South.	Fairly high walls gobbled to the North-East.	Flat floor filled with somber lava. Hills.	2	Pretty interesting formation	6	6 days after New Moon	5 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
426	DEMOCRITUS	AA623076N349905	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Upper Imbrian (From -3.8 billions years to -3.2 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Democrite	Riccioli (1651)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Alfonsi IX Reg. Cast.	Mons Bontas	Democritus	Philosopher	Greece	Greek	-4	4 th century BC	Abd‡re	460 BC	?	370 av JC	Author of a cosmography and various works on the sky and planets. Author of the concept of atom.	34.990526	34.990526	34 ° 59 ' East	62.307628	62.308° North	Nearside	North-East	Moon North limb	40	39	18.8	3114	0.082450708730689	Circular formation.		Fairly steep slopes crushed by a large crater gobbled to the South-West.	Fairly high walls in light terraces.	Slightly flat floor extensive. Central mountain.	3	Very interesting formation	6	6 days after New Moon	5 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
427	DEMONAX	AA780864S593552	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Demonax	Schmidt (1878)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Philosopher	Greece	Greek	-2	2 nd century BC	?	?	?	?	?	59.35524	59.35524	59 ° 21 ' East	-78.086366	78.086° South	Nearside	South-East	Moon South limb	114	114	60.9	4432	0.036350401119814	Circular formation situated to the limit of the zone of librations.		Fairly steep slopes bearing many craters whose Scott to the South-West.	High walls in terraces.	Flat floor with craters to the South-East.	2	Pretty interesting formation	3	3 days after New Moon	2 days after Full Moon	5	Naked eye	10x binoculars
428	DENNING	AA162616S1427552	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	William F. Denning	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	United Kingdom	British	20	20 th century	?	1848	?	1931	?	142.755249	142.755249	142 ° 45 ' East	-16.261561	16.262° South	Farside	South-East	Not determined	44	44	22	3265	0.073907366282509	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
429	DESARGUES	AA702482N2865764	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	Girard Desargues	Arthur / Whitaker (1963)	01/01/1964 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Mathematician and engineer	France	French	17	17 th century	Lyon	1593	Lyon	1662	Unification of the theory of the conical. Specialist of the geometry and of the perspective.	-73.423642	286.576358	73 ° 25 ' West	70.248166	70.248° North	Nearside	North-West	Moon North-North-West limb	86	85	42.4	3973	0.046835251626257	Situated in the zone of librations. Circular formation.		Fairly steep slopes bearing Desargues B and E to the North-East and Desargues A to the North-West.	Slightly high walls ridden by Desargues M to the South.	Extensive flat floor.	2	Pretty interesting formation	13	6 days after First Quarter	5 days after Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
430	DESCARTES	AA117428S156667	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	René Descartes	Mädler (1837)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Philosopher and mathematician	France	French	17	17 th century	La Haye	1596	Stockholm	1650	Initiator of the western philosophy. Author of the 'Speech on the method' in 1637 and many other works as 'Dioptrique' 'The Meteors' and the 'Geometry' .	15.66668	15.66668	15 ° 40 ' East	-11.742815	11.743° South	Nearside	South-East	East of Ptolemaeus crater region	48	48	23.8	3342	0.070020512641727	Very damaged circular formation.	Partly covered by Imbrian ejecta	Steep slopes bearing Descartes E to the North and Descartes C to the North-East.	Fairly high walls in terraces composed of several concentric rings collapsed to the North and ridden by Descartes A to the South-West.	Slightly extensive and tormented floor. Crest and rille line.	3	Very interesting formation	6	6 days after New Moon	5 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
431	DESEILLIGNY	AA211291N205875	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Craterlet	Meteoritic impact	Eratosthenian (From -3.2 billions years to -1.1 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Jules Deseilligny	Lamech (1956)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	France	French	19	19 th century	?	1868	?	1918	Selenographer. Numerous observations of the Moon.	20.58748	20.58748	20 ° 35 ' East	21.129099	21.129° North	Nearside	North-East	South-East part of Mare Serenitatis	7	6.6	3	1199	0.199546822235702	Isolated circular formation and with bowl shape situated to the extremity of Dorsum Azara.		Slightly steep slopes.	Fairly high walls	Rounded floor.	3	Very interesting formation	5	5 days after New Moon	4 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
432	DESLANDRES	AA325540S3544284	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Walled plain	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Henri Deslandres	Antoniadi (1942)	01/01/1948 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	France	French	20	20 th century	Paris	1853	Paris	1948	Inventor of the spectro-heliograph. Specialist of the Sun. Director of the Observatory of Meudon in 1906.	-5.571555	354.428445	5 ° 34 ' West	-32.554045	32.554° South	Nearside	South-West	Tycho crater East region	235	235	113.5	5344	0.023540282980766	Complex circular formation.	Name is on LAC 95. Typical	Fairly steep slopes marked by craters whose Walter to the East Lexell to the South Ball to the South-West and Hell to the East.	Very damaged walls.	Flat floor strewn with many craters whose a South North oriented chain to the North-East. Hills and lines of crest. Rilles and craterlets.	3	Very interesting formation	7	First Quarter	6 days after Full Moon	5	Naked eye	10x binoculars
433	DEUTSCH	AA243486N1109088	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	Armin J. Deutsch	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	USA	American	20	20 th century	?	1918	?	1969	?	110.908799	110.908799	110 ° 55 ' East	24.348643	24.349° North	Farside	North-East	Not determined	66	66	36.6	3803	0.05186430957185	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
434	DEWAR	AA26123S1656226	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Sir James Dewar	IAU 1988 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	physicist	United Kingdom	British	19	19 th century	Kincardine-Forth	1842	London	1923	Conceiver of an insulated bottle for liquefied gases and of the cordite. Author of the first hydrogene liquefaction and of fluorine in 1896.	165.622552	165.622552	165 ° 37 ' East	-2.612303	2.612° South	Farside	South-East	Not determined	50	50	23.1	3311	0.071514453921508	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
435	DIANA	AA142946N356540	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Latin female name.	IAU	01/01/1979 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Not appliable	Europe	Latin	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	35.654007	35.654007	35 ° 39 ' East	14.294552	14.295° North	Nearside	North-East	Taruntius	1.55398	1.55398	0.7	305	0.196860864677708	Elongated crater-pit located on the summit of Maraldi 1 (ALPO) volcanic dome to the South end of Mons Esam.		Not described in this VMA version.			99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	5	Five days after New Moon	Four days after Full Moon	150	150 mm reflector	300 mm reflector
436	DIDEROT	AA204174S1215438	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Denis Diderot	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1979 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	philosopher	France	French	18		?	1713		1784	Leader of the Encyclopedia with D'Alembert.	121.543812	121.543812	121 ° 33 ' East	-20.417411	20.417° South	Farside	South-East	Not determined	20	20	10	2572	0.128611715662458	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
437	DIONYSIUS	AA27733N172930	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Copernician (From -1.1 billions years to present days)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Dionysius	?	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Gutschovii	Mons Horminius	Ariadaeus	Astronomer	Greece	Greek	1	1 st century	?	9	?	120?	Observer (according to Riccioli) of an eclipse that would have occured during the crucifixion of Jesus - Christ.	17.293023	17.293023	17 ° 18 ' East	2.773283	2.773° North	Nearside	North-East	East part of Mare Tranquillitatis	18	18	8.6	2460	0.142621473208279	Bright and isolated circular formation. Rays	Young	Fairly steep slopes bearing Rimae Ritter to the North-East.	High walls.	Slightly extensive and flat floor.	2	Pretty interesting formation	6	6 days after New Moon	5 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
438	DIOPHANTUS	AA276194N3257021	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Eratosthenian (From -3.2 billions years to -1.1 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Diophante	Mädler (1837)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Tirelli	Not named	Not named	Mathematician	Greece	Greek	3	3 rd century	Alexandrie	325	?	410	Not well known. Collection of mathematics problems. Works on equations of the first and second degree.	-34.297871	325.702129	34 ° 18 ' West	27.61936	27.619° North	Nearside	North-West	Region between Oceanus Procellarum and Mare Imbrium	18	18	8.7	2473	0.140800772442399	Circular formation.		Fairly steep slopes bearing the craterlet Diophantus C to the South-West.	Fairly high walls	Slightly extensive flat floor.	2	Pretty interesting formation	10	3 days after First Quarter	2 days after Last Quarter	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
439	DIRICHLET	AA105800N2079480	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Upper Imbrian (From -3.8 billions years to -3.2 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Peter Gustave Lejeune Dirichlet	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	mathematician	Germany	German	19	19 th century	Duren	1805	G?†ttingen	1859	Professor in Berlin University in 1831. Numerous works on algebric numbers theory.	-152.051961	207.948039	152 ° 3 ' West	10.579961	10.580° North	Farside	North-West	Not determined	47	47	23.6	3331	0.070527402024759	Not observable	Possibly Lower Imbrian	Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
440	DOBROVOL'SKIY	AA128347S1296762	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Georgiy T. Dobrovol'skiy	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1973 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	cosmonaut	USSR	Soviet	20	20 th century	?	1928	?	1971	Cosmonaut of Soyouz 11 mission. Deceased during return to Earth on the june 30th 1971 with Volkov and Patsayev.	129.676214	129.676214	129 ° 41 ' East	-12.834671	12.835° South	Farside	South-East	Not determined	38	38	19.2	3130	0.081517898056083	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
441	DOERFEL	AA689688S2514725	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Upper Imbrian (From -3.8 billions years to -3.2 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Georg Samuel Dörffel	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1985 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	Germany	German	17	17 th century	Plauen	1643	Weida	1688	Surveys about comets. Discoverer of the parabolic shape of their orbits.	-108.527535	251.472465	108 ° 32 ' West	-68.968843	68.969° South	Librations zone	South-West	Not determined	68	68	34.3	3728	0.054322182898746	Circular formation situated in the zone of librations.	Possibly Lower Imbrian	Not easily observable.			1	Low interest or difficult formation	14	Full Moon	6 days after Last Quarter	30	x10 binoculars	50 mm refractor
442	DOLLOND	AA104833S144130	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	John Dollond	Lohrmann (1824)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Optician	England	English	18	18 th century	Spitalfields	1706	Spitalfields	1761	Inventor of the achromatic objective with two lenses in 1758 as well as of eyepieces with 4 or 5 lenses. Member of the Royal Company.	14.412979	14.412979	14 ° 25 ' East	-10.48326	10.483° South	Nearside	South-East	East of Ptolemaeus crater region	11	11	5.5	2216	0.200763964015677	Bright circular formation with bowl shape situated in a mountainous region.		Steep slopes.	Fairly high walls.	Rounded floor.	2	Pretty interesting formation	6	6 days after New Moon	5 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
443	DONATI	AA206941S51007	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Imbrian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.85 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Giovanni Battista Donati	Birt / Lee (1865)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	Italy	Italian	19	19 th century	Pise	1826	Florence	1873	Discovers 7 comets whose that of 1858. Pioneer of the spectroscopy. Boreal aurorae specialist.	5.100685	5.100685	5 ° 6 ' East	-20.694111	20.694° South	Nearside	South-East	Arzachel crater region	36	36	17.9	3065	0.085545519095425	Wrecked circular formation.		Steep slopes bearing Faye to the South-West and many anonymous craters all around.	Slightly high walls of irregular form ridden by a crater to the East.	Tormented floor. Central mountain of 2730 m.	2	Pretty interesting formation	7	First Quarter	6 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
444	DONNA	AA72203N383050	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Italian female name.	IAU	01/01/1979 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	?	Europe	Italy	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	38.304984	38.304984	38 ° 18 ' East	7.220279	7.220° North	Nearside	North-East	Taruntius	1.84247	1.84247	0.9	362	0.197198791715561	Crater-pit located on the summit of Cauchy W 1 (ALPO) volcanic dome.		Not described in this VMA version.			99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	5	Five days after New Moon	Four days after Full Moon	150	150 mm reflector	300 mm reflector
445	DONNER	AA313545S979945	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Anders Donner	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	Finland	Finish	20	20 th century	?	1873	?	1949	?	97.994525	97.994525	97 ° 60 ' East	-31.354507	31.355° South	Librations zone	South-East	Not determined	58	58	27.5	3488	0.063374001482541	Circular formation situated in the zone of librations.		Not easily observable.			1	Low interest or difficult formation	1	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	30	x10 binoculars	50 mm refractor
446	DOPPELMAYER	AA284779S3184930	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Johann G. Doppelmayer	Schröter (1802)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Mathematician and astronomer	Germany	German	18	18 th century	?	1671	?	1750	Author of a lunar map.	-41.507006	318.492994	41 ° 30 ' West	-28.477917	28.478° South	Nearside	South-West	East of Mare Humorum region	65	64	32.5	3669	0.056376831667966	Circular formation partly gobbled by the lava of Mare Humorum.	Covered by Imbrium + Orientale ejecta	Steep slopes to the South gobble to the bearing North Puiseux to the North-East.	High walls to the South gobbled to the North-East and ridden to the South-West by Doppelmayer P and H.	Flat floor filled with the lava of Mare Humorum and flat to the North but tormented to the South. Important central mountain. Hills and lines of crest.	4	Exceptional formation	10	3 days after First Quarter	2 days after Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
447	DOPPLER	AA125828S2001584	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Lower Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.8 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Christian Doppler	IAU 1973 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	physicist	Austria	Austrian	19	19 th century	Salzburg	1803	Venezia	1853	Discoverer of the wavelength shift in relation with speed. Director of Wien Physics Institute in 1851.	-159.841613	200.158387	159 ° 50 ' West	-12.582842	12.583° South	Farside	South-West	Not determined	110	110	50.8	4197	0.041239617044512	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
448	DORSA ALDROVANDI	DO236059N286537	IAU Named formation	DO	Wrinkle ridges network	Not determined	Tectonic compression	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Wrinkle ridges of Aldovandri (Ulisse Aldovandri)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Naturalist and doctor	Italy	Italian	16	16 th century	Bologne	1522	Bologne	1605	Professor in the University of Bologne in 1560 and creator of its botanical garden. Author of the first pharmacopee. Numerous works on the natural history.	28.653703	28.653703	28 ° 39 ' East	23.605946	23.606° North	Nearside	North-East	South-East part of Mare Serenitatis	124	124	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Little marked wrinkle ridge oriented North - South and situated on the edge of Mare Serenitatis to the North of Mons Argaeus.		Not described in this VMA version.			2	Pretty interesting formation	5	5 days after New Moon	4 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
449	DORSA ANDRUSOV	DO15593S567699	IAU Named formation	DO	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Wrinkle ridges of Andrusov (Nikolaj I. Andrusov)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Geologist	U. S. S. R.	Soviet	19	19 th century	?	1861	?	1924	?	56.769886	56.769886	56 ° 46 ' East	-1.559296	1.559° South	Nearside	South-East	Moon East limb	161	5	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Little marked wrinkle ridge on the bank of Mare Fecunditatis.		Place of alunissage of Luna 16.			1	Low interest or difficult formation	3	3 days after New Moon	2 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
450	DORSA ARGAND	DO282916N3196640	IAU Named formation	DO	Wrinkle ridge	Not determined	Tectonic compression	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Wrinkle ridges of Argand (Emile Argand)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Geologist	Switzerland	Swiss	20	20 th century	Gen‡ve	1879	Neuch?›tel	1940	Precursor of the global tectonic. Works on the origin of Alps and the Himalaya.	-40.336047	319.663953	40 ° 20 ' West	28.291612	28.292° North	Nearside	North-West	Region between Oceanus Procellarum and Mare Imbrium	151	5	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	located in the East of Montes Harbinger. Not very visible Wrinkle ridge oriented North-South.		Not described in this VMA version.			2	Pretty interesting formation	10	3 days after First Quarter	2 days after Last Quarter	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
451	DORSA BARLOW	DO140439N305673	IAU Named formation	DO	Wrinkle ridge	Not determined	Tectonic compression	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Wrinkle ridges of Barlow (William Barlow)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Mineralogist	England	English	19	19 th century	?	1845	?	1934	?	30.567332	30.567332	30 ° 34 ' East	14.043946	14.044° North	Nearside	North-East	Central part of Mare Tranquillitatis	121	10	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Ramified and little raised wrinkle ridge situated to the North of Mare Tranquillitatis.		Not described in this VMA version.			1	Low interest or difficult formation	10	3 days after First Quarter	2 days after Last Quarter	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
452	DORSA BURNET	DO261781N3032188	IAU Named formation	DO	Wrinkle ridge	Not determined	Tectonic compression	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Wrinkle ridges of Burnet (Thomas Burnet)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Naturalist	England	English	17	17 th century	?	1635	?	1715	?	-56.781213	303.218787	56 ° 47 ' West	26.178094	26.178° North	Nearside	North-West	Aristarchus crater region	200	10	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Little marked wrinkle ridge. On the North-East edge of Oceanus Procellarum.		Not described in this VMA version.			1	Low interest or difficult formation	12	5 days after First Quarter	4 days after Last Quarter	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
