List of craters on the Moon: L–N

Main article: List of craters on the Moon

The list of approved names in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature maintained by the International Astronomical Union includes the diameter of the crater and the person the crater is named for. Where a crater formation has associated satellite craters, these are detailed on the main crater description pages.

L

Crater	Coordinates	Diameter (km)	Approval Year	Eponym	Ref
L. Clark	43.34°S 147.7°W / -43.34; -147.7 (L. Clark)	15.3	2006	Laurel Blair Salton Clark (1961–2003)	WGPSN
La Caille	23.68°S 1.08°E / -23.68; 1.08 (La Caille)	67.22	1935	Nicolas Louis de Lacaille (1713–1762)	WGPSN
La Condamine	53.54°N 28.22°W / 53.54; -28.22 (La Condamine)	37.83	1935	Charles Marie de La Condamine (1701–1774)	WGPSN
La Pérouse	10.67°S 76.28°E / -10.67; 76.28 (La Pérouse)	80.4	1935	Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse (1741–1788)	WGPSN
Lacchini	41.29°N 107.83°W / 41.29; -107.83 (Lacchini)	57.95	1970	Giovanni Lacchini (1884–1967)	WGPSN
Lacroix	37.93°S 59.2°W / -37.93; -59.2 (Lacroix)	36.07	1935	Sylvestre Francois de Lacroix (1765–1843)	WGPSN
Lade	1.33°S 9.99°E / -1.33; 9.99 (Lade)	58.11	1935	Heinrich Eduard von Lade (1817–1904)	WGPSN
Lagalla	44.48°S 22.36°W / -44.48; -22.36 (Lagalla)	88.78	1935	Giulio Cesare Lagalla (1571–1624)	WGPSN
Lagrange	32.6°S 71.45°W / -32.6; -71.45 (Lagrange)	162.21	1935	Joseph Louis Lagrange (1736–1813)	WGPSN
Lalande	4.46°S 8.65°W / -4.46; -8.65 (Lalande)	23.54	1935	Joseph Jérôme Le François de Lalande (1732–1807)	WGPSN
Lallemand	14.4°S 84.21°W / -14.4; -84.21 (Lallemand)	16.69	1985	André Lallemand (1904–1978)	WGPSN
Lamarck	23.12°S 70.06°W / -23.12; -70.06 (Lamarck)	114.65	1964	Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, Chevalier de Lamarck (1744–1829)	WGPSN
Lamb	42.67°S 100.94°E / -42.67; 100.94 (Lamb)	103.55	1970	Sir Horace Lamb (1849–1934)	WGPSN
Lambert	25.77°N 20.99°W / 25.77; -20.99 (Lambert)	30.12	1935	Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728–1777)	WGPSN
Lamé	14.76°S 64.56°E / -14.76; 64.56 (Lamé)	84.28	1964	Gabriel Lamé (1795–1870)	WGPSN
Lamèch	42.79°N 13.15°E / 42.79; 13.15 (Lamèch)	12.41	1935	Félix Chemla Lamèch (1894–1962)	WGPSN
Lamont	5.14°N 23.32°E / 5.14; 23.32 (Lamont)	83.23	1935	Johann von Lamont (1805–1879)	WGPSN
Lampland	31.17°S 131.51°E / -31.17; 131.51 (Lampland)	63.04	1970	Carl Otto Lampland (1873–1951)	WGPSN
Landau	42.16°N 119.34°W / 42.16; -119.34 (Landau)	218.15	1970	Lev Davidovich Landau (1908–1968)	WGPSN