453	DORSA CATO	DO2131N477005	IAU Named formation	DO	Wrinkle ridges network	Not determined	Tectonic compression	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Wrinkle ridges of Caton ( Marcus Porcius Cato or Caton)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Political man	Rome	Roman	-3	3 rd century BC	Tusculum	234 BC	?	149 av JC	Governor of Sardinia in 98 av JC. Author of a 'Treaty on the agriculture' and a history of Rome 'Origins'.	47.700503	47.700503	47 ° 42 ' East	0.213115	0.213° North	Nearside	North-East	North edge of Mare Fecunditatis	141	7	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Little marked wrinkle ridge situated to the North of Mare Fecunditatis.		Not described in this VMA version.			1	Low interest or difficult formation	4	4 days after New Moon	3 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
454	DORSA DANA	DO22623N895952	IAU Named formation	DO	Dorsum dorsa	Not determined	Tectonic compression	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Wrinkle ridge of Dana (James Dwight Dana).	IAU	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	?	North America	American	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	89.595195	89.595195	89 ° 36 ' East	2.262318	2.262° North	Librations zone	North-East	Neper	82.3119	82.3119	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Double wrinkle ridge beginning at Nunn and et located in the North-East of Mare Smythii arena.		Not described in this VMA version.			99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	1	Two days after New Moon	One day after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
455	DORSA EWING	DO110610S3216852	IAU Named formation	DO	Wrinkle ridges network	Not determined	Tectonic compression	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Wrinkle ridges of Ewing (William Maurice Ewing)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Geologist	U. S. A.	American	20	20 th century	Lockney	1906	Galveston	1974	Professor in the University of Columbia. Precursor of the tectonic of plates.	-38.314833	321.685167	38 ° 19 ' West	-11.061003	11.061° South	Nearside	South-West	South-East part of Oceanus Procellarum	321	15	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Ramified and little marked wrinkle ridge situated to the South of Oceanus Procellarum and oriented South-East North-West.		Not described in this VMA version.			2	Pretty interesting formation	10	3 days after First Quarter	2 days after Last Quarter	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
456	DORSA GEIKIE	DO42057S528285	IAU Named formation	DO	Wrinkle ridge	Not determined	Tectonic compression	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Wrinkle ridges of Geikie (Sir Archibald Geikie)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Geologist	Scotland	Scottish	19	19 th century	?	1835	?	1924	?	52.828535	52.828535	52 ° 50 ' East	-4.205726	4.206° South	Nearside	South-East	East part of Mare Fecunditatis	240	8	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Well marked wrinkle ridge situated to the center of Mare Fecunditatis and oriented North - South.		Ride by some craterlets in its South part.			2	Pretty interesting formation	4	4 days after New Moon	3 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
457	DORSA HARKER	DO137895N636520	IAU Named formation	DO	Wrinkle ridges network	Not determined	Tectonic compression	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Wrinkle ridges of Harker (Alfred Harker)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Geologist	Great Britain	British	20	20 th century	?	1859	?	1939	?	63.651957	63.651957	63 ° 39 ' East	13.789516	13.790° North	Nearside	North-East	Moon East-North-East limb	200	11	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Little marked wrinkle ridge situated in rim of Mare Crisium.		Not described in this VMA version.			2	Pretty interesting formation	3	3 days after New Moon	2 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
458	DORSA LISTER	DO197625N235192	IAU Named formation	DO	Wrinkle ridge	Not determined	Tectonic compression	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Wrinkle ridges of Lister (Martin Lister)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Geologist	England	English	17	17 th century	Radclive	1638	Epsom	1712	Specialist of fossils. Discoverer of the extinction of some species.	23.519187	23.519187	23 ° 31 ' East	19.762451	19.762° North	Nearside	North-East	South-East part of Mare Serenitatis	292	20	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	System of well marked wrinkle ridge with shape of circle arc situated in Mare Serenitatis. Continues Dorsa Smirnov.		Not described in this VMA version.			3	Very interesting formation	5	5 days after New Moon	4 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
459	DORSA MAWSON	DO77748S524834	IAU Named formation	DO	Wrinkle ridges network	Not determined	Tectonic compression	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Wrinkle ridges of Mawson (Sir Douglas Mawson)	?	01/01/1979 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Explorer	Australia	Australian	20	20 th century	Frizinghall	1882	Adela?§de	1958		52.483402	52.483402	52 ° 29 ' East	-7.774757	7.775° South	Nearside	South-East	East part of Mare Fecunditatis	181	22	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Large wrinkle ridge oriented South-West North-East.		Door Goclenius UA and AB to its South extremity and Langrenus FE and FF to its North extremity.			2	Pretty interesting formation	4	4 days after New Moon	3 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
460	DORSA RUBEY	DO98791S3176376	IAU Named formation	DO	Wrinkle ridges network	Not determined	Tectonic compression	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Wrinkle ridges of Rubey (William Maldey Rubey)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Geologist	U. S. A.	American	20	20 th century	?	1898	?	1974	?	-42.362424	317.637576	42 ° 22 ' West	-9.879059	9.879° South	Nearside	South-West	South-West part of Oceanus Procellarum	101	8	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Ramified and little marked wrinkle ridge oriented North - South ending to the South in the arena of Letronne and supporting Letronne A in its middle.		Not described in this VMA version.			2	Pretty interesting formation	10	3 days after First Quarter	2 days after Last Quarter	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
461	DORSA SMIRNOV	DO264082N255294	IAU Named formation	DO	Wrinkle ridge	Not determined	Tectonic compression	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Wrinkle ridges of Smirnov (Serguej S. Smirnov)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Naturalist	U. S. S. R.	Soviet	20	20 th century	?	1895	?	1947	?	25.529442	25.529442	25 ° 32 ' East	26.4082	26.408° North	Nearside	North-East	South-East part of Mare Serenitatis	131	20	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	System of well marked wrinkle ridge oriented North-South. Most important of Mare Serenitatis.		Situated to the East of Mare Serenitatis. Wears the craterlet Very on its central part.			3	Very interesting formation	5	5 days after New Moon	4 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
462	DORSA SORBY	DO186475N136993	IAU Named formation	DO	Dorsum dorsa	Not determined	Tectonic compression	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Wrinkle ridge of Sorby (Henry Clifton Sorby).	IAU	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Earth scientist	Europe	Great Britain	19	19 th century	?	1826	?	1908	?	13.699307	13.699307	13 ° 42 ' East	18.647529	18.648° North	Nearside	North-East	Mare Serenitatis	76.0256	76.0256	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Not very high wrinkle ridge and parallel to Dorsum Buckland and Montes Haemus.		Not described in this VMA version.			99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	6	Six days after New Moon	Five days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	30 mm refractor
463	DORSA STILLE	DO269079N3411455	IAU Named formation	DO	Wrinkle ridge	Not determined	Tectonic compression	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Wrinkle ridges of Stille (Hans Stille)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Naturalist	Germany	German	20	20 th century	?	1876	?	1966	?	-18.854481	341.145519	18 ° 51 ' West	26.907936	26.908° North	Nearside	North-West	South part of Mare Imbrium	80	3	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	System of little marked wrinkle ridge in Mare Imbrium to the North-East of Lambert.		Not described in this VMA version.			1	Low interest or difficult formation	9	2 days after First Quarter	1 day after Last Quarter	100	100 mm reflector	200 mm reflector
464	DORSA TETYAEV	DO200250N640640	IAU Named formation	DO	Wrinkle ridges network	Not determined	Tectonic compression	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Wrinkle ridges of Tetjajew (Michail M. Tetjajew)	?	01/01/1979 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Geologist	U. S. S. R.	Soviet	20	20 th century	?	1882	?	1956	?	64.064031	64.064031	64 ° 4 ' East	20.024959	20.025° North	Nearside	North-East	Moon East-North-East limb	151	11	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Little marked wrinkle ridge situated in North-East rim of Mare Crisium.		Not described in this VMA version.			2	Pretty interesting formation	3	3 days after New Moon	2 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
465	DORSA WHISTON	DO297664N3030382	IAU Named formation	DO	Wrinkle ridge	Not determined	Tectonic compression	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Wrinkle ridges of Whiston (William Whiston)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Mathematician	Great Britain	British	18	18 th century	?	1667	?	1752	?	-56.961777	303.038223	56 ° 58 ' West	29.76643	29.766° North	Nearside	North-West	Moon North-West limb	121	2	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Little marked wrinkle ridge oriented North South.		Not described in this VMA version.			1	Low interest or difficult formation	12	5 days after First Quarter	4 days after Last Quarter	150	150 mm reflector	300 mm reflector
466	DORSUM ARDUINO	DO247734N3237348	IAU Named formation	DO	Wrinkle ridge	Not determined	Tectonic compression	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Wrinkle ridge of Arduino (Giovanni Arduino)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Mineralogist and chemist	Italy	Italian	18	18 th century	Caprino	1713	Venice	1795	Precursor of the stratigraphy. Works on the exploitation of mines.	-36.265207	323.734793	36 ° 16 ' West	24.773443	24.773° North	Nearside	North-West	Region between Oceanus Procellarum and Mare Imbrium	111	9	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Little marked wrinkle ridge oriented North South.		Not described in this VMA version.			1	Low interest or difficult formation	10	3 days after First Quarter	2 days after Last Quarter	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
467	DORSUM AZARA	DO268606N191664	IAU Named formation	DO	Wrinkle ridge	Not determined	Tectonic compression	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Wrinkle ridge of Azara (Felix de Azara) ex Serpentine Ridge	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Naturalist	Spain	Spanish	18	18 th century	?	1746	?	1811		19.166419	19.166419	19 ° 10 ' East	26.860561	26.861° North	Nearside	North-East	South-East part of Mare Serenitatis	111	7	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Little marked wrinkle ridge situated to the center of Mare Serenitatis and supporting the crater Sarabhai.		Not described in this VMA version.			1	Low interest or difficult formation	5	5 days after New Moon	4 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
468	DORSUM BUCHER	DO307633N3204497	IAU Named formation	DO	Wrinkle ridge	Not determined	Tectonic compression	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Wrinkle ridge of Bucher (W. H. Bucher)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Geophysicist	Switzerland	Swiss	20	20 th century	?	1889	?	1965	?	-39.550322	320.449678	39 ° 33 ' West	30.763349	30.763° North	Nearside	North-West	Noth part of Oceanus Procellarum	91	12	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Little marked wrinkle ridge oriented North South.		Not described in this VMA version.			1	Low interest or difficult formation	10	3 days after First Quarter	2 days after Last Quarter	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
469	DORSUM BUCKLAND	DO194329N142995	IAU Named formation	DO	Wrinkle ridge	Not determined	Tectonic compression	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Wrinkle ridge of Buckland (William Buckland)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Naturalist	Great Britain	British	19	19 th century	?	1784	?	1856	?	14.299472	14.299472	14 ° 18 ' East	19.432895	19.433° North	Nearside	North-East	South-West part of Mare Serenitatis	151	8	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Well marked wrinkle ridge oriented South-East North-West and situated on the South bank of Mare Serenitatis similarly to Montes Haemus.		Not described in this VMA version.			2	Pretty interesting formation	6	6 days after New Moon	5 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
470	DORSUM CAYEUX	DO7628N512204	IAU Named formation	DO	Wrinkle ridge	Not determined	Tectonic compression	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Wrinkle ridge of Cayeux (Lucien Cayeux)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Geologist	France	French	20	20 th century	Semousies	1864	Mauves sur Loire	1944	Works on the petrography of sedimentary rocks. Member of the french Academy of Sciences in 1928.	51.220368	51.220368	51 ° 13 ' East	0.76279	0.763° North	Nearside	North-East	North edge of Mare Fecunditatis	131	9	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Wrinkle ridge pretty marked situated to the North of Mare Fecunditatis. Carry the craterlet Taruntius P and is continued by Dorsum Geikie to the South.		Not described in this VMA version.			2	Pretty interesting formation	4	4 days after New Moon	3 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
471	DORSUM CLOOS	DO11495N904100	IAU Named formation	DO	Dorsum dorsa	Not determined	Tectonic compression	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Wrinkle ridge of Cloos (Hans Cloos)	IAU	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Earth scientist	Europe	Germany	20	20 th century	?	1885	?	1951	?	90.409979	90.409979	90 ° 25 ' East	1.149489	1.149° North	Librations zone	North-East	Babcock	103.087	103.087	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Not very high and large wrinkle ridge located in the North-East of Mare Smythii arena.		Not described in this VMA version.			99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	1	Two days after New Moon	One day after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	30 mm refractor
472	DORSUM CUSHMAN	DO14171N491935	IAU Named formation	DO	Wrinkle ridge	Not determined	Tectonic compression	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Wrinkle ridge of Cushman (J. A. Cushman)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Palaeontologist	U. S. A.	American	20	20 th century	?	1881	?	1949	Specialist of the micropaleontology.	49.193465	49.193465	49 ° 12 ' East	1.4171	1.417° North	Nearside	North-East	North edge of Mare Fecunditatis	80	6	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Situated to the North of Mare Fecunditatis. Little raised.		Not described in this VMA version.			1	Low interest or difficult formation	4	4 days after New Moon	3 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
473	DORSUM GAST	DO243753N87068	IAU Named formation	DO	Wrinkle ridge	Not determined	Tectonic compression	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Wrinkle ridge of Gast (Paul Werner Gast)	?	01/01/1973 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Geologist	U. S. A.	American	20	20 th century	?	1930	?	1973	?	8.706792	8.706792	8 ° 42 ' East	24.375281	24.375° North	Nearside	North-East	South-West part of Mare Serenitatis	60	6	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Little marked wrinkle ridge oriented North South and situated on the bank of Mare Serenitatis.		Wears the craterlet Aratus D and a smaller second on its median part.			2	Pretty interesting formation	6	6 days after New Moon	5 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
474	DORSUM GRABAU	DO297580N3458088	IAU Named formation	DO	Wrinkle ridge	Not determined	Tectonic compression	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Wrinkle ridge of Grabau (Amadeus W. Grabau)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Geophysicist	U. S. A.	American	20	20 th century	?	1870	?	1946	?	-14.191214	345.808786	14 ° 11 ' West	29.758024	29.758° North	Nearside	North-West	Central part of Mare Imbrium	121	22	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Pretty marked wrinkle ridge oriented West East.		Not described in this VMA version.			2	Pretty interesting formation	8	1 day after First Quarter	Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
475	DORSUM GUETTARD	DO99175S3417360	IAU Named formation	DO	Wrinkle ridge	Not determined	Tectonic compression	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Wrinkle ridge of Guettard (Jean-Etienne Guettard)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Geologist and naturalist	France	French	18	18 th century	Etampes	1715	Paris	1786	Author of the volcanic origin of Mounts of Auvergne. Discovery of the Kaolin in 1765. Member of the french Academy of Sciences in 1743.	-18.264041	341.735959	18 ° 16 ' West	-9.917466	9.917° South	Nearside	South-West	South-East of Oceanus Procellarum region	40	6	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Little marked wrinkle ridge situated on the West slope of Bonpland.		Not described in this VMA version.			1	Low interest or difficult formation	8	1 day after First Quarter	Last Quarter	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
476	DORSUM HEIM	DO321961N3301665	IAU Named formation	DO	Wrinkle ridge	Not determined	Tectonic compression	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Wrinkle ridge of Heim (Albert Heim)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Geophysicist	Switzerland	Swiss	19	19 th century	Zurich	1849	Zurich	1937	Discoverer of the mechanism of rock fold. Numerous works on Alps.	-29.833515	330.166485	29 ° 50 ' West	32.196052	32.196° North	Nearside	North-West	North-West part of Mare Imbrium	131	13	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Well marked and long wrinkle ridge in arc of circle and oriented South-East North-West. Wears the crater C. Herschel.		Not described in this VMA version.			3	Very interesting formation	9	2 days after First Quarter	1 day after Last Quarter	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
477	DORSUM HIGAZY	DO279314N3425345	IAU Named formation	DO	Wrinkle ridge	Not determined	Tectonic compression	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Wrinkle ridge of Higazy (Riad Higazy)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Naturalist	Egypt	Egyptian	20	20 th century	?	1919	?	1967	?	-17.465505	342.534495	17 ° 28 ' West	27.931435	27.931° North	Nearside	North-West	South-East part of Mare Imbrium	60	9	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Little marked wrinkle ridge oriented South-West North-East situated in Mare Imbrium to the North-East of Timocharis.		An isolated mountain to the East of its South extremity.			2	Pretty interesting formation	8	1 day after First Quarter	Last Quarter	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
478	DORSUM NICOL	DO183217N226624	IAU Named formation	DO	Wrinkle ridge	Not determined	Tectonic compression	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Wrinkle ridge of Nicol (William Nicol)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Physicist	Scotland	Scottish	19	19 th century	?	1768	Edimbourg	1851	Inventor of the prism polariseur with spath of Iceland in 1828.	22.662427	22.662427	22 ° 40 ' East	18.321719	18.322° North	Nearside	North-East	South-East part of Mare Serenitatis	50	5	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Little marked wrinkle ridge oriented North South situated to the South of Mare Serenitatis and connecting Dorsa Lister to Rimae Plinius.		Not described in this VMA version.			2	Pretty interesting formation	5	5 days after New Moon	4 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
479	DORSUM NIGGLI	DO290056N3077221	IAU Named formation	DO	Wrinkle ridge	Not determined	Tectonic compression	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Wrinkle ridge of Niggli (Paul Niggli)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Naturalist	Switzerland	Swiss	20	20 th century	?	1888	?	1953	?	-52.277907	307.722093	52 ° 17 ' West	29.005618	29.006° North	Nearside	North-West	Aristarchus crater region	50	5	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Little marked wrinkle ridge and perpendicular to Montes Agricola.		Not described in this VMA version.			1	Low interest or difficult formation	11	4 days after First Quarter	3 days after Last Quarter	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
480	DORSUM OPPEL	DO193139N520869	IAU Named formation	DO	Wrinkle ridge	Not determined	Tectonic compression	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Wrinkle ridge of Oppel (Albert Oppel)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Palaeontologist	Germany	German	19	19 th century	?	1831	?	1865	?	52.086928	52.086928	52 ° 5 ' East	19.313865	19.314° North	Nearside	North-East	North-West edge of Mare Crisium	302	7	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Little marked wrinkle ridge in form of arc of circle. Fringes the West wall of Mare Crisium.		Not described in this VMA version.			2	Pretty interesting formation	4	4 days after New Moon	3 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
481	DORSUM OWEN	DO251394N110943	IAU Named formation	DO	Wrinkle ridge	Not determined	Tectonic compression	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Wrinkle ridge of Owen (George Owen)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Naturalist	Great Britain	British	16	16 th century	?	1552	?	1613	?	11.094288	11.094288	11 ° 6 ' East	25.139362	25.139° North	Nearside	North-East	South-West part of Mare Serenitatis	50	9	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Well marked wrinkle ridge oriented North South and situated in Mare Serenitatis to the North of the crater Krishna.		Not described in this VMA version.			2	Pretty interesting formation	6	6 days after New Moon	5 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
482	DORSUM SCILLA	DO323442N3000042	IAU Named formation	DO	Wrinkle ridge	Not determined	Tectonic compression	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Wrinkle ridge of Scilla (Agostino Scilla)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Geologist	Italy	Italian	17	17 th century	?	1639	?	1700	?	-59.995757	300.004243	59 ° 60 ' West	32.344233	32.344° North	Nearside	North-West	Moon North-West limb	121	2	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Little marked wrinkle ridge oriented North South.		Not described in this VMA version.			1	Low interest or difficult formation	12	5 days after First Quarter	4 days after Last Quarter	150	150 mm reflector	300 mm reflector
483	DORSUM TERMIER	DO116251N571532	IAU Named formation	DO	Wrinkle ridge	Not determined	Tectonic compression	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Wrinkle ridge of Termier (Pierre Marie Termier)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Geologist	France	French	20	20 th century	Lyon	1859	Grenoble	1930	Member of the french Academy of Sciences in 1909. Director of the Service of the geological map of France in 1911. Many author works of popularization.	57.153205	57.153205	57 ° 9 ' East	11.625111	11.625° North	Nearside	North-East	Moon East limb	91	3	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Little marked wrinkle ridge situated to the center of Mare Crisium.		Not described in this VMA version.			1	Low interest or difficult formation	3	3 days after New Moon	2 days after Full Moon	100	100 mm reflector	200 mm reflector
484	DORSUM THERA	DO244029N3285775	IAU Named formation	DO	Dorsum dorsa	Not determined	Tectonic compression	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Wrinkle ridge of Thera (Greek female name.)	IAU	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Not appliable	Europe	Greek	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	-31.422523	328.577477	31 ° 25 ' West	24.402878	24.403° North	Nearside	North-West	Aristarchus	7.24504	7.24504	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Not very high wrinkle ridge becoming the Shallow Hurwitz Rainure 111 Totale rille		Not described in this VMA version.			99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	10	Three days after First Quarter	Two days after Last Quarter	100	100 mm reflector	200 mm reflector
485	DORSUM VON COTTA	DO235988N119527	IAU Named formation	DO	Wrinkle ridge	Not determined	Tectonic compression	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Wrinkle ridge of von Cotta (Carl Bernard von Cott	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Naturalist	Germany	German	19	19 th century	?	1808	?	1879	?	11.952679	11.952679	11 ° 57 ' East	23.598786	23.599° North	Nearside	North-East	South-West part of Mare Serenitatis	220	7	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Long and little marked wrinkle ridge oriented North South and situated in Mare Serenitatis.		Rejoins then lodge similarly Dorsum Buckland in its South part.			2	Pretty interesting formation	6	6 days after New Moon	5 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
486	DORSUM ZIRKEL	DO295468N3351813	IAU Named formation	DO	Wrinkle ridge	Not determined	Tectonic compression	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Wrinkle ridge of Zirkel (Ferdinand Zirkel)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Geologist	Germany	German	19	19 th century	?	1838	?	1912	?	-24.818684	335.181316	24 ° 49 ' West	29.546786	29.547° North	Nearside	North-West	South part of Mare Imbrium	210	8	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Well marked wrinkle ridge oriented South-East North-West and situated in Mare Imbrium to the North-West of Lambert.		Slopes bearing the craterlets Lambert A and B to the South.			2	Pretty interesting formation	9	2 days after First Quarter	1 day after Last Quarter	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
487	DOUBLE	AA6700N234700	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Double	IAU 2017	26/07/2017 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	23.47	23.47	23 ° 28 ' East	0.67	0 ° 40 ' North	Nearside	North-East	South of Mare Tranquillitatis	0.01	0.01	0.005	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Crater named by Apollo 11 astronauts.		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
488	DOUBLET	LF37000S3425000	IAU Named formation	LF	Landing site name	Not determined	Not appliable	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Astronaut-named feature - Apollo 14 site.	IAU	01/01/1973 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	-17.5	342.5	17 ° 30 ' West	-3.7	3.700° North	Nearside	South-West	Montes Riphaeus	0.4	0.4	0	24	0.192041683676314	Small double craterlet named by Apollo 14 astronauts.		Not described in this VMA version.			99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	9	Two days after First Quarter	One day after Last Quarter	999	Not observable	Not observable
489	DOUGLASS	AA354985N2372786	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Andrew E. Douglass	IAU 1976 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	USA	American	20	20 th century	?	1867	?	1962	?	-122.721386	237.278614	122 ° 43 ' West	35.49846	35.498° North	Farside	North-West	Not determined	49	49	25.4	3408	0.066897010593459	Not observable	Older than Hertzsprung Basin	Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
490	DOVE	AA468322S314242	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Imbrian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.85 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Heinrich W. Dove	Schmidt (1878)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Physicist	Germany	German	19	19 th century	?	1803	?	1879	Specialist of electricity and the meteorology.	31.424196	31.424196	31 ° 25 ' East	-46.832152	46.832° South	Nearside	South-East	Rupes Altai South region	30	30	15.1	2916	0.096066410431136	Damaged circular formation.		Slightly steep slopes crushed by Dove C to the South-West and by the craterlets to the South-East and to the North-East.	Slightly high walls.	Slightly extensive and flat floor with line of crest.	2	Pretty interesting formation	5	5 days after New Moon	4 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
491	DRAPER	AA175641N3382464	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Craterlet	Meteoritic impact	Eratosthenian (From -3.2 billions years to -1.1 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Henry Draper	Krieger / K?nig (1912)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	U. S. A.	American	19	19 th century	Prince Edward County	1837	New York	1882	Precursor of the astrophotography and the spectroscopy. Author of the 'Henry Draper Catalogue' containing 240 000 stellar spectra. Inventor of the basis of the stellar classification.	-21.75356	338.24644	21 ° 45 ' West	17.564136	17.564° North	Nearside	North-West	South part of Mare Imbrium	9	9	4.1	1657	0.200187232058241	Isolated circular formation with bowl shape situated to the extremity of a wrinkle ridge connecting it to Pytheas. Forms a couple with Draper C.		Slightly steep slopes.	Slightly high walls.	Rounded floor.	2	Pretty interesting formation	9	2 days after First Quarter	1 day after Last Quarter	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
492	DREBBEL	AA409343S3108781	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Cornelis Drebbel	Mädler (1837)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Physicist and engineer	Netherlands	Dutch	17	17 th century	Alkmaar	1572	Leyde	1634	Pioneer of the realization of the first microscopes. Constructor of one of the first submarines in 1624.	-49.12193	310.87807	49 ° 7 ' West	-40.934318	40.934° South	Nearside	South-West	Schickard crater region	30	30	15.1	2912	0.096354995129017	isolated Formation of with lengthened shape.	Partly covered by Orientale ejecta possibly Lower Imbrian	Fairly steep slopes bearing some craterlets to the South.	Very high walls.	Lenghtened flat floor filled with lava.	3	Very interesting formation	11	4 days after First Quarter	3 days after Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
493	DREYER	AA102372N970948	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Johan Ludwig Emile Dreyer	IAU 1985 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	Danmark	Danish	20	20 th century	Copenhagen	1852	Oxford	1926	Author of New General Catalogue of nebulae and clusters of stars in 1888 and of the two Index Catalogues in 1895 and 1908.	97.094802	97.094802	97 ° 6 ' East	10.237235	10.237° North	Librations zone	North-East	Not determined	61	61	31.9	3647	0.057140044820291	Circular formation situated in the zone of librations.	Very likely Nectarian	Not easily observable.			1	Low interest or difficult formation	1	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	30	x10 binoculars	50 mm refractor
494	DRUDE	AA385644S2681112	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Paul K. L. Drude	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	physicist	Germany	German	19	19 th century	Brunswick	1863	Berlin	1906	Author of electronic structures of matals theory in 1902.	-91.888796	268.111204	91 ° 53 ' West	-38.564426	38.564° South	Librations zone	South-West	Not determined	24	24	13.5	2819	0.103924774977777	Circular formation situated in the zone of librations.		Not easily observable.			1	Low interest or difficult formation	14	Full Moon	6 days after Last Quarter	30	x10 binoculars	50 mm refractor
495	DRYDEN	AA332147S2038493	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Upper Imbrian (From -3.8 billions years to -3.2 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	ol-gabbroic norite	Hugh Latimer Dryden	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	physicist	USA	American	20	20 th century	Pocomoke City	1898	Washington	1965	Director of National Bureau of Standards in 1946. Surveys about turbulences. Conceiver of the first military autoguided rocket in 1944. Director in Nasa in 1958.	-156.150673	203.849327	156 ° 9 ' West	-33.21467	33.215° South	Farside	North-West	Not determined	51	51	27.2	3477	0.063861332736348	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
496	DRYGALSKI	AA795738S2728230	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Erich von Drygalski	Fauth (1936)	01/01/1964 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Geophysicist and explorer	Germany	German	20	20 th century	K?nigsberg	1865	Munich	1949	Polar regions specialist.	-87.176983	272.823017	87 ° 11 ' West	-79.573783	79.574° South	Librations zone	South-West	Moon South limb	164	164	81.2	4832	0.029739432592435	Circular formation situated in the zone of librations. Part of		Fairly steep slopes.	Apparently damaged high walls to the West and supporting a crater to the South-East.	Partially unknown floor. Central mountain doubles. Hills and craterlets. South North oriented rilles.	2	Pretty interesting formation	14	Full Moon	6 days after Last Quarter	5	Naked eye	10x binoculars
497	DUBYAGO	AA43831N699490	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Dimitrij I. Dubiago	Arthur / Whitaker (1963)	01/01/1964 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	Russia	Russian	19	19 th century	?	1849	?	1919	?	69.949036	69.949036	69 ° 57 ' East	4.383141	4.383° North	Nearside	North-East	Moon East limb	51	51	24	3350	0.069623346029848	Circular formation to the South-East of Mare Undarum.		Fairly steep slopes especially to the South-East and bearing Dubiago L to the West Dubiago Z to the South-East and Dubiago B and J to the South.	Fairly high walls more high to the East that to the West.	Flat floor filled with somber lava.	3	Very interesting formation	2	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
498	DUFAY	AA55666N1695397	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Jean Claude Barthélémy Dufay	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	France	French	20	20 th century	Blois	1896	Chaponost	1967	First director of Haute Provence Observatory. Surveys on stellar spectrophotometry sun corona comets and interstellar medium..	169.539702	169.539702	169 ° 32 ' East	5.566593	5.567° North	Farside	North-East	Not determined	39	39	18	3072	0.08509790809717	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
499	DUGAN	AA641213N1031059	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Raymond S. Dugan	IAU 1976 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	USA	American	20	20 th century	?	1878	?	1940	?	103.105924	103.105924	103 ° 6 ' East	64.121262	64.121° North	Librations zone	North-East	Not determined	50	50	24.8	3381	0.068116596652787	Circular formation situated in the zone of librations.	Older than Humboldtianum Basin	Not easily observable.			1	Low interest or difficult formation	1	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	30	x10 binoculars	50 mm refractor
500	DUNE	LF260000N37000	IAU Named formation	LF	Landing site name	Not determined	Not appliable	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Astronaut-named feature - Apollo 15 site.	IAU	01/01/1973 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	3.7	3.7	3 ° 42 ' East	26	26.000° North	Nearside	North-East	Montes Apenninus	0.4	0.4	0.1	73	0.194112680732913	Geological formation on the Apollo 15 landing site.		Not described in this VMA version.			99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	7	First Quarter	Six days after Full Moon	999	Not observable	Not observable
501	DUNER	AA446812N1794555	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	Nils C. Duner	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	Sweden	Swedish	19	19 th century	?	1839	?	1914	?	179.455496	179.455496	179 ° 27 ' East	44.681151	44.681° North	Farside	North-East	Not determined	62	62	32.5	3668	0.056382887683633	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
502	DUNTHORNE	AA301188S3282942	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Eratosthenian (From -3.2 billions years to -1.1 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Richard Dunthorne	Krieger / K?nig (1912)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Geodesist and astronomer	Great Britain	British	18	18 th century	?	1711	?	1775	?	-31.705836	328.294164	31 ° 42 ' West	-30.118843	30.119° South	Nearside	South-West	Tycho crater North-West region	17	17	7.5	2364	0.156384532676029	Isolated circular formation with bowl shape		Fairly steep slopes.	High walls.	Rounded floor.	2	Pretty interesting formation	10	3 days after First Quarter	2 days after Last Quarter	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
503	DYSON	AA608742N2382914	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Sir Frank Watson Dyson	IAU 1982 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	United Kingdom	British	20	20 th century	Ashby de la Zouch	1868	Pacific Ocean	1939	Director of Greenwich Observatory in 1910. Surveys about proper movement of stars and Milky Way structure. Verification of relativity theory during a solar eclipse.	-121.708585	238.291415	121 ° 43 ' West	60.874205	60.874° North	Farside	North-West	Not determined	63	63	31.5	3635	0.057582113198911	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
504	DZIEWULSKI	AA209850N990151	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Wladyslaw Dziewulski	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	Poland	Polish	20	20 th century	?	1878	?	1962	?	99.015088	99.015088	99 ° 1 ' East	20.985018	20.985° North	Librations zone	North-East	Not determined	63	63	34.4	3732	0.05417329636305	Circular formation situated in the zone of librations.	Older than Crisium Basin possibly pre-Nectarian	Not easily observable.			1	Low interest or difficult formation	1	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	30	x10 binoculars	50 mm refractor
505	EARTHLIGHT	LF261000N37000	IAU Named formation	LF	Landing site name	Not determined	Not appliable	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Astronaut-named feature - Apollo 15 site.	IAU	01/01/1973 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	3.7	3.7	3 ° 42 ' East	26.1	26.100° North	Nearside	North-East	Montes Apenninus	0.2	0.2	0.1	40	0.19296487581522	Small craterlet named by Apollo 15 astronauts.		Not described in this VMA version.			99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	7	First Quarter	Six days after Full Moon	999	Not observable	Not observable
506	EASLEY	AA236900S879700	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Annie Jean Esley	IAU 2021	01/01/2021	Not known	Not known	Not known	Programmer	USA	Américaine	20	20 th century	Birmingham	1933	Cleveland	2011	Centaur rockets specialist. Fortran programer. 4th afro-american woman working in NASA.	87.97	87.97	87 ° 58 ' East	-23.69	23 ° 41 ' South	Nearside	South-East	Humboldt crater North-East area.	9	9	4.5	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Isolated circular formation with bowl shape.		Slightly steep slopes.	Fairly steep walls.	Elongated flat floor.	1	Low interest or difficult formation	2	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
507	ECKERT	AA172830N583775	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Craterlet	Meteoritic impact	Eratosthenian (From -3.2 billions years to -1.1 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Wallace J. Eckert	?	01/01/1973 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	U. S. A.	American	20	20 th century	?	1902	?	1971	?	58.377528	58.377528	58 ° 23 ' East	17.282985	17.283° North	Nearside	North-East	North-West edge of Mare Crisium	3	3	1.3	518	0.197896942428986	Isolated circular formation with bowl shape situated to the South extremity of a wrinkle ridge of Mare Crisium.		Slightly steep slopes.	Slightly high walls.	Rounded floor.	1	Low interest or difficult formation	3	3 days after New Moon	2 days after Full Moon	100	100 mm reflector	200 mm reflector