Lander	15.34°S 131.81°E / -15.34; 131.81 (Lander)	40.05	1976	Richard Lemon Lander (1804–1834)	WGPSN
Landsteiner	31.3°N 14.79°W / 31.3; -14.79 (Landsteiner)	6.11	1976	Karl Landsteiner (1868–1943)	WGPSN
Lane	9.5°S 132.36°E / -9.5; 132.36 (Lane)	53.76	1970	Jonathan Homer Lane (1819–1880)	WGPSN
Langemak	9.93°S 119.45°E / -9.93; 119.45 (Langemak)	104.76	1970	Georgy Erikhovich Langemak (1898–1938)	WGPSN
Langevin	44.17°N 162.69°E / 44.17; 162.69 (Langevin)	57.8	1970	Paul Langevin (1872–1946)	WGPSN
Langley	51.17°N 86.05°W / 51.17; -86.05 (Langley)	59.17	1964	Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834–1906)	WGPSN
Langmuir	35.85°S 128.89°W / -35.85; -128.89 (Langmuir)	91.5	1970	Irving Langmuir (1881–1957)	WGPSN
Langrenus	8.86°S 61.04°E / -8.86; 61.04 (Langrenus)	131.98	1935	Michel van Langren (circa 1600–1675)	WGPSN
Lansberg	0.31°S 26.63°W / -0.31; -26.63 (Lansberg)	38.75	1935	Philippe van Lansberg (1561–1632)	WGPSN
Larmor	31.85°N 179.67°W / 31.85; -179.67 (Larmor)	99.49	1970	Sir Joseph Larmor (1857–1942)	WGPSN
Lassell	15.49°S 7.9°W / -15.49; -7.9 (Lassell)	21.82	1935	William Lassell (1799–1880)	WGPSN
Laue	28.29°N 97.05°W / 28.29; -97.05 (Laue)	89.17	1970	Max von Laue (1879–1960)	WGPSN
Lauritsen	27.54°S 96.31°E / -27.54; 96.31 (Lauritsen)	51.24	1970	Charles Christian Lauritsen (1892–1968)	WGPSN
Laveran	81.8°S 159.78°W / -81.8; -159.78 (Laveran)	12.52	2009	Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran (1845–1922)	WGPSN
Lavoisier	38.17°N 81.25°W / 38.17; -81.25 (Lavoisier)	71.01	1935	Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier (1743–1794)	WGPSN
Lawrence	7.35°N 43.3°E / 7.35; 43.3 (Lawrence)	24.02	1973	Ernest Orlando Lawrence (1901–1958) and Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr. (1935–1993)	WGPSN
Le Gentil	74.27°S 76.02°W / -74.27; -76.02 (Le Gentil)	125.38	1935	Guillaume Hyacinthe Le Gentil (1725–1792)	WGPSN
Le Monnier	26.66°N 30.5°E / 26.66; 30.5 (Le Monnier)	68.4	1935	Pierre Charles Lemonnier (1715–1799)	WGPSN
Le Verrier	40.33°N 20.61°W / 40.33; -20.61 (Le Verrier)	20.52	1935	Urbain Jean Le Verrier (1811–1877)	WGPSN
Leakey	3.19°S 37.46°E / -3.19; 37.46 (Leakey)	12.48	1976	Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903–1972)	WGPSN
Leavitt	44.86°S 139.89°W / -44.86; -139.89 (Leavitt)	69.31	1970	Henrietta Swan Leavitt (1868–1921)	WGPSN
Lebedev	46.8°S 107.89°E / -46.8; 107.89 (Lebedev)	121.8	1970	Pyotr Nikolaevich Lebedev (1866–1912)	WGPSN
Lebedinskiy	7.84°N 164.89°W / 7.84; -164.89 (Lebedinskiy)	63.39	1970	Aleksandr I. Lebedinskiy (1913–1967)	WGPSN