508	EDDINGTON	AA215025N2879825	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Walled plain	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington	?	01/01/1964 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astrophysicist and mathematician	England	English	20	20 th century	Kendal	1882	Cambridge	1944	Director of the observatory of Cambridge. Theory of the internal star composition. Works in cosmology. Studies on the action of the gravitation on the light during the solar eclipse of 1919.	-72.017473	287.982527	72 ° 1 ' West	21.502541	21.503° North	Nearside	North-West	Moon West-North-West limb	134	134	60	4412	0.036730269609747	Damaged formation.		Steep slopes to the North and crushed by Struve to the North-West.	High Walls to the North and gobbled to the South in Oceanus Procellarum.	Very extensive flat floor filled with lava containing the crater Eddington P.	4	Exceptional formation	13	6 days after First Quarter	5 days after Last Quarter	5	Naked eye	10x binoculars
509	EDISON	AA248805N992680	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	Thomas Alva Edison	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1961 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	scientist	USA	American	19	19 th century	Milan	1847	West Orange	1931	Author of more than a thousand patents. Conceiver of duplex telegraph phonograph movie projector... Discoverer of diod principle.	99.268047	99.268047	99 ° 16 ' East	24.880494	24.880° North	Librations zone	North-East	Not determined	62	62	31.3	3628	0.057851372909566	Circular formation situated in the zone of librations.		Not easily observable.			1	Low interest or difficult formation	1	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	30	x10 binoculars	50 mm refractor
510	EDITH	AA257670S1023273	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	English female name.	IAU	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Not appliable	Europe	Great Britain	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	102.327332	102.327332	102 ° 20 ' East	-25.767043	25.767° North	Farside	North-East	Hilbert	6.92068	6.92068	3.4	1382	0.19982836376541	Possible concentric crater crushing the slope of an anonymous damaged crater.		Slightly steep Slopes collapsed in the East.	Slightly steep walls and almost flat in the East.	Floor showing an annular low structure.	0	Not observable	0	not observable	not observable	100	100 mm reflector	200 mm reflector
511	EGEDE	AA487173N106359	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Lower Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.8 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Hans Egede	Mädler (1837)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Missionary	Norway	Norwegian	18	18 th century	Senjen	1686	Stubbekjobing	1758	Lutherian parson living with people of Greenland.	10.63593	10.63593	10 ° 38 ' East	48.717296	48.717° North	Nearside	North-East	North of Mare Serenitatis region	36	37	17	3022	0.088428820011343	Circular formation.		Slightly steep slopes	Slightly high walls.	Flat floor filled with somber lava. Craterlets.	2	Pretty interesting formation	6	6 days after New Moon	5 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
512	EHRLICH	AA408161N1877315	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Paul Ehrlich	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	doctor	Germany	German	19	19 th century	Strehlen	1854	Bad Homburg	1915	Surveys on the anticorps. Discoverer of a syphilis treatment with Hata. Nobel laureate in 1908.	-172.268527	187.731473	172 ° 16 ' West	40.816122	40.816° North	Farside	North-West	Not determined	30	30	16.7	3006	0.089530311412167	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
513	EICHSTADT	AA226281S2815818	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Upper Imbrian (From -3.8 billions years to -3.2 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Lorenz Eischstadt	Riccioli (1651)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Eischstadt	Doctor mathematician and astronomer	Germany	German	17	17 th century	?	1596	?	1660	?	-78.418191	281.581809	78 ° 25 ' West	-22.628102	22.628° South	Nearside	South-West	Moon West-South-Westlimb	50	49	24.7	3380	0.068193420448403	Isolated circular formation situated on the slope East of Montes Cordillera.		Slightly steep slopes bearing a crater to the North-West and a crater to the South.	Slightly high walls.	Extensive flat floor supporting a crater to the South. Craterlets.	2	Pretty interesting formation	14	Full Moon	6 days after Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
514	EIJKMAN	AA632133S2174852	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	ol-gabbroic norite	Christiaan H. Eijkman	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	doctor	Netherlands	Dutch	20	20 th century	Nijkerk	1858	Utrecht	1930	Works on beriberi . Discoverer of some vitamins. Nobel laureate in 1929.	-142.514824	217.485176	142 ° 31 ' West	-63.213299	63.213° South	Farside	South-West	Not determined	54	54	28.1	3513	0.062340715222762	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
515	EIMMART	AA239676N648039	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Georg Christoph Eimmart	Schröter (1802)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer and engraver	Germany	German	17	17 th century	?	1638	?	1705	Author of a map of the Moon.	64.803919	64.803919	64 ° 48 ' East	23.967645	23.968° North	Nearside	North-East	Moon East-North-East limb	46	46	22.4	3283	0.072974716999712	Formation deformed to the South and situated on the North-East slope of Mare Crisium.	Younger than Crisium Basin	Fairly steep slopes especially to the South-West and bearing a craterlet to the South-East.	High walls ride by a craterlet to the North-East.	Fairly flat floor.	3	Very interesting formation	3	3 days after New Moon	2 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
516	EINSTEIN	AA166030N2713455	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Walled plain	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Albert Einstein	?	01/01/1964 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Physicist	U. S. A.	American	20	20 th century	Ulm	1879	Princeton	1955	Inventor of the concept of photon. Theory of the brownian movement. Theory of the restrict relativity in 1905 and general relativity in 1916. Mass / energy equivalence. Nobel Price of physics in 1921.	-88.654457	271.345543	88 ° 39 ' West	16.603043	16.603° North	Librations zone	North-West	Moon West-North-West limb	171	170	90.7	4995	0.027529347383978	Situated in the zone of librations. Damaged formation.		Slightly steep slopes bearing Dalton to the East Moseley to the North-West and Vasco of Gama & Bohr to the South-East.	Slightly high walls.	Flat floor with craterlets. Central crater Einstein Has 45 km.	1	Low interest or difficult formation	14	Full Moon	6 days after Last Quarter	5	Naked eye	10x binoculars
517	EINTHOVEN	AA50597S1100643	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Willem Einthoven	IAU 1976 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	doctor	Netherlands	Dutch	20	20 th century	Samarang	1860	Leyde	1927	Professor in Leyde University in 1886. Conceiver of electrocardiography. Nobel laureate in 1924.	110.064277	110.064277	110 ° 4 ' East	-5.05967	5.060° South	Farside	South-East	Not determined	69	69	36.9	3812	0.051564850831546	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
518	ELBOW	LF260000N36000	IAU Named formation	LF	Landing site name	Not determined	Not appliable	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Astronaut-named feature - Apollo 15 site.	IAU	01/01/1973 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	3.6	3.6	3 ° 36 ' East	26	26.000° North	Nearside	North-East	Montes Apenninus	0.3	0.3	0.1	65	0.19389689769621	Geological formation on the Apollo 15 landing site.		Not described in this VMA version.			99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	7	First Quarter	Six days after Full Moon	999	Not observable	Not observable
519	ELGER	AA354004S3301890	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Imbrian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.85 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Thomas G. Elger	Krieger / K?nig (1912)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	Great Britain	British	19	19 th century	?	1838	?	1897	Selenographer. Author of a map of the Moon in 1895.	-29.810986	330.189014	29 ° 49 ' West	-35.400445	35.400° South	Nearside	South-West	Tycho crater North-West region	22	22	10.7	2629	0.122231981401144	Isolated circular formation situated on the South bank of Palus Epidemiarum.		Complex steep slopes to the North.	Slightly high walls supporting a craterlet to the West.	Flat floor filled with lava.	2	Pretty interesting formation	9	2 days after First Quarter	1 day after Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
520	ELLERMAN	AA254384S2396069	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Eratosthenian (From -3.2 billions years to -1.1 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Ferdinand Ellerman	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	USA	American	20	20 th century	?	1869	?	1940	?	-120.393076	239.606924	120 ° 24 ' West	-25.438418	25.438° South	Farside	South-West	Not determined	47	47	23.1	3309	0.071622595747755	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
521	ELLISON	AA549332N2519540	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Lower Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.8 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	Mervyn A. Ellison	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	United Kingdom	British	20	20 th century	?	1909	?	1963	?	-108.046023	251.953977	108 ° 3 ' West	54.933216	54.933° North	Librations zone	North-West	Not determined	36	36	18.4	3095	0.083677664661087	Circular formation situated in the zone of librations.	Possibly Nectarian	Not easily observable.			1	Low interest or difficult formation	14	Full Moon	6 days after Last Quarter	999	Not observable	Not observable
522	ELMER	AA102318S841777	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Charles W. Elmer	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	U. S. A.	American	20	20 th century	?	1872	?	1954	?	84.177671	84.177671	84 ° 11 ' East	-10.231819	10.232° South	Librations zone	South-East	Moon East limb	17	17	8.4	2443	0.144919576771422	Circular formation situated in the zone of librations.		Slightly steep slopes.	Slightly high walls.	Slightly extensive and flat floor.	1	Low interest or difficult formation	2	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
523	ELVEY	AA90085N2593557	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	Christian T. Elvey	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	USA	American	20	20 th century	?	1899	?	1970	?	-100.64435	259.35565	100 ° 39 ' West	9.008519	9.009° North	Librations zone	North-West	Not determined	74	74	40.1	3907	0.048712987575983	Circular formation situated in the zone of librations.		Not easily observable.			1	Low interest or difficult formation	14	Full Moon	6 days after Last Quarter	30	x10 binoculars	50 mm refractor
524	EMDEN	AA627624N1834880	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	J. Robert Emden	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astrophysicist	Switzerland	Swiss	20	20 th century	?	1862	?	1940	?	-176.512021	183.487979	176 ° 31 ' West	62.762353	62.762° North	Farside	North-West	Not determined	111	111	57.3	4350	0.037951112441638	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
525	EMORY	LF201000N308000	IAU Named formation	LF	Landing site name	Not determined	Not appliable	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Astronaut-named feature - Apollo 17 site.	IAU	01/01/1973 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	30.8	30.8	30 ° 48 ' East	20.1	20.100° North	Nearside	North-East	Macrobius	0.5	0.5	0.2	107	0.194831735117953	Geological formation on the Apollo 17 landing site.		Not described in this VMA version.			99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	5	Five days after New Moon	Four days after Full Moon	999	Not observable	Not observable
526	ENCKE	AA45707N3233170	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Johann Franz Encke	Mädler (1837)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	Germany	German	19	19 th century	Hambourg	1791	Spandau	1865	Director of the Royal Observatory of Berlin. Specialist of comets. Calculation of the orbit of the comet that wears its name. Determination of the solar parallaxe in 1824.	-36.682959	323.317041	36 ° 41 ' West	4.570703	4.571° North	Nearside	North-West	East part of Oceanus Procellarum	30	29	14.1	2854	0.100977301041586	Isolated hexagonal formation situated to the South extremity of a field of hills.	Possibly Imbrian. Not so sure	Fairly steep slopes bearing Encke H to the South-West.	Slightly high walls supporting the craterlet Encke N to the East.	Tormented floor. Hills and lines of crest. White stains around a craterlet.	4	Exceptional formation	10	3 days after First Quarter	2 days after Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
527	END	LF89000S156000	IAU Named formation	LF	Landing site name	Not determined	Not appliable	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Astronaut-named feature - Apollo 16 site.	IAU	01/01/1973 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	15.6	15.6	15 ° 36 ' East	-8.9	8.900° North	Nearside	South-East	Theophilus	0.4	0.4	0	11	0.190562562373869	Small craterlet named by Apollo 16 astronauts.		Not described in this VMA version.			99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	6	Six days after New Moon	Five days after Full Moon	999	Not observable	Not observable
528	ENDYMION	AA536067N564832	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Endymion	Langrenus (1645)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Endymion	Lacus Hyperboreus Superior	Not Named	Mythological character	Greece	Greek	0	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Shepherd having bewitched Selene.	56.483247	56.483247	56 ° 29 ' East	53.60668	53.607° North	Nearside	North-East	Moon North-North-East limb	126	125	61	4434	0.036315016813265	Circular formation.	Younger than Humboldtianum Basin. mare fill	Very steep slopes bearing Endymion J to the West and Endymion A to the North-East.	Very high walls especially to the South-East.	Very large flat floor filled with somber lava. Small lines of crests.	4	Exceptional formation	3	3 days after New Moon	2 days after Full Moon	5	Naked eye	10x binoculars
529	ENGEL'GARDT	AA53890N2005315	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Lower Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.8 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Vasilij P. Engel'gardt	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	Russia	Russian	19	19 th century	?	1828	?	1915	?	-159.468492	200.531508	159 ° 28 ' West	5.388971	5.389° North	Farside	North-West	Not determined	43	43	21.7	3250	0.074701053978699	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
530	EOTVOS	AA356097S1344272	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Lorant (English - Roland) von Eotvos	IAU	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Physicist	Europe	Hungary	19	19 th century	?	1848	?	1919	?	134.427178	134.427178	134 ° 26 ' East	-35.60966	35.610° North	Farside	North-East	Jules Verne	101.798	101.798	50.9	4197	0.041228707	Big damaged crater with numerous craterlets in the South-East of Tsiolkovskiy.		Slightly steep slopes bearing numerous craterlets and a short chain in the South-East.		Flat floor wearing numérous formation whose wrinkles craterlets and ghost craters.	0	Not observable	0	not observable	not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
531	EPIGENES	AA674974N3553779	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Epigenes	Riccioli (1651)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Epigenes	Astronomer	Greece	Greek	-4	4 th century BC	?	about 300 BC	?	?	?	-4.622118	355.377882	4 ° 37 ' West	67.497355	67.497° North	Nearside	North-West	Moon North limb	55	55	27.2	3478	0.063812189676448	Circular formation.	Partly covered by Imbrian ejecta	Steep slopes bearing Epigenes P to the South and ruins of crater to the East.	Fairly high walls more massive to the East.	Flat and tormented floor. Small mountain off center.	3	Very interesting formation	7	First Quarter	6 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
532	EPIMENIDES	AA409172S3296688	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Epimenide of Cnossos	Schmidt (1878)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Poet and prophet	Crete	Cretan	-6	6 th century BC	Crete	596 BC	?	?	Author of many spurious works. Founder of the orphism.	-30.33117	329.66883	30 ° 20 ' West	-40.917234	40.917° South	Nearside	South-West	Tycho crater North-West region	27	27	11.2	2667	0.118226945963855	Rectangular formation oriented North South situated on the South bank of Lacus Timoris.		Fairly steep slopes bearing Epimenides S to the South-East.	Slightly high walls.	Rectangular and flat floor.	2	Pretty interesting formation	10	3 days after First Quarter	2 days after Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
533	ERATOSTHENES	AA144737N3486838	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Eratosthenian (From -3.2 billions years to -1.1 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Eratosthene	Riccioli (1651)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Haro	Insula Vulcania	Erathostenes	Mathematician and philosopher	Greece	Greek	-3	3 rd century BC	Cyr‡ne	276 BC	Alexandrie	192 av JC	Numerous works in philosophy and grammar. Tutor of the son of Ptolemee 3. Director of the library of Alexandria. First measures of the circumference of the Earth thanks to shades carried by the Sun.	-11.316193	348.683807	11 ° 19 ' West	14.473716	14.474° North	Nearside	North-West	South-East part of Mare Imbrium	60	60	29.3	3558	0.060542544666669	Circular formation situated to the South extremity of Montes Apenninus.	Typical	Very steep slopes and rugged especially to the South.	Very high walls with terraces.	Slightly extensive and flat floor. Central mountain with several summits. Wrinkle ridges hills and rilles.	4	Exceptional formation	8	1 day after First Quarter	Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
534	ERLANGER	AA869883N286166	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Joseph Erlanger	IAU	22/01/2009 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Physiologist	North America	American	20	20 th century	?	1874	?	1965	Nobel Prize winner 1944	28.616612	28.616612	28 ° 37 ' East	86.988313	86.988° North	Nearside	North-East	Peary	10.9374	10.9374	5.4	2196	0.200745696844118	Recent deep crater.		Steep slopes with sharp crest.	Steep walls.	Narrow flat floor.	99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	5	Five days after New Moon	Four days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
535	ERRO	AA56829N985400	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	Luis E. Erro	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	Mexico	Mexican	20	20 th century	?	1897	?	1955	?	98.539953	98.539953	98 ° 32 ' East	5.682927	5.683° North	Librations zone	North-East	Not determined	61	61	31.8	3646	0.057196419987712	Circular formation situated in the zone of librations.		Not easily observable.			1	Low interest or difficult formation	1	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	30	x10 binoculars	50 mm refractor
536	ESCLANGON	AA214685N420618	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Imbrian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.85 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Ernest Benjamin Esclangon (ex Macrobius L)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer and physicist	France	French	20	20 th century	Mison	1876	Eyrenville	1954	Numerous works in mathematical physics and astronomy. Discoverer of the origin of the bang supersonic. Member of the french Academy of Sciences in 1929. Constructor of	42.061829	42.061829	42 ° 4 ' East	21.468451	21.468° North	Nearside	North-East	North of Mare Tranquillitatis region	17	16	7.6	2372	0.155167108187036	Formation with heart shape.		Slightly steep slopes.	Slightly high walls.	Flat floor filled with lava.	2	Pretty interesting formation	4	4 days after New Moon	3 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
537	ESNAULT-PELTERIE	AA474149N2181743	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Robert A. C. Esnault-Pelterie	IAU 1988 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	engineer	France	French	20	20 th century	Paris	1881	Nice	1957	Conceiver of the and of several thermical engines for airplanes. Founder of the International Bourget Airshow. Numerous surveys about spatial propulsion.	-141.8257	218.1743	141 ° 50 ' West	47.414918	47.415° North	Farside	North-West	Not determined	79	79	38.3	3856	0.050219517528571	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
538	ESPIN	AA281455N1093385	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	Thomas H. E. C. Espin	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	United Kingdom	British	20	20 th century	?	1858	?	1934	?	109.338454	109.338454	109 ° 20 ' East	28.145522	28.146° North	Farside	North-East	Not determined	75	75	35	3750	0.05357147503524	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
539	EUCLIDES	AA74009S3304361	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Copernician (From -1.1 billions years to present days) ?	Period source not found	No details	Euclide	Mädler (1837)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Mons Athos	Not named	Mathematician	Greece	Greek	-4	4 th century BC	?	?	Alexandrie	?	Organizer of school of mathematics in Alexandrie. Author of a treaty of geometry 'Elements' in 13 books containing many postulates. Authors of many other lost works.	-29.563867	330.436133	29 ° 34 ' West	-7.400858	7.401° South	Nearside	South-West	South-East part of Oceanus Procellarum	12	12	5.9	2370	0.200897666102878	Circular formation with bowl shape and with bright ejecta situated to the West of Montes Riphaeus.		Steep slopes bearing a small mountain to the East.	Fairly high walls.	Rounded floor	2	Pretty interesting formation	9	2 days after First Quarter	1 day after Last Quarter	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
540	EUCTEMON	AA762590N305691	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Euctemon	Riccioli (1651)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Albategni	Not named	Euctemon	Astronomer	Greece	Greek	-5	5 th century BC	?	about 432 BC	?	?	Athenian friend of Méton associated to the discovery of the Moon / Sun cycle.	30.569062	30.569062	30 ° 34 ' East	76.259032	76.259° North	Nearside	North-East	Moon North limb	63	62	31.3	3628	0.057864271208974	Circular formation.		Steep slopes especially to the South.	High walls ridden by a craterlet to the West.	Flat floor filled with lava. A craterlet in the arena.	2	Pretty interesting formation	5	5 days after New Moon	4 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
541	EUDOXUS	AA442656N162257	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Copernician (From -1.1 billions years to present days)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Eudoxe	Riccioli (1651)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Copernici	Mons Carpates	Eudoxus	Astronomer	Greece	Greek	-4	4 th century BC	Cnide	408 BC	Cnide	355 av JC	Inventor of the year of 365 days 1 / 4. Author of the hypothesis of homocentric spheres. Author of a theory of proportions and the method of the exhaustions in mathematics.	16.225651	16.225651	16 ° 14 ' East	44.265567	44.266° North	Nearside	North-East	North of Mare Serenitatis region	68	67	35	3752	0.053491389827476	Forms a remarkable couple with Aristoteles. Circular formation.		Very steep and rugged slopes bearing Eudoxus B to the North and Eudoxus G and A to the North-East.	Very high walls with terraces.	Tormented floor. Central mountains and hills.	4	Exceptional formation	6	6 days after New Moon	5 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
542	EULER	AA232627N3308190	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Eratosthenian (From -3.2 billions years to -1.1 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Leonhard Euler	Schröter (1802)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Le Pessier	Insula Ficaria	Not named	Mathematician	Switzerland	Swiss	18	18 th century	B?›le	1707	Saint-Pétersbourg	1783	Author of 900 works on many areas whose mathematics and astronomy. Author of a 'Complete mechanics treaty' in 1736 and a work 'On the theory of the Moon'.	-29.18103	330.81897	29 ° 11 ' West	23.262692	23.263° North	Nearside	North-West	South part of Mare Imbrium	28	28	13	2784	0.106975433522862	Isolated circular formation.	Lies on the Mare Imbrium basalts (or under)	Very steep slopes.	Fairly high walls with terraces.	Slightly extensive and flat floor. Central mountain.	4	Exceptional formation	9	2 days after First Quarter	1 day after Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
543	EVANS	AA96266S2262218	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	Sir Arthur Evans	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	archaeologist	United Kingdom	British	19	19 th century	?	1851	?	1941	?	-133.77823	226.22177	133 ° 47 ' West	-9.626603	9.627° South	Farside	South-West	Not determined	67	67	34.7	3740	0.053900181650648	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
544	EVDOKIMOV	AA345738N2069573	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Nikolaj N. Evdokimov	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	USSR	Soviet	20	20 th century	?	1868	?	1940	?	-153.042702	206.957298	153 ° 3 ' West	34.573765	34.574° North	Farside	North-West	Not determined	50	50	24.4	3366	0.068864879485241	Not observable	Older than Hertzsprung Basin shown as Evdokimov G on LAC 34	Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
545	EVERSHED	AA353008N2004941	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	John Evershed	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	United Kingdom	British	20	20 th century	?	1864	?	1956	?	-159.505865	200.494135	159 ° 30 ' West	35.300802	35.301° North	Farside	North-West	Not determined	66	66	32.6	3672	0.056256042452562	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
546	EWEN	AA76903N1214604	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Gaelic male name.	IAU	01/01/1979 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	?	Europe	Ireland	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	121.460425	121.460425	121 ° 28 ' East	7.690341	7.690° North	Farside	North-East	Ostwald	2.60314	2.60314	1.3	514	0.197881778419127	Not observable		Steep slopes with sharp crest.	Steep walls.	Narrow flat floor.	0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
547	FABBRONI	AA186579N292715	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Copernician (From -1.1 billions years to present days)	Period source not found	No details	Giovanni Fabbroni (ex Vitruvius E)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Chemist and naturalist	Italy	Italian	18	18 th century	Florence	1752	Florence	1822	Supervisor of the construction of the road of the Mount Genevre.	29.271461	29.271461	29 ° 16 ' East	18.65787	18.658° North	Nearside	North-East	North of Mare Tranquillitatis region	11	11	5.2	2117	0.200672839506873	Circular formation with bowl shape crushing the extremity East of Mons Argaeus.		Fairly steep slopes especially to the North.	Fairly high walls.	Rounded floor	2	Pretty interesting formation	5	5 days after New Moon	4 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
548	FABRICIUS	AA427509S418421	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Eratosthenian (From -3.2 billions years to -1.1 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	David Goldschmidt (dit Fabricius)	Riccioli (1651)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Fred C. Pal.	Montes Coibacarani	Fabricius	Astronomer	Germany	German	16	16 th century	Esens	1564	Osteel	1617	Discoverer of the variability of the star Mira Ceti. First observer of spots of the Sun in 1610.	41.842082	41.842082	41 ° 51 ' East	-42.750928	42.751° South	Nearside	South-East	Vallis Rheita region	78	78	39.4	3887	0.049276933447777	Circular formation forming a South-West oriented and interesting trio with Metius and Rheita.	Maybe Upper Imbrian	Steep slopes crushing Janssen to the South-West and bearing Metius to the North-East Metius A to the North and Fabricius A and B to the South-East.	High walls with terraces.	Flat floor. Two rectilinear and parallel mountain chains.	3	Very interesting formation	4	4 days after New Moon	3 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
549	FABRY	AA430734N1006844	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Charles Fabry	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	physicist	France	French	20	20 th century	Marseille	1867	Paris	1945	Director of Optics Institute of Paris and member of french Academy of Sciences in 1921. Conceiver with Perrot and Buisson of an interferometer. Discoverer of the ozona layer. First verification of Doppler-Fizeau effect.	100.684367	100.684367	100 ° 41 ' East	43.073357	43.073° North	Librations zone	North-East	Not determined	184	184	89.7	4978	0.027746674250584	Circular formation situated in the zone of librations.		Not easily observable.			1	Low interest or difficult formation	1	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	30	x10 binoculars	50 mm refractor
550	FAHRENHEIT	AA131217N617051	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Craterlet	Meteoritic impact	Eratosthenian (From -3.2 billions years to -1.1 billions years)	Period source not found	No details	Daniel G. Farenheit (ex Picard X)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Physicist	Germany	German	18	18 th century	?	1686	?	1736	Has left its name to a scale of measure of temperature.	61.705106	61.705106	61 ° 42 ' East	13.121725	13.122° North	Nearside	North-East	Moon East limb	7	6	3.3	1328	0.199748850068689	Isolated circular formation with bowl shape.	Formerly Picard X	Slightly steep slopes.	Slightly high walls.	Rounded floor.	1	Low interest or difficult formation	3	3 days after New Moon	2 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
551	FAIROUZ	AA260686S1029467	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Arab female name.	IAU	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	?	Asia	Arabian	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	102.946674	102.946674	102 ° 57 ' East	-26.068639	26.069° North	Farside	North-East	Hilbert	2.86513	2.86513	1.4	568	0.198077383386822	Elongated crater on the bank of Lacus Solitudinis.		Slightly steep Slopes collapsed in the South-East.	Slightly steep walls.	Slightly flat floor with craterlets.	0	Not observable	0	not observable	not observable	150	150 mm reflector	300 mm reflector
552	FALCON	LF204000N303000	IAU Named formation	LF	Landing site name	Not determined	Not appliable	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Astronaut-named feature - Apollo 17 site.	IAU	01/01/1973 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	30.3	30.3	30 ° 18 ' East	20.4	20.400° North	Nearside	North-East	Macrobius	0	0	0	23	0.191888029815397	Small craterlet named by Apollo 17 astronauts. Possible volcanic cinder cone.		Not described in this VMA version.			99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	5	Five days after New Moon	Four days after Full Moon	999	Not observable	Not observable
553	FAMILY MOUNTAIN	LF204000N303000	IAU Named formation	LF	Landing site name	Not determined	Not appliable	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Astronaut-named feature - Apollo 17 site.	IAU	01/01/1973 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	30.3	30.3	30 ° 18 ' East	20.4	20.400° North	Nearside	North-East	Macrobius	7	7	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Hill named by Apollo 17 astronauts.		Not described in this VMA version.			99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	5	Five days after New Moon	Four days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
554	FARADAY	AA424461S87475	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	Michael Faraday	Birt / Lee (1865)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Chemist and physicist	England	English	19	19 th century	Newington	1791	Hampton Court	1867	Author of the first liquefaction of gas. Discoverer of the magnetic induction in 1831. Theory of the electrolysis in 1833. Works on the electrostatic and the electroluminescence.	8.74745	8.74745	8 ° 45 ' East	-42.446071	42.446° South	Nearside	South-East	Maurolycus crater region	70	70	34.5	3734	0.054101963264143	Damaged formation that crushes the East wall of St?fler.		Steep slopes bearing a complex of craters to the South.	High walls crushed by Faraday A to the North-East Faraday C to the South and St?fler P to the South-West.	Flat floor to the North-West and tormented to the South-East with a crater. Craterlets.	3	Very interesting formation	6	6 days after New Moon	5 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
555	FAUSTINI	AA871832S843099	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Arnoldo	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1994 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Geographer	Italy	Italian	20	20 th century	?	1874	?	1944	Survey of Earth poles.	84.309903	84.309903	84 ° 19 ' East	-87.183246	87.183° South	Librations zone	South-East	Moon South limb	39	39	21.2	3226	0.075962548654336	Circular formation situated in the zone of librations.		Not easily observable.			1	Low interest or difficult formation	1	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
556	FAUTH	AA62315N3398636	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Copernician (From -1.1 billions years to present days) ?	Period source not found	No details	Philipp J. H. Fauth	Muller (1935)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	Germany	German	20	20 th century	?	1867	?	1941	Selenographer. Author of maps of the Moon.	-20.13643	339.86357	20 ° 8 ' West	6.231499	6.231° North	Nearside	North-West	Copernic crater region	12	12	5.9	2399	0.200921362529198	South North lengthened formation constituted by Fauth and Fauth A two adjacent craters and situated on the South slope of Copernicus. Nicknamed 'Hole of lock'.		Steep slopes especially to the North and bearing Fauth A to the South.	Fairly high walls.	Slightly extensive and flat floor communicating with that Fault A.	3	Very interesting formation	9	2 days after First Quarter	1 day after Last Quarter	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
557	FAYE	AA213938S38116	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Imbrian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.85 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Hervé Faye	Birt / Lee (1865)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	France	French	19	19 th century	St Benoét du Sault	1814	Paris	1902	Author of a theory of the Solar System. Opponent to Laplace. Discoverer of a periodic comet in 1843.	3.811596	3.811596	3 ° 49 ' East	-21.39383	21.394° South	Nearside	South-East	Arzachel crater region	36	37	19	3120	0.082086555450869	Wrecked circular formation.		Steep slopes bearing Donati to the North-East Delaunay to the South-West and a craterlet to the West.		Flat floor. Central mountain of 2370 m. Craterlets.	2	Pretty interesting formation	7	First Quarter	6 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
558	FECHNER	AA582462S1250314	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Gustav Theodor Fechner	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	philosopher	Germany	German	19	19 th century	Gross-S?˜rchen	1801	Leipzig	1887	Conceiver of a philosophical concept in which the individual spirit is part of the God spirit.	125.031354	125.031354	125 ° 2 ' East	-58.246226	58.246° South	Farside	North-East	Not determined	63	63	29.6	3568	0.060149621684779	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
559	FEDOROV	AA282265N3229538	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Craterlet	Meteoritic impact	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	A. P. Fedorov	?	01/01/1979 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Engineer	U. S. S. R.	Soviet	20	20 th century	?	1872	?	1920	Specialist of rockets and the astronautics.	-37.046243	322.953757	37 ° 3 ' West	28.226549	28.227° North	Nearside	North-West	Region between Oceanus Procellarum and Mare Imbrium	7	7	3	1213	0.199569930990782	Circular formation with bowl shape and lengthened North South.		Slightly steep slopes.	Slightly high walls.	Rounded floor.	2	Pretty interesting formation	10	3 days after First Quarter	2 days after Last Quarter	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
560	FELIX	AA250864N3346234	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Latin male name.	IAU	01/01/1979 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	?	Europe	Latin	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	-25.376618	334.623382	25 ° 23 ' West	25.086394	25.086° North	Nearside	North-West	Timocharis	1.44721	1.44721	0.7	285	0.196729619230765	Small craterlet located on the North of a small catena including Artemis and Verne on the South of Mons Lahire.		Not described in this VMA version.			99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	10	Three days after First Quarter	Two days after Last Quarter	150	150 mm reflector	300 mm reflector
561	FENYI	AA449406S2549414	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Gyula F‚nyi	IAU 1985 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	Hungary	Hungar	20	20 th century	?	1845	?	1927	?	-105.058619	254.941381	105 ° 4 ' West	-44.940615	44.941° South	Farside	South-West	Not determined	38	38	21.6	3245	0.074942013662882	Not observable	Alternate spelling: Fanyi	Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
562	FEOKTISTOV	AA307347N1405014	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Konstantin P. Feoktistov	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	cosmonaut	USSR	Soviet	20	20 th century	?	1926			Cosmonaut involved in Soyuz missions.	140.501363	140.501363	140 ° 30 ' East	30.734708	30.735° North	Farside	North-East	Not determined	23	23	11	2649	0.120093706407603	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
563	FERMAT	AA227113S197923	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Pierre de Fermat	Mädler (1837)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Mathematician	France	French	17	17 th century	Beaumont de Lomagne	1601	Castres	1665	Founder of the analytic geometry. Inventor with Blaise Pascal of the calculation of probabilities. Precursor of the entire and differential calculation. Author of a famous theorem non demonstrated.	19.792332	19.792332	19 ° 48 ' East	-22.711287	22.711° South	Nearside	South-East	Catharina crater region	40	39	18.8	3114	0.082465967070428	Damaged circular formation.		Steep slopes crushed by double craterlet Fermat A in the North and by craterlets in the South-West and South-East.	Walles higher in the East than West and straddled in the East by 3 craterlets.	Flat floor with mounds in the West.	3	Very interesting formation	5	5 days after New Moon	4 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
564	FERMI	AA196097S1232414	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Enrico Fermi	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	physicist	Italy	Italian	20	20 th century	Roma	1901	Chicago	1954	Numerous surveys in physics and atomic particles. Discoverer of neutron properties. Director for the first atomic pile in Chicago. Nobel laureate in 1938.	123.241404	123.241404	123 ° 14 ' East	-19.60965	19.610° South	Farside	South-East	Not determined	183	183	120.7	5443	0.022550416868755	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