Lebesgue	5.14°S 88.97°E / -5.14; 88.97 (Lebesgue)	11.39	1976	Henri Léon Lebesgue (1875–1941)	WGPSN
Lee	30.66°S 40.76°W / -30.66; -40.76 (Lee)	41.17	1935	John Lee (1783–1866)	WGPSN
Leeuwenhoek	29.28°S 178.87°W / -29.28; -178.87 (Leeuwenhoek)	125	1970	Antony van Leeuwenhoek (1632–1723)	WGPSN
Legendre	28.92°S 70.02°E / -28.92; 70.02 (Legendre)	78.08	1935	Adrien Marie Legendre (1752–1833)	WGPSN
Lehmann	39.96°S 56.17°W / -39.96; -56.17 (Lehmann)	53.85	1935	Jacob Heinrich Wilhelm Lehmann (1800–1863)	WGPSN
Leibnitz	38.24°S 179.35°E / -38.24; 179.35 (Leibnitz)	236.67	1970	Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz (1646–1716)	WGPSN
Lemaître	61.36°S 149.98°W / -61.36; -149.98 (Lemaître)	93.7	1970	Georges Lemaître (1894–1966)	WGPSN
Lenard	85.19°N 109.69°W / 85.19; -109.69 (Lenard)	47.65	2008	Philipp Eduard Anton von Lénárd (1862–1947)	WGPSN
Lents	2.72°N 102.3°W / 2.72; -102.3 (Lents)	21.98	1970	Heinrich Friedrich Emil Lenz (1804–1865)	WGPSN
Leonid	38.3°N 35°W / 38.3; -35 (Leonid)	0.1	2012	Russian male name	WGPSN
Leonov	19.07°N 148.36°E / 19.07; 148.36 (Leonov)	34.04	1970	Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov (1934-2019)	WGPSN
Lepaute	33.3°S 33.69°W / -33.3; -33.69 (Lepaute)	16.36	1935	Nicole-Reine Etable de la Briere Lepaute (1723–1788)	WGPSN
Letronne	10.5°S 42.49°W / -10.5; -42.49 (Letronne)	117.59	1935	Jean Antoine Letronne (1787–1848)	WGPSN
Leucippus	29.24°N 116.41°W / 29.24; -116.41 (Leucippus)	57.03	1970	Leucippus (flourished circa 440 B.C.)	WGPSN
Leuschner	1.67°N 109.05°W / 1.67; -109.05 (Leuschner)	50.14	1970	Armin Otto Leuschner (1868–1953)	WGPSN
Lev	12.69°N 62.2°E / 12.69; 62.2 (Lev)	0.06	2012	Russian male name	WGPSN
Levi-Civita	23.34°S 143.14°E / -23.34; 143.14 (Levi-Civita)	108.23	1970	Tullio Levi-Civita (1873–1941)	WGPSN
Lewis	18.51°S 114.23°W / -18.51; -114.23 (Lewis)	40.32	1970	Gilbert Newton Lewis (1875–1946)	WGPSN
Lexell	35.78°S 4.27°W / -35.78; -4.27 (Lexell)	63.7	1935	Anders Johan Lexell (1740–1784)	WGPSN
Ley	42.11°N 154.84°E / 42.11; 154.84 (Ley)	81.05	1970	Willy Ley (1906–1969)	WGPSN
Licetus	47.19°S 6.54°E / -47.19; 6.54 (Licetus)	75.42	1935	Fortunio Liceti (1577–1657)	WGPSN
Lichtenberg	31.85°N 67.72°W / 31.85; -67.72 (Lichtenberg)	19.53	1935	Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742–1799)	WGPSN
Lick	12.36°N 52.84°E / 12.36; 52.84 (Lick)	31.63	1935	James Lick (1796–1876)	WGPSN
Liebig	24.35°S 48.3°W / -24.35; -48.3 (Liebig)	38.96	1935	Freiherr Justus von Liebig (1803–1873)	WGPSN