565	FERNELIUS	AA381783S48588	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Imbrian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.85 billions years) ?	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	Jean Fernel	?	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer and doctor	France	French	16	16 th century	Montdidier	1497	Paris	1558	Attempt of measure of the terrestrial meridian. Physician of Henri II.	4.858783	4.858783	4 ° 52 ' East	-38.17827	38.178° South	Nearside	South-East	Tycho crater East region	65	65	34.2	3724	0.054438673321763	Damaged circular formation situated on the north slope of St?fler.		Fairly steep slopes overlapped by St?fler to the South Fernelius A to the West and Kaiser to the North-East.	Slightly high walls supporting a couple of craterlets to the East.	Very flat floor filled of lava.	3	Very interesting formation	7	First Quarter	6 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
566	FERSMAN	AA179029N2339377	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Aleksandr Ievguenievitch Fersman	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	geologist	Russia	Russian	20	20 th century	Saint Petersburg	1883	Sotchi	1945	Author of a remarquable treaty about geochemistry. Author of an inventory of mineral ressouces of USSR. Director of Lomonossov Institute.	-126.062294	233.937706	126 ° 4 ' West	17.902883	17.903° North	Farside	North-West	Not determined	151	151	74	4699	0.031724919793119	Not observable	Younger than Hertzsprung Basin. partly covered by Orientale ejecta	Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
567	FESENKOV	AA231590S1351414	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Vasiliy Grigor'evich Fesenkov	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1973 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astrophysicist	USSR	Soviet	20	20 th century	?	1889	?	1972	?	135.141435	135.141435	135 ° 8 ' East	-23.15896	23.159° South	Farside	South-East	Not determined	35	35	18	3073	0.08508143912803	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
568	FEUILLEE	AA273724N3505385	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Craterlet	Meteoritic impact	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Louis Feuillée	Schmidt (1878)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	France	French	18	18 th century	?	1660	1732	?	Director of the observatory of Marseilles.	-9.461497	350.538503	9 ° 28 ' West	27.372373	27.372° North	Nearside	North-West	South-East part of Mare Imbrium	10	10	4.4	1791	0.200340819780687	Circular formation with bowl shape forming a remarkable couple with Beer and situated on a small wrinkle ridge of Mare Imbrium.		Fairly steep slopes.	Fairly high walls.	Rounded floor.	3	Very interesting formation	8	1 day after First Quarter	Last Quarter	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
569	FIBIGER	AA861396N371330	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Joahnnes Andreas Grib Fibiger	IAU	22/01/2009 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Not appliable	Europe	Denmark	20	20th century	?	?	?	?	Pethologist	37.133049	37.133049	37 ° 8 ' East	86.139628	86.140° North	Nearside	North-East	Peary	21.0966	21.0966	10.5	2614	0.123887378269791	Eroded crater located on the North-East of Byrd.		Steep slopes Damaged in the South by craters and landslides. Sharp crest.	Steep walls collapsed in the South..	Flat floor riddled with all sizes craterlets.	99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	5	Five days after New Moon	Four days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
570	FINSCH	AA235828N212693	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Craterlet	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Imbrian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.85 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	O. Finsch	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Zoologist	Germany	German	19	19 th century	?	1839	?	1917		21.269277	21.269277	21 ° 16 ' East	23.582828	23.583° North	Nearside	North-East	South-East part of Mare Serenitatis	3	4	2	804	0.198760747598901	Isolated ghost circular formation.		Very Slightly steep slopes.	Very little High walls.	Almost flat floor.	2	Pretty interesting formation	5	5 days after New Moon	4 days after Full Moon	100	100 mm reflector	200 mm reflector
571	FINSEN	AA422914S1822795	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Eratosthenian (From -3.2 billions years to -1.1 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	gabbroic norite	Niels Ryberg Finsen	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1979 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	doctor	Danmark	Danish	19	19 th century	?	1860	?	1904	Phototherapist. Nobel laureate.	-177.720533	182.279467	177 ° 43 ' West	-42.291445	42.291° South	Farside	North-West	Not determined	72	72	36.4	3797	0.052038048459755	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
572	FIRMICUS	AA72455N634259	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Julius Maternus Firmicus	Riccioli (1651)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Ramirii	Mons Sanctus	Firmicus	Writer and astronomer	Rome	Roman	4	4 th century	Syracuse	?	?	?	Author of a work on the astrology and a work on profane religions in 346.	63.425915	63.425915	63 ° 26 ' East	7.245505	7.246° North	Nearside	North-East	Moon East limb	56	56	28.4	3521	0.061995129419597	Circular formation situated between Mare Crisium and Mare Undarum.	Younger than Crisium Basin	Slightly steep slopes bearing Lacus Perseverantiae to the West and Firmicus G and F to the South-West	Fairly high walls and ridden to the North by a craterlet.	Very flat floor filled of somber lava.	3	Very interesting formation	3	3 days after New Moon	2 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
573	FIRSOV	AA42043N1126973	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Lower Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.8 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Georgij F. Firsov	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	engineer	USSR	Soviet	20	20 th century	?	1928	?	1971	Space launchers conceiver.	112.697262	112.697262	112 ° 42 ' East	4.204308	4.204° North	Farside	North-East	Not determined	51	51	25.5	3409	0.066851159698478	Not observable	Possibly Nectarian	Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
574	FISCHER	AA79899N1424391	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Emil Hermann Fischer	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	chemist	Germany	German	19	19 th century	Euskirchen	1852	Berlin	1919	Numerous surveys in organic chemistry. Synthesis of glucose and fructose. Nobel laureate in 1902.	142.43913	142.43913	142 ° 26 ' East	7.989877	7.990° North	Farside	North-East	Not determined	30	30	15.2	2920	0.09580188178183	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
575	FITZGERALD	AA266744N1878638	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	George Francis Fitzgerald	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	physicist	Ireland	Irish	19	19 th century	Dublin	1851	Dublin	1901	Author of electromagnetic waves theory. Interpretation of Michelson experience. Measurement of electron mass in 1897.	-172.136199	187.863801	172 ° 8 ' West	26.674428	26.674° North	Farside	North-West	Not determined	110	110	52.1	4227	0.040567834979482	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
576	FIZEAU	AA581864S2258852	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Upper Imbrian (From -3.8 billions years to -3.2 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	gabbroic norite	Armand Hyppolyte L. Fizeau	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	physicist	France	French	19	19 th century	Paris	1819	Venteuil	1896	First sun photography with Foucault in 1845. First measurememt of light speed in 1849. Co-discoverer with Doppler of wavelengthe shift with speed in 1848. President of the french Academy of Sciences in 1878.	-134.114766	225.885234	134 ° 7 ' West	-58.186429	58.186° South	Farside	South-West	Not determined	111	111	53.5	4262	0.039804699834182	Not observable	Possibly Lower Imbrian	Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
577	FLAG	LF90000S155000	IAU Named formation	LF	Landing site name	Not determined	Not appliable	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Astronaut-named feature - Apollo 16 site.	IAU	01/01/1973 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	15.5	15.5	15 ° 30 ' East	-9	9.000° North	Nearside	South-East	Theophilus	0.01	0.01	0.1	46	0.193222716612063	Small craterlet named by Apollo 16 astronauts.		Not described in this VMA version.			99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	6	Six days after New Moon	Five days after Full Moon	999	Not observable	Not observable
578	FLAMMARION	AA33286S3562675	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Walled plain	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Camille Flammarion	Gaudibert (1890)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	France	French	19	19 th century	Montigny le Roi	1842	Juvisy sur Orge	1925	Talented popularizator. Author of 'The Popular Astronomy' in 1879. Creator of an observatory in Juvisy in 1883 and of the Société Astronomique de France in 1887. Works in occult sciences meteorology and climatology	-3.732535	356.267465	3 ° 44 ' West	-3.328565	3.329° South	Nearside	South-West	Ptolemaeus crater region	75	75	38	3847	0.050500265549242	Damaged circular formation.		Steep slopes to the South but non-existent to the North bearing Herschel C to the South and Sp?rer to the South-East.	Wall gobbled to the North by the lava of Sinus Medii raised to the South and ridden by M?sting Has to the West.	Flat and extensive floor. Closed by Rima Flammarion to the North. Craterlets.	3	Very interesting formation	7	First Quarter	6 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
579	FLAMSTEED	AA44906S3156602	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Eratosthenian (From -3.2 billions years to -1.1 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	John Flamsteed	Mädler (1837)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Blancani	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	England	English	17	17 th century	Denby	1646	Greenwich	1719	First director of the Observatory of Greenwich in 1676. Author of a cartographic projection system and a catalogue of 3000 stars.	-44.339839	315.660161	44 ° 20 ' West	-4.490605	4.491° South	Nearside	South-West	South-West part of Oceanus Procellarum	22	21	9.6	2546	0.131664115607843	Isolated circular formation situated inside the ring of Flamsteed P.	Clear stratigraphy	Fairly steep slopes.	Fairly high walls.	Flat floor filled with lava.	3	Very interesting formation	11	4 days after First Quarter	3 days after Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
580	FLANK	LF37000S3426000	IAU Named formation	LF	Landing site name	Not determined	Not appliable	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Astronaut-named feature - Apollo 14 site.	IAU	01/01/1973 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	-17.4	342.6	17 ° 24 ' West	-3.7	3.700° North	Nearside	South-West	Montes Riphaeus	0.03	0.03	0	7	0.189791462002223	Small craterlet named by Apollo 14 astronauts.		Not described in this VMA version.			99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	9	Two days after First Quarter	One day after Last Quarter	999	Not observable	Not observable
581	FLEMING	AA149098N1092776	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Sir Alexander Fleming	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	doctor	United Kingdom	British	20	20 th century	Darvel	1881	London	1955	Discoverer of penicillin in 1927. Nobel laureate with Chain and Florey in 1945.	109.277627	109.277627	109 ° 17 ' East	14.909805	14.910° North	Farside	North-East	Not determined	106	106	63.1	4480	0.03545286629576	Not observable	Typical	Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
582	FLORENSKY	AA254517N1318508	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	Kirill P. Florenskiy	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1985 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	geologist	USSR	Soviet	20	20 th century	?	1915	?	1982	?	131.850773	131.850773	131 ° 51 ' East	25.451673	25.452° North	Farside	North-East	Not determined	71	71	34.5	3734	0.054101963264143	Not observable	Formerly Vernadskiy B	Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
583	FLOREY	AA870372N3402534	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Howard Walter Florey	IAU	22/01/2009 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	?	Europe	Great Britain	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	-19.746594	340.253406	19 ° 45 ' West	87.037185	87.037° North	Nearside	North-West	Peary	69.0583	69.0583	34.5	3735	0.054085534182822	Strongly damaged crater on the South of Peary.		Slightly steep and rugged disappeared in the North and South-East.	Slightly steep and tormented walls disappearing in the North and South-West.	Flat floor riddled with all sizes craters and craterlets.	99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	9	Two days after First Quarter	One day after Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
584	FLOSS	AA842800S422700	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Christine Floss	IAU 2023	02/08/2023 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Cosmochemist	USA	American	20	20 th century	Munich	1961	Saint Louis	2018	Awarded in Purdue University on 1983. Scientist at Max Planck Institute on 1991. Geochemist in the Washington University in Saint Louis on 1996. Meteoritical Society member.	42.27	42.27	42 ° 16 ' East	-84.28	84 ° 17 ' South	Nearside	South-East	Nobile crater area	9	9	4.5	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Circular formation on the North slope of Nobile crater.		Slightly steep slopes	High and steep walls	Small flat floor.	1	Low interest or difficult formation	14	Full Moon	6 days after Last Quarter	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
585	FOCAS	AA337046S2660889	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Ionnas (dit Jean) Focas	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	France	French	20	20 th century	?	1908	?	1969	?	-93.911072	266.088928	93 ° 55 ' West	-33.704567	33.705° South	Librations zone	South-West	Not determined	22	22	11	2648	0.120169871598948	Circular formation situated in the zone of librations.		Not easily observable.			1	Low interest or difficult formation	14	Full Moon	6 days after Last Quarter	30	x10 binoculars	50 mm refractor
586	FONTANA	AA160394S3032095	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Imbrian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.85 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Francesco Fontana	?	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Lawyer	Italy	Italian	17	17 th century	?	1585	?	1656	Observer of planets.	-56.790539	303.209461	56 ° 47 ' West	-16.039379	16.039° South	Nearside	South-West	East of Mare Humorum region	31	31	15.7	2948	0.093685132503451	Damaged circular formation.		Slightly steep slopes overlapped by two twin craters to the North East.	Slightly high walls.	Extensive flat floor.	2	Pretty interesting formation	12	5 days after First Quarter	4 days after Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
587	FONTENELLE	AA634192N3410439	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Lower Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.8 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle	Schröter (1802)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Writer	France	French	18	18 th century	Rouen	1657	Paris	1757	Author of the 'Speech on the plurality of worlds' in 1686. Author of popularization works. Member of the French Academy in 1691 then of the french Academy of Sciences in 1699.	-18.95607	341.04393	18 ° 57 ' West	63.419228	63.419° North	Nearside	North-West	Moon North limb	38	38	18.8	3112	0.082603601650773	Circular formation.		Slightly steep slopes.	Slightly high walls.	Flat floor filled with lava. Small mountain and central craterlets. Other craterlets.	3	Very interesting formation	9	2 days after First Quarter	1 day after Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
588	FOSTER	AA235877N2185065	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	John S. Foster	IAU 1979 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	physicist	Canada	Canadian	20	20 th century	?	1890	?	1964	?	-141.493519	218.506481	141 ° 30 ' West	23.587711	23.588° North	Farside	North-West	Not determined	33	33	18.5	3095	0.083630259617574	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
589	FOUCAULT	AA504589N3201382	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Léon Foucault	Birt / Lee (1865)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Physicist	France	French	19	19 th century	Paris	1819	Paris	1868	Member of the french Academy of Sciences in 1865. Measure of the speed of the light in 1850. Theory of the induced electrical current. Proof of the rotation of the Earth thanks to a pendulum in 1851. Inventor of the gyroscope.	-39.861809	320.138191	39 ° 52 ' West	50.458918	50.459° North	Nearside	North-West	Moon North-North-West limb	23	23	12.5	2753	0.109791963927516	Circular formation.		Steep slopes to the East bearing a rectilinear mountainous chain to the West.	High walls.	Flat floor.	2	Pretty interesting formation	10	3 days after First Quarter	2 days after Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
590	FOURIER	AA303131S3068954	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Joseph Fourier	Mädler (1837)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Mons Casius	Vietae	Mathematician	France	French	19	19 th century	Auxerre	1768	Paris	1830	Discoverer of series of Fourier for trigonometry calculations. Member of the french Academy of Sciences in 1817 and ofthe French Academy in 1826.	-53.104638	306.895362	53 ° 6 ' West	-30.313111	30.313° South	Nearside	South-West	Moon South-West limb	53	53	25.7	3420	0.066333804092738	Circular formation forming an interesting couple with Vieta.	Possibly Lower Imbrian	Fairly steep slopes bearing to the North a group of 4 craters whose Fourier C and F.	Wall enough raised with terraces overlapped to the South-East by a craterlet.	Flat floor with two craters whose a central	3	Very interesting formation	11	4 days after First Quarter	3 days after Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
591	FOWLER	AA425862N2147346	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	William Alfred Fowler	IAU 1976 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astrophysicist	USA	American	20	20 th century	Pittsburgh	1911	?	?	Major survey about stellar nucleosynthesis. Nobel laureate in physics in 1983 with Chandrasekhar.	-145.265356	214.734644	145 ° 16 ' West	42.586178	42.586° North	Farside	North-West	Not determined	146	146	69.7	4615	0.033082598011194	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
592	FOX	AA4715N981444	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Philip Fox	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1973 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	USA	American	20	20 th century	?	1878	?	1944	?	98.144378	98.144378	98 ° 9 ' East	0.471518	0.472° North	Librations zone	North-East	Not determined	24	24	11.9	2716	0.113321559590412	Circular formation situated in the zone of librations.		Not easily observable.			1	Low interest or difficult formation	1	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	30	x10 binoculars	50 mm refractor
593	FRA MAURO	AA60610S3430262	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Walled plain	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Period source not found	No details	Fra Mauro	Mädler (1837)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Mons Crathis	Not named	Geographer	Venice	Venetian	15	15 th century	?	?	?	1459	Author of a map of the World in 1457.	-16.973802	343.026198	16 ° 58 ' West	-6.061024	6.061° South	Nearside	South-West	South-East of Oceanus Procellarum region	96	95	0	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Little marked and damaged circular formation forming an interesting trio with Bonpland and Parry.		Fairly steep slopes bearing Bonpland to the South Parry to the South-East and the place of alunissage of Apollo 14 to the North.	Slightly high walls deformed to the South gobbled to the East and supporting Fra Mauro D & X to the North.	Very large flat floor more tormented to the West. Crossed by Rimae Parry. Craterlets whose Fra Mauro N & P to the North Fra Mauro E to the center and Fra Mauro F to the South.	4	Exceptional formation	8	1 day after First Quarter	Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
594	FRACASTORIUS	AA213587S330703	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Walled plain	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Girolamo Fracastoro	Riccioli (1651)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Nassauii	Lacus Thospitis	Fracastorius	Doctor and poet	Italy	Italian	16	16 th century	Vérone	1478	Vérone	1553	Theory of homocentric spheres. Author of a poetry on the syphilis (! ).	33.070307	33.070307	33 ° 4 ' East	-21.358748	21.359° South	Nearside	South-East	Mare Nectaris South edge	124	124	60.2	4417	0.036634399598332	Damaged circular formation situated on the South bank of Mare Nectaris.		Fairly steep slopes riddled of craters whose Fracastorius H and E to the North-West Fracastorius N and the triple craterlet Fracastorius LA to the South.	High walls gobbled to the North in Mare Nectaris and ridden by many craters whose Fracastorius D to the West.	Flat floor filled with lava. Emerging central mountain ruins. Numerous craterlets whose Fracastorius L and Mr. Rilles.	4	Exceptional formation	5	5 days after New Moon	4 days after Full Moon	5	Naked eye	10x binoculars
595	FRANCK	AA225870N355594	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Eratosthenian (From -3.2 billions years to -1.1 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	James Franck (ex Römer K)	?	01/01/1973 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Physicist	Germany	German	20	20 th century	Hambourg	1882	G?ttingen	1964	Researches on the movement of electrons and the excitation of atoms. Works on the luminescence and the effect photochimique. Nobel Price in 1925.	35.559367	35.559367	35 ° 34 ' East	22.587038	22.587° North	Nearside	North-East	North of Mare Tranquillitatis region	12	12	5.9	2392	0.200916307964639	Circular formation with bowl shape forming a trio with two craterlets joined.		Slightly steep slopes bearing two craterlets to the North.	Slightly high walls.	Rounded floor.	2	Pretty interesting formation	5	5 days after New Moon	4 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
596	FRANKLIN	AA387288N476397	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Lower Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.8 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Benjamin Franklin	Mädler (1837)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Hensii	Mons Bodinus	Cepheus	Philosopher physicist and stateman	U. S. A.	American	18	18 th century	Boston	1706	Philadelphie	1790	Specialist of electricity. Inventor of the lightning conductor. Editor of the Declaration of independence of USA. Treaty of friendship with France in 1778.	47.639683	47.639683	47 ° 38 ' East	38.728795	38.729° North	Nearside	North-East	Atlas crater South-East region	56	56	27.9	3505	0.062683184507254	Circular formation.		Fairly steep slopes.	High walls with terraces.	Flat floor with hills and craterlets. Central mountain.	3	Very interesting formation	4	4 days after New Moon	3 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
597	FRANZ	AA165687N402445	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Imbrian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.85 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Julius H. Franz	?	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	Germany	German	19	19 th century	?	1847	?	1913	Selenographer.	40.244531	40.244531	40 ° 15 ' East	16.56865	16.569° North	Nearside	North-East	North of Mare Tranquillitatis region	27	26	12.7	2766	0.108584316390875	Wrecked circular formation.		Slightly steep slopes bearing a crater to the East and Proclus D to the North.	Wall partially gobbled to the North.	Flat floor filled with lava.	2	Pretty interesting formation	4	4 days after New Moon	3 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
598	FRAUNHOFER	AA395155S590634	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Joseph von Fraunhofer	Mädler (1837)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Optician and physicist	Germany	German	19	19 th century	Straubing	1787	Munich	1826	Inventor of the spectroscope. Discovery of rays in the specter of the Sun. Astronomical objective producer and achromatic microscopes. First spectral classifcation of stars.	59.063446	59.063446	59 ° 4 ' East	-39.515475	39.515° South	Nearside	South-East	Moon South-East limb	58	58	28.8	3539	0.061288029540586	Circular formation situated on the South slope of Furnerius.	Pitted by ejecta of the Nectaris basin	Fairly steep slopes bearing Fraunhofer V to the North-West several craterlets to the North and a craterlet to the East.	little High walls in light terraces.	Flat floor filled with lava. Craterlet.	3	Very interesting formation	3	3 days after New Moon	2 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
599	FREDHOLM	AA183661N465526	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Ivar Fredholm (ex Macrobius D)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Mathematician	Sweden	Swedish	19	19 th century	Stockholm	1866	M?rby	1927	Professor of physics in the university of Stockholm. Entire equation specialist.	46.552632	46.552632	46 ° 33 ' East	18.366063	18.366° North	Nearside	North-East	North-West edge of Mare Crisium	15	15	6.6	2693	0.201151778663011	Circular formation with bowl shape. Forms an interesting couple with Fredholm E.		Fairly steep slopes bearing Fredholm E to the North-East.	Fairly high walls.	Rounded floor.	3	Very interesting formation	4	4 days after New Moon	3 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
600	FREUD	AA257932N3076015	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Craterlet	Meteoritic impact	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Sigmund Freud	?	01/01/1973 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Psychologist	Austria	Austrian	19	19 th century	Freiberg	1856	London	1939	Founder of the psychoanalysis. Author of 'Introduction to the psychoanalysis' in 1916.	-52.3985	307.6015	52 ° 24 ' West	25.793172	25.793° North	Nearside	North-West	Aristarchus crater region	3	3	1.4	564	0.198063532249415	Circular formation with bowl shape.		Slightly steep slopes.	Slightly high walls.	Rounded floor.	1	Low interest or difficult formation	11	4 days after First Quarter	3 days after Last Quarter	100	100 mm reflector	200 mm reflector
601	FREUNDLICH	AA250026N1708940	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Erwin Finlay - Freundlich	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	United Kingdom	British	20	20 th century	?	1885	?	1964	?	170.894045	170.894045	170 ° 54 ' East	25.002618	25.003° North	Farside	North-East	Not determined	85	85	41.5	3949	0.04749854176156	Not observable	Younger than Moscoviense Basin	Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
602	FRIDMAN	AA124812S2331212	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Aleksandr Friedmann	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	physicist	USSR	Soviet	20	20 th century	?	1888	?	1925	?	-126.878763	233.121237	126 ° 53 ' West	-12.481184	12.481° South	Farside	South-West	Not determined	102	102	50.7	4193	0.0413361776267	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
603	FROELICH	AA800014N2483684	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Jack E. Froelich	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	engineer	USA	American	20	20 th century	?	1921	?	1944	Space launchers conceiver.	-111.631593	248.368407	111 ° 38 ' West	80.001431	80.001° North	Librations zone	North-West	Not determined	58	58	28.3	3520	0.06205622641101	Circular formation situated in the zone of librations.	Partly covered by Imbrian ejecta. Maybe pre-Nectarian	Not easily observable.			1	Low interest or difficult formation	14	Full Moon	6 days after Last Quarter	30	x10 binoculars	50 mm refractor
604	FROST	AA374072N2410990	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	Edwin B. Frost	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	USA	American	20	20 th century	?	1866	?	1935	?	-118.900953	241.099047	118 ° 54 ' West	37.407188	37.407° North	Farside	North-West	Not determined	75	75	39.1	3879	0.0495405731755	Not observable	Possibly Nectarian	Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
605	FRYXELL	AA212544S2583477	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	R. H. Fryxell	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1985 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	geologist	USA	American	20	20 th century	?	1934	?	1974	?	-101.6523	258.3477	101 ° 39 ' West	-21.254362	21.254° South	Librations zone	South-West	Not determined	18	18	8.8	2475	0.140521368855526	Circular formation situated in the zone of librations.	Formerly Golitsyn B	Not easily observable.			1	Low interest or difficult formation	14	Full Moon	6 days after Last Quarter	30	x10 binoculars	50 mm refractor
606	FURNERIUS	AA360038S605383	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Walled plain	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Georges Furner	Riccioli (1651)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Curtii + Lignii	Mons Nerossus	Furnerius	Mathematician	France	French	17	17 th century	?	?	?	?	Jesuit. Professor to Paris.	60.53828	60.53828	60 ° 32 ' East	-36.003764	36.004° South	Nearside	South-East	Moon South-East limb	126	126	67.5	4570	0.03384774508557	Circular formation.	Typical	Steep slopes bearing Furnerius C and E to the North-West Furnerius J to the North-East and many craterlets to the South-East.	High walls in partial terraces supporting a craterlet to the North several craterlets to the East and a crater in iron to horse to the South.	Fairly flat floor supporting Furnerius B to the North. Numerous craterlets whose a group to the South. Contains Rima Furnerius.	4	Exceptional formation	3	3 days after New Moon	2 days after Full Moon	5	Naked eye	10x binoculars
607	G BOND	AA323873N363221	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	George Philip Bond	Birt / Lee (1865)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	U. S. A.	American	19	19 th century	Cambridge	1826	Cambridge	1865		36.322118	36.322118	36 ° 19 ' East	32.387333	32.387° North	Nearside	North-East	Atlas crater South-East region	32	32	9.5	2534	0.13306195734423	Circular formation.		Fairly steep slopes bearing Entrance to the North G. Bond G to the North-East and G. Bond I to the North-West.	High walls.	Slightly extensive and flat floor.	2	Pretty interesting formation	3	3 days after New Moon	2 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
608	GADOMSKI	AA362108N2126421	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Jan Gadomski	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	Poland	Polish	20	20 th century	?	1889	?	1966	?	-147.357899	212.642101	147 ° 21 ' West	36.210812	36.211° North	Farside	North-West	Not determined	65	65	32.8	3678	0.05602826636483	Not observable	Older than Hertzsprung Basin	Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
609	GAGARIN	AA196576S1493541	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Yurij A. Gagarin	IAU 1976 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	cosmonaut	USSR	Soviet	20	20 th century	?	1934	?	1968	Test pilot. First man in space with Vostok 1 cabin in 1961. Deceased in an airplane crash.	149.35407	149.35407	149 ° 21 ' East	-19.657628	19.658° South	Farside	South-East	Not determined	265	265	130.9	5578	0.021306147735262	Not observable	Typical	Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
610	GALEN	AA219549N49606	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Claude Galien (ex Aratus A)	?	01/01/1973 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Doctor	Greece	Greek	2	2 nd century	Pergame	131	Rome?	201	Works in anatomy on the heart and the nervous system.	4.960566	4.960566	4 ° 58 ' East	21.954942	21.955° North	Nearside	North-East	Montes Apenninus region	10	10	4.5	1839	0.200393900330884	Isolated circular formation with bowl shape and situated in a mountainous region.		Fairly steep slopes.	Slightly high walls.	Rounded floor.	1	Low interest or difficult formation	7	First Quarter	6 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
611	GALILAEI	AA104804N2971675	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Eratosthenian (From -3.2 billions years to -1.1 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Galileo Galilei (or Galileo)	?	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer and physicist	Italy	Italian	17	17 th century	Pise	1564	Arcetri	1642	Founder of the modern mechanics. First use of the refractor on stars. Discovers stains of the sun the satellites of Jupiter and the lunar relief. Had to renounce the rotation of the Earth around the Sun.	-62.832456	297.167544	62 ° 50 ' West	10.480428	10.480° North	Nearside	North-West	Moon West limb	15	15	7.9	2404	0.150387043847986	Isolated circular formation situated on a little marked wrinkle ridge.		Slightly steep slopes.	Fairly high walls.	Flat floor.	2	Pretty interesting formation	12	5 days after First Quarter	4 days after Last Quarter	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
612	GALIMOV	AA643000S2334700	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Erik Mikhaylovich Galimov	IAU 2024	04/01/2024 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Geochemist	Russia	Russian	20	20 th century	Vladivostok	1936	??	2020	Editor in chief of the Russian Journal of Geochemistry. Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Professor at Lomonosov University. Died of COVID 19.	-126.53	233.47	126 ° 32 ' West	-64.3	64 ° 18 ' South	Farside	South-West	Près du cratère Watson	33	33	16.5	Unknown height.	Unknown height. Impossible calculation.	Faint crater located on the southern slope of Watson Crater.		Slightly steep and low slopes.	Slightly steep and low wall.	Flat floor tormented with ridges and mounds	0	Not observable	Not observable	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
613	GALLE	AA558733N223286	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Eratosthenian (From -3.2 billions years to -1.1 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Johan Gottfried Galle	Schmidt (1878)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	Germany	German	19	19 th century	Pabsthaus	1812	Potsdam	1910		22.328585	22.328585	22 ° 20 ' East	55.873268	55.873° North	Nearside	North-East	Moon North limb	22	21	10.4	2608	0.124465215424355	Circular formation.		Slightly steep slopes.	High walls with terraces.	Narrow flat floor.	2	Pretty interesting formation	5	5 days after New Moon	4 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
614	GALOIS	AA139394S2070068	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Evariste Galois	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	mathematician	France	French	19	19 th century	Bourg la Reine	1811	Paris	1832	Works on groups theory. Solution of resolution of equations with radicals.	-152.993245	207.006755	152 ° 60 ' West	-13.939435	13.939° South	Farside	South-West	Not determined	222	222	115.9	5378	0.023188019383922	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
615	GALVANI	AA495121N2754382	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Luigi Galvani	Schmidt (1878)	01/01/1961 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Physicist and doctor	Italy	Italian	18	18 th century	Bologne	1737	Bologne	1798	Specialist of the compared anatomy. Discoverer of the nervous electrical impulse.	-84.561831	275.438169	84 ° 34 ' West	49.512114	49.512° North	Librations zone	North-West	Moon North-North-West limb	80	80	38.4	3856	0.050201240192168	Circular formation situated in the zone of librations and overlapping Repsold.	Partly covered by Imbrian ejecta. possibly pre-Nectarian or Lower Imbrian	Slightly steep slopes.	Slightly high walls supporting a crater to the South.	Flat floor crossed by Rimae Repsold.	1	Low interest or difficult formation	14	Full Moon	6 days after Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
616	GAMBART	AA9236N3447611	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Imbrian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.85 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Jean F. Gambart	Mädler (1837)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	France	French	19	19 th century	?	1800	?	1836	Discoverer of 13 comets.	-15.238934	344.761066	15 ° 14 ' West	0.923605	0.924° North	Nearside	North-West	Erathostenes crater South region	25	25	12.3	2740	0.111032785472242	Isolated circular formation.		Slightly steep slopes.	Fairly high walls.	Flat floor filled with lava. Craterlets.	3	Very interesting formation	8	1 day after First Quarter	Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
617	GAMOW	AA652869N1446454	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	George Gamow	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astrophysicist	USA	American	20	20 th century	Odessa	1904	Boulder	1968	Works with Bohr and Rutherford. Theory about alpha radioactivity. Numerous works on stellar thermonuclear reactions. Cosmology theory implying a fossil temperature of sky bottom. Great popularizer with his character Mr Tompkins.	144.645387	144.645387	144 ° 39 ' East	65.286889	65.287° North	Farside	North-East	Not determined	129	129	56.9	4342	0.038118615229989	Not observable	Older than Humboldtianum Basin	Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
618	GANSKIY	AA96406S970029	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Aleksey P. Hansky	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	Russia	Russian	19	19 th century	?	1870	?	1908	?	97.002913	97.002913	97 ° 0 ' East	-9.640577	9.641° South	Librations zone	South-East	Not determined	43	43	21	3218	0.076428478668981	Circular formation situated in the zone of librations.		Not easily observable.			1	Low interest or difficult formation	1	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	30	x10 binoculars	50 mm refractor
619	GANSWINDT	AA794155S1111673	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Hermann Ganswindt	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	engineer	Germany	German	20	20 th century	?	1856	?	1934	Space launchers conceiver.	111.16731	111.16731	111 ° 10 ' East	-79.41553	79.416° South	Librations zone	South-East	Not determined	74	74	38.7	3867	0.049888480634634	Circular formation situated in the zone of librations.		Not easily observable.			1	Low interest or difficult formation	1	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	30	x10 binoculars	50 mm refractor
620	GARAVITO	AA472132S1567810	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	J. Garavito	IAU 1976 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	Colombia	Colombian	20	20 th century	?	1865	?	1920	?	156.781035	156.781035	156 ° 47 ' East	-47.213249	47.213° South	Farside	South-East	Not determined	74	74	40.5	3919	0.048359537449306	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
621	GARDNER	AA177474N338133	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Eratosthenian (From -3.2 billions years to -1.1 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Irvine Clifton Gardner (ex Vitruvius A)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Physicist	U. S. A.	American	20	20 th century	?	1889	?	1972	?	33.813269	33.813269	33 ° 49 ' East	17.747423	17.747° North	Nearside	North-East	North of Mare Tranquillitatis region	18	18	8.8	2475	0.140521368855526	Circular formation.		Slightly steep slopes but to the North and bearing a craterlet to the South-West.	Very high walls.	Extensive flat floor filled with lava.	2	Pretty interesting formation	5	5 days after New Moon	4 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