Lilius	54.6°S 6.09°E / -54.6; 6.09 (Lilius)	61.18	1935	Luigi Giglio (died 1576)	WGPSN
Linda	30.69°N 33.38°W / 30.69; -33.38 (Linda)	1.11	1979	(Spanish female name)	WGPSN
Lindbergh	5.41°S 52.9°E / -5.41; 52.9 (Lindbergh)	13.34	1976	Charles Augustus Lindbergh (1902–1974)	WGPSN
Lindblad	70.03°N 99.22°W / 70.03; -99.22 (Lindblad)	59.37	1970	Bertil Lindblad (1895–1965)	WGPSN
Lindenau	32.35°S 24.77°E / -32.35; 24.77 (Lindenau)	53.08	1935	Bernhard von Lindenau (1780–1854)	WGPSN
Lindsay	7°S 13.01°E / -7; 13.01 (Lindsay)	32.23	1979	Eric Mervyn Lindsay (1907–1974)	WGPSN
Linné	27.75°N 11.8°E / 27.75; 11.8 (Linné)	2.23	1935	Carl von Linné (1707–1778)	WGPSN
Liouville	2.73°N 73.57°E / 2.73; 73.57 (Liouville)	16.12	1973	Joseph Liouville (1809–1882)	WGPSN
Lippershey	25.96°S 10.38°W / -25.96; -10.38 (Lippershey)	6.74	1935	Hans Lippershey (died 1619)	WGPSN
Lippmann	55.43°S 114.32°W / -55.43; -114.32 (Lippmann)	160.07	1979	Gabriel Lippmann (1845–1921)	WGPSN
Lipskiy	2.15°S 179.38°W / -2.15; -179.38 (Lipskiy)	91.15	1979	Yuriy N. Lipskiy (1909–1978)	WGPSN
Litke	16.76°S 123.12°E / -16.76; 123.12 (Litke)	38.18	1970	Fyodor Petrovich Litke (Lütke) (1797–1882)	WGPSN
Littrow	21.5°N 31.39°E / 21.5; 31.39 (Littrow)	28.52	1935	Johann Josef von Littrow (1781–1840)	WGPSN
Lobachevskiy	9.76°N 113.07°E / 9.76; 113.07 (Lobachevskiy)	87.26	1961	Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky (1793–1856)	WGPSN
Lockyer	46.27°S 36.59°E / -46.27; 36.59 (Lockyer)	35.08	1935	Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer (1836–1920)	WGPSN
Lodygin	17.42°S 146.78°W / -17.42; -146.78 (Lodygin)	56.11	1970	Alexander Nikolayevich Lodygin (1847–1923)	WGPSN
Loewy	22.69°S 32.85°W / -22.69; -32.85 (Loewy)	22.45	1935	Moritz Loewy (1833–1907)	WGPSN
Lohrmann	0.44°S 67.38°W / -0.44; -67.38 (Lohrmann)	31.25	1935	Wilhelm Gotthelf Lohrmann (1796–1840)	WGPSN
Lohse	13.76°S 60.31°E / -13.76; 60.31 (Lohse)	43.34	1935	Oswald Lohse (1845–1915)	WGPSN
Lomonosov	27.35°N 98.28°E / 27.35; 98.28 (Lomonosov)	90.69	1961	Mikhail Lomonosov (1711–1765)	WGPSN
Longomontanus	49.55°S 21.88°W / -49.55; -21.88 (Longomontanus)	145.5	1935	Christian Sørensen Longomontanus (1562–1647)	WGPSN
Lorentz	34.59°N 97.19°W / 34.59; -97.19 (Lorentz)	378.42	1970	Hendrik Antoon Lorentz (1853–1928)	WGPSN
Louise	28.49°N 34.2°W / 28.49; -34.2 (Louise)	0.64	1979	(French female name)	WGPSN
Louville	44.12°N 46.04°W / 44.12; -46.04 (Louville)	34.81	1935	Jacques D'Allonville, Chevalier de Louville (1671–1732)	WGPSN
Love	6.33°S 129.17°E / -6.33; 129.17 (Love)	90.08	1970	Augustus Edward Hough Love (1863–1940)	WGPSN