622	GARTNER	AA592433N347579	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Walled plain	Meteoritic impact	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	Christian Gärtner	Schröter (1802)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Geologist	Germany	German	18	18 th century	?	1750	?	1813	?	34.757865	34.757865	34 ° 45 ' East	59.243287	59.243° North	Nearside	North-East	Moon North-North-East limb	103	102	50.8	4197	0.041239617044512	Circular formation.		Fairly steep slopes bearing G?rtner A to the North-East and G?rtner G and F to the East.	Slightly high walls gobbled to the South in Mare Frigoris.	Flat floor filled with lava with G?rtner D to the South and Rima G?rtner to the East. Hills and craterlets.	4	Exceptional formation	5	5 days after New Moon	4 days after Full Moon	5	Naked eye	10x binoculars
623	GASSENDI	AA175546S3200363	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Walled plain	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Pierre Gassend (or Gassendi)	Riccioli (1651)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Annulus Neptuni	Mons Cataractes	Gassendi	Philosopher and astronomer	France	French	17	17 th century	Champtercier	1592	Paris	1655	Pioneer of the observation with a refractor. First observer of a path of Mercury ahead the Sun in 1631. Copernician in connection with Kepler and Galilée.	-39.963727	320.036273	39 ° 58 ' West	-17.554576	17.555° South	Nearside	South-West	Mare Humorum region	111	110	55.6	4313	0.038721752266439	Circular formation situated on the North bank of Mare Humorum.		Steep slopes to the North gobbled to the South in Mare Humorum and bearing the couple Gassendi A and B to the North.	Walls higher to the West and gobbled to the South in Mare Humorum.	Very large flat floor covered by Rimae Gassendi. Internal mountainous ring. Double central mountain 1200 m high. Hills craterlets and lines of crest.	4	Exceptional formation	10	3 days after First Quarter	2 days after Last Quarter	5	Naked eye	10x binoculars
624	GASTON	AA308777N3260401	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	French male name.	IAU	01/01/1979 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Not appliable	Europe	France	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	-33.959929	326.040071	33 ° 58 ' West	30.87765	30.878° North	Nearside	North-West	Aristarchus	2.01953	2.01953	1	398	0.197382927088307	Few visible craterlet covered by Delisle ejectas.		Slightly steep slopes.	Slightly steep walls collapsed in the North-East.	Flat floor.	99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	10	Three days after First Quarter	Two days after Last Quarter	100	100 mm refractor	200 mm refractor
625	GATOR	LF90000S156000	IAU Named formation	LF	Landing site name	Not determined	Not appliable	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Astronaut-named feature - Apollo 16 site.	IAU	01/01/1973 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	15.6	15.6	15 ° 36 ' East	-9	9.000° North	Nearside	South-East	Theophilus	0.9	0.9	0.4	166	0.195681721599563	Small craterlet named by Apollo 16 astronauts.		Not described in this VMA version.			99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	6	Six days after New Moon	Five days after Full Moon	999	Not observable	Not observable
626	GAUDIBERT	AA109294S378232	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Casimir M. Gaudibert	Krieger / K?nig (1912)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	France	French	19	19 th century	?	1823	?	1901	Amateur astronomer observer of the Moon and selenographer.	37.823161	37.823161	37 ° 49 ' East	-10.929359	10.929° South	Nearside	South-East	Theophilus crater North-East region	33	33	16.5	2994	0.090359558091515	Isolated circular formation.		Slightly steep slopes bearing a trio of craterlets to the South.	Slightly high walls.	Tormented floor. Lines of crests and central mountain doubles.	3	Very interesting formation	10	3 days after First Quarter	2 days after Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
627	GAURICUS	AA339066S3472580	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	Luca Gaurico	Riccioli (1651)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Masii	Not named	Gauricus	Theologian and astronomer	Italy	Italian	16	16 th century	Giffoni	1476	Rome	1558	Promoter of the reform of the calendar. Author of a translation of the 'Almageste' of Ptolemee.	-12.742001	347.257999	12 ° 45 ' West	-33.906561	33.907° South	Nearside	South-West	Tycho crater region	80	80	39.8	3898	0.048956431498347	Very eroded and damaged formation.		Very Slightly steep slopes bearing many craters whose Gauricus A to the South-West Gauricus B and D to the South and Gauricus G to the East.	Fairly high walls with raterlets to the West.	Flat floor filled with lava with a crater in iron to horse to the North.	3	Very interesting formation	8	1 day after First Quarter	Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
628	GAUSS	AA360063N790767	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Walled plain	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Carl Friedrich Gauss	Mädler (1837)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Mathematician astronomer and physicist	Germany	German	19	19 th century	Brunswick	1777	G?ttingen	1855	Works on the algebra. Determination of the orbit of Ceres. Tests on the nature of the space. Inventor of the magnétometer. General theory of the terrestrial magnetism in 1839.	79.076654	79.076654	79 ° 5 ' East	36.006285	36.006° North	Nearside	North-East	Moon North-East limb	177	177	85.3	4904	0.02872987269626	Circular formation.	Younger than Crisium amd Humboldtianum basins. floor fractured	Fairly steep slopes.	High walls ridden by several craterlets whose Gauss Has & B to the East.	Very large flat floor with internal craters whose Gauss E. Small central mountain.	4	Exceptional formation	2	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	5	Naked eye	10x binoculars
629	GAVRILOV	AA174084N1312222	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Aleksandr I. Gavrilov	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	engineer	USSR	Soviet	20	20 th century	?	1884	?	1955	Space launchers conceiver.	131.222188	131.222188	131 ° 13 ' East	17.408357	17.408° North	Farside	North-East	Not determined	60	60	30.8	3609	0.058571323088759	Not observable	Younger than Moscoviense Basin	Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
630	GAY-LUSSAC	AA138750N3392072	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Copernician (From -1.1 billions years to present days) ?	Period source not found	No details	Louis-Joseph Gay-Lussac	Mädler (1837)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Physicist and chemist	France	French	19	19 th century	Saint-Léonard de Nob	1778	Paris	1850	Law on the dilation of gases in 1802. Preparation of the sodium the potassium and many acids. Discovery of halogens.	-20.792794	339.207206	20 ° 48 ' West	13.875026	13.875° North	Nearside	North-West	Copernic crater region	27	26	12.7	2764	0.108823259723812	Very wrecked formation.		Steep slopes bearing Gay-Lussac A to the South and Gay Lussac D to the North.	Slightly high walls.	Tormented floor. Depressions and hills. Craterlets and line of crest.	3	Very interesting formation	9	2 days after First Quarter	1 day after Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
631	GEBER	AA194614S138479	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Gabir ben Aflah	Riccioli (1651)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Tassis	Not named	Geber	Alchemist	Arabia	Arabian	9	9 th century	?	?	Tus	815	Discoverer of nitric and sulphuric acids and the water components. Isolated the arsenic and the antimony.	13.847906	13.847906	13 ° 51 ' East	-19.461449	19.461° South	Nearside	South-East	East of Catharina crater region	45	45	22.3	3276	0.073328262860036	Isolated circular formation.	Covered by Imbrium ejecta	Steep slopes overlapped by Geber B to the North-West and bearing a craterlet to the South-West.	Very high walls in light terraces.	Slightly extensive and flat floor. Craterlets whose a central.	3	Very interesting formation	6	6 days after New Moon	5 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
632	GEIGER	AA143877S1584092	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Upper Imbrian (From -3.8 billions years to -3.2 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Johannes H. W. Geiger	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	physicist	Germany	German	20	20 th century	?	1882	?	1945	?	158.409201	158.409201	158 ° 25 ' East	-14.387677	14.388° South	Farside	South-East	Not determined	34	34	18.3	3086	0.084251665052017	Not observable	Possibly Lower Imbrian	Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
633	GEISSLER	AA25969S765052	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Heinrich Geissler (ex Gilbert D)	?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Physicist and engineer	Germany	German	19	19 th century	Igelshieb	1814	Bonn	1879	Founder of a manufacture of physics and chemistry machines in Bonn. Inventor of rarefied gas bulbs and of a mercury void pump in 1857.	76.505181	76.505181	76 ° 30 ' East	-2.596933	2.597° South	Nearside	South-East	Moon East limb	17	16	8.6	2466	0.14181791328137	Circular formation with bowl shape situated on the floor of Gilbert.		Fairly steep slopes.	Slightly high walls.	Rounded floor.	1	Low interest or difficult formation	2	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
634	GEMINUS	AA344197N566607	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Eratosthenian (From -3.2 billions years to -1.1 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Geminos	Riccioli (1651)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Edelherii	Montes Riphaei	Geminus	Astronomer	Greece	Greek	-1	1 st century BC	?	about 70 BC	?	?	Author of a 'Theory of mathematics' and a 'Introduction to phenomena'.	56.660665	56.660665	56 ° 40 ' East	34.419711	34.420° North	Nearside	North-East	Moon North-East limb	86	86	40.9	3933	0.0479754068926	Circular formation.		Very steep slopes bearing the craterlet Geminus C to the South-East.	Wall in very raised terraces.	Flat and extensive floor. Central mountain. Hills and craterlets.	4	Exceptional formation	3	3 days after New Moon	2 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
635	GEMMA FRISIUS	AA343285S133685	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Imbrian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.85 billions years) ?	Byrne / Personal communication / 2008	No details	Reinier Gemma	Riccioli (1651)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Radsevilii	Montes Armeniae	Gemma Frisius	Doctor and astronomer	Netherlands	Dutch	16	16 th century	?	1508	?	1555	?	13.368453	13.368453	13 ° 22 ' East	-34.328488	34.328° South	Nearside	South-East	Maurolycus crater region	88	88	44.2	4025	0.04546215055129	Damaged circular formation.		Steep slopes bearing Goodacre to the North-East Gemma Frisius G and H to the North-West Gemma Frisius D to the West and Gemma Frisius A to the South-East.	Very high walls in sweet slope to the South-East and damaged by many craters.	Flat floor to the North and tormented to the South. Small mountain off center.	3	Very interesting formation	6	6 days after New Moon	5 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
636	GENA	AA383007N3250006	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Greek-derived male name Gennady in Russian diminutive form.	IAU	14/06/2012 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	Not appliable	Europe	Russia	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	Not appliable	-34.99942	325.00058	34 ° 60 ' West	38.300743	38.301° North	Nearside	North-West	Sinus Iridum	0.2	0.2	0.1	38	0.192870750899238	Geological formation on the Luna 17 landing site and visited by Lunokhod 1.		Not described in this VMA version.			99	Not evaluated in this VMA version	10	Three days after First Quarter	Two days after Last Quarter	999	Not observable	Not observable
637	GERARD	AA445353N2794937	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	Alexander Gerard	Mädler (1837)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Explorer	England	English	19	19 th century	?	1792	?	1839	Specialist of the Himalaya and the Tibet.	-80.506281	279.493719	80 ° 30 ' West	44.535294	44.535° North	Librations zone	North-West	Moon North-West limb	91	90	49.3	4160	0.042114034872201	Wrecked formation situated in the zone of librations.		Slightly steep slopes.	Slightly high walls gobbled to the North-West.	Flat floor. Line of crest and craterlets.	2	Pretty interesting formation	14	Full Moon	6 days after Last Quarter	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
638	GERASIMOVICH	AA229519S2365809	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Period source not found	No details	Boris P. Gerasimovitch	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	USSR	Soviet	20	20 th century	?	1889	?	1937	?	-123.419064	236.580936	123 ° 25 ' West	-22.951937	22.952° South	Farside	South-West	Not determined	86	86	45	4047	0.044879166876057	Not observable	Partly covered by Imbrian ejecta	Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
639	GERNSBACK	AA365261S995261	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Hugo	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	engineer	USA	American	20	20 th century	Luxembourg	1884	New York	1967	Discoverer of radar principle in 1911 and of transistor principle. Publisher of the first science fiction magazine Amazing Stories in 1926.	99.526098	99.526098	99 ° 32 ' East	-36.526145	36.526° South	Librations zone	South-East	Not determined	48	48	23.6	3330	0.070569175218536	Circular formation situated in the zone of librations.		Not easily observable.			1	Low interest or difficult formation	1	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	30	x10 binoculars	50 mm refractor
640	GIBBS	AA183659S842675	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Nectarian (From -3.92 billions years to -3.85 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Josiah Willard Gibbs	Arthur / Whitaker (1963)	01/01/1964 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Physicist	U. S. A.	American	19	19 th century	New Haven	1839	New Haven	1903	Specialist of the thermo - dynamics and the statistical mechanics. Einstein used his works in his theories.	84.267546	84.267546	84 ° 16 ' East	-18.365942	18.366° South	Librations zone	South-East	Moon East-South-East limb	78	78	39.3	3885	0.049338144108609	Circular formation situated in the zone of librations.		Fairly steep slopes.	Fairly high walls.	Flat floor filled with lava. Central mountain.	2	Pretty interesting formation	2	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
641	GILBERT	AA31950S761598	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Walled plain	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	Karl Grove Gilbert	Arthur / Whitaker (1963)	01/01/1964 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Geologist	U. S. A.	American	19	19 th century	Rochester	1843	Jackson	1918	Explorer of the American West. Discoverer of the Lake Bonneville. Author of a theory of the geological formation of the Large American Basin.	76.159809	76.159809	76 ° 10 ' East	-3.195029	3.195° South	Nearside	South-East	Moon East limb	108	107	50.1	4178	0.041681420967652	Damaged circular formation.		Fairly steep slopes bearing Van Vleck to the North-East Weierstrass to the North and the large K?stner G to the East.	Slightly high walls ridden by Gilbert S to the North and by Gilbert A to the South-East.	Fairly flat floor extensive supporting Geissler.	2	Pretty interesting formation	2	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	5	Naked eye	10x binoculars
642	GILL	AA637652S759457	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Pre-Nectarian (From -4.55 billions years to -3.92 billions years)	Wilhelms and Byrne / 2009	No details	Sir David Gill	Arthur / Whitaker (1963)	01/01/1964 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Astronomer	Scotland	Scottish	19	19 th century	Aberdeen	1843	London	1914	Photography of the southerly celestial vault in 1891. Works on the parallaxe of the Sun. Author of a catalogue of 400 000 stars. Distance of 22 close stars.	75.945657	75.945657	75 ° 57 ' East	-63.765202	63.765° South	Nearside	South-East	Moon South-South-East limb	66	66	31.9	3648	0.05710253633404	Circular formation situated to the edge of the zone of librations.		Slightly steep slopes bearing two craters to the East and one to the South.	Slightly high walls ridden by a crater to the West.	Flat floor.	3	Very interesting formation	2	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
643	GINZEL	AA142496N974003	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Friedrich K. Ginzel	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1970 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	astronomer	Austria	Austrian	20	20 th century	?	1850	?	1926	?	97.400332	97.400332	97 ° 24 ' East	14.249554	14.250° North	Librations zone	North-East	Not determined	55	55	26.6	3453	0.064880939323437	Circular formation situated in the zone of librations.		Not easily observable.			1	Low interest or difficult formation	1	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	30	x10 binoculars	50 mm refractor
644	GIOJA	AA833469N17595	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Flavio Gioja	Mädler (1837)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Seaman	Italy	Italian	14	14 th century	?	about 1420	?	?	?	1.759504	1.759504	1 ° 46 ' East	83.34692	83.347° North	Nearside	North-East	Moon North limb	41	42	21.2	3226	0.075975050641641	Circular formation situated near the North Pole.		Slightly steep slopes crushed by Byrd to the North.	damaged Slightly high walls to the North-East.	Flat floor.	2	Pretty interesting formation	7	First Quarter	6 days after Full Moon	30	10x binoculars	50 mm refractor
645	GIORDANO BRUNO	AA359686N1028933	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Copernician (From -1.1 billions years to present days)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Giordano Bruno	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1961 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	philosopher	Italy	Italian	16		Nola	1548	Roma	1600	Heretic accusation in 1576. Disciple of Galil‚e then Copernic. Conceiver of an infinite universe. Dead on fire.	102.893341	102.893341	102 ° 54 ' East	35.968605	35.969° North	Librations zone	North-East	Not determined	22	22	11	2651	0.119828049549932	Circular formation situated in the zone of librations.	Very young	Not easily observable.			1	Low interest or difficult formation	1	2 days after New Moon	1 day after Full Moon	30	x10 binoculars	50 mm refractor
646	GLAISHER	AA131870N493406	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Imbrian (From -3.85 billions years to -3.2 billions years) ?	Period source not found	No details	James Glaisher	Birt / Lee (1865)	01/01/1935 00:00:00	Not named	Not named	Not named	Meteorologist	England	English	19	19 th century	?	1809	?	1903	?	49.340596	49.340596	49 ° 20 ' East	13.187028	13.187° North	Nearside	North-East	North edge of Mare Fecunditatis	17	16	7.9	2401	0.150848952007443	Circular formation with bowl shape.		Steep slopes bearing Glaisher E and G to the South-West Glaisher B and A to the South-East Glaisher L and M to the North-West and Glaisher H and F to the North-East.	Wall asssez raised.	Slightly extensive and flat floor.	2	Pretty interesting formation	4	4 days after New Moon	3 days after Full Moon	50	50 mm refractor	100 mm refractor
647	GLAUBER	AA113172N1426660	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Formation period not found	Period source not found	No details	Johann Rudolf Glauber	IAU 1970 ?	01/01/1976 00:00:00	Not known	Not known	Not known	chemist	Germany	German	17	17 th century	Karlstadt	1604	Amsterdam	1670	Discoverer of chlorhydric acide and of chlorides. Separation of soda and potasse and preparation of their salts.	142.665976	142.665976	142 ° 40 ' East	11.317245	11.317° North	Farside	North-East	Not determined	15	15	7.6	2370	0.155522778560656	Not observable		Not described in this VMA version.			0	Not observable	0	Not observable	Not observable	999	Not observable	Not observable
648	GLAZENAP	AA18512S1377565	IAU Named formation	AA	Crater	Not determined	Meteoritic impact	Upper Imbrian (From -3.8 billions years to -3.2 billions years)	Wilhelms / 1987 / Geological history of the Moon table	No details	Sergej P. Glazenap	IAU 1970 ?	01/

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