Lovelace	82.08°N 109.51°W / 82.08; -109.51 (Lovelace)	57.06	1970	William Randolph Lovelace II (1907–1965)	WGPSN
Lovell	36.74°S 142.47°W / -36.74; -142.47 (Lovell)	35.1	1970	James Lovell (1928-live)	WGPSN
Lowell	12.97°S 103.42°W / -12.97; -103.42 (Lowell)	62.65	1970	Percival Lowell (1855–1916)	WGPSN
Lubbock	3.99°S 41.79°E / -3.99; 41.79 (Lubbock)	14.09	1935	John William Lubbock (1803–1865)	WGPSN
Lubiniezky	17.88°S 23.89°W / -17.88; -23.89 (Lubiniezky)	42.97	1935	Stanislaus Lubiniezky (1623–1675)	WGPSN
Lucian	14.34°N 36.78°E / 14.34; 36.78 (Lucian)	6.85	1973	Lucian of Samosata (125–190)	WGPSN
Lucretius	8.22°S 121.24°W / -8.22; -121.24 (Lucretius)	64.61	1970	Lucretius (circa 95-55 B.C.)	WGPSN
Ludwig	7.72°S 97.45°E / -7.72; 97.45 (Ludwig)	23.29	1973	Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig (1816–1895)	WGPSN
Lundmark	38.87°S 152.56°E / -38.87; 152.56 (Lundmark)	103.44	1970	Knut Emil Lundmark (1889–1958)	WGPSN
Luther	33.2°N 24.15°E / 33.2; 24.15 (Luther)	9.29	1935	Robert Luther (1822–1900)	WGPSN
Lyapunov	26.43°N 89.36°E / 26.43; 89.36 (Lyapunov)	67.58	1964	Aleksandr Mikhailovich Lyapunov (1857–1918)	WGPSN
Lyell	13.63°N 40.56°E / 13.63; 40.56 (Lyell)	31.17	1935	Sir Charles Lyell (1797–1875)	WGPSN
Lyman	64.96°S 162.47°E / -64.96; 162.47 (Lyman)	83.25	1970	Theodore Lyman (1874–1954)	WGPSN
Lyot	50.47°S 84.8°E / -50.47; 84.8 (Lyot)	150.6	1964	Bernard Ferdinand Lyot (1897–1952)	WGPSN

back to top

M

Crater	Coordinates	Diameter (km)	Approval Year	Eponym	Ref
M. Anderson	41.21°S 148.99°W / -41.21; -148.99 (M. Anderson)	16.94	2006	Michael P. Anderson (1959–2003)	WGPSN
Mach	18.13°N 149.24°W / 18.13; -149.24 (Mach)	174.97	1970	Ernst Mach (1838–1916)	WGPSN
Maclaurin	1.92°S 67.99°E / -1.92; 67.99 (Maclaurin)	54.33	1935	Colin Maclaurin (1698–1746)	WGPSN
Maclear	10.52°N 20.1°E / 10.52; 20.1 (Maclear)	20.34	1961	Thomas Maclear (1794–1879)	WGPSN
MacMillan	24.2°N 7.85°W / 24.2; -7.85 (MacMillan)	6.88	1976	William Duncan MacMillan (1871–1948)	WGPSN
Macrobius	21.26°N 45.97°E / 21.26; 45.97 (Macrobius)	62.79	1935	Ambrosius Aurelius Theodosius Macrobius (unknown; fl. circa 410)	WGPSN
Mädler	11.04°S 29.76°E / -11.04; 29.76 (Mädler)	27.58	1935	Johann Heinrich Mädler (1794–1874)	WGPSN
Maestlin	4.9°N 40.72°W / 4.9; -40.72 (Maestlin)	6.82	1961	Michael Maestlin (1550–1631)	WGPSN
Magelhaens	11.98°S 44.07°E / -11.98; 44.07 (Magelhaens)	37.2	1935	Ferdinand Magellan (1480–1521)	WGPSN
Magelhaens A	12.73°S 44.99°E / -12.73; 44.99 (Magelhaens B)	29.35	2006	Ferdinand Magellan (1480–1521)	WGPSN
Maginus	50.03°S 5.98°W / -50.03; -5.98 (Maginus)	155.58	1935	Giovanni Antonio Magini (1555–1617)	WGPSN
Main	80.87°N 10.41°E / 80.87; 10.41 (Main)	47.43	1935	Robert Main (1808–1878)	WGPSN
Mairan	41.6°N 43.5°W / 41.6; -43.5 (Mairan)	39.49	1935	Jean Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan (1678–1771)	WGPSN
Maksutov	40.75°S 168.65°W / -40.75; -168.65 (Maksutov)	83.84	1970	Dmitri Dmitrievich Maksutov (1896–1964)	WGPSN
Malapert	85°S 11.4°E / -85; 11.4 (Malapert)	72.38	1935	Charles Malapert (1581–1630)	WGPSN
Malinkin	87.22°S 75.94°E / -87.22; 75.94 (Malinkin)	8.28	2014	Egor Ivanovich Malinkin (1923-2008)	WGPSN
Mallet	45.41°S 54.05°E / -45.41; 54.05 (Mallet)	58.92	1935	Robert Mallet (1810–1881)	WGPSN
Malyy	22.03°N 105.56°E / 22.03; 105.56 (Malyy)	41.29	1970	Aleksandr L. Malyy (1907–1961)	WGPSN
Mandelʹshtam	5.7°N 162.39°E / 5.7; 162.39 (Mandelʹshtam)	181.89	1970	Leonid Isaakovich Mandelʹshtam (1879–1944)	WGPSN
Manilius	14.45°N 9.07°E / 14.45; 9.07 (Manilius)	38.34	1935	Marcus Manilius (unknown; circa 50 B.C.)	WGPSN
Manners	4.57°N 19.99°E / 4.57; 19.99 (Manners)	15.05	1935	Russell Henry Manners (1800–1870)	WGPSN
Manuel	24.47°N 11.36°E / 24.47; 11.36 (Manuel)	0.57	1976	(Spanish male name)	WGPSN
Manzinus	67.51°S 26.37°E / -67.51; 26.37 (Manzinus)	95.97	1935	Carlo Antonio Manzini (1599–1677)	WGPSN
Maraldi	19.36°N 34.8°E / 19.36; 34.8 (Maraldi)	39.62	1935	Giovanni Domenico Maraldi (1709–1788) and Jacques Philippe Maraldi (1665–1729)	WGPSN
Marci	22.23°N 167.57°W / 22.23; -167.57 (Marci)	24.47	1970	Jan Marek Marci von Kronland (1595–1667)	WGPSN
Marco Polo	15.52°N 2.05°W / 15.52; -2.05 (Marco Polo)	28.25	1961	Marco Polo (1254–1324)	WGPSN
Marconi	9.48°S 145.2°E / -9.48; 145.2 (Marconi)	72.88	1970	Guglielmo Marconi (1874–1937)	WGPSN
Marinus	39.38°S 76.57°E / -39.38; 76.57 (Marinus)	56.55	1935	Marinus of Tyre (circa 70 – circa 130 A.D.)	WGPSN
Mariotte	28.46°S 139.06°W / -28.46; -139.06 (Mariotte)	70.27	1970	Edme Mariotte (1620–1684)	WGPSN
Marius	11.9°N 50.84°W / 11.9; -50.84 (Marius)	40.09	1935	Simon Marius (1570–1624)	WGPSN
Markov	53.43°N 62.84°W / 53.43; -62.84 (Markov)	39.92	1964	Aleksandr Vladimirovich Markov (astronomer) (1897–1968) and Andrei Andreevich Markov (1856–1922)	WGPSN
Marth	31.16°S 29.35°W / -31.16; -29.35 (Marth)	6.54	1935	Albert Marth (1828–1897)	WGPSN
Mary	18.93°N 27.39°E / 18.93; 27.39 (Mary)	0.53	1976	(English form of Hebrew female name)	WGPSN
Maskelyne	2.16°N 30.04°E / 2.16; 30.04 (Maskelyne)	22.42	1935	Nevil Maskelyne (1732–1811)	WGPSN
Mason	42.7°N 30.51°E / 42.7; 30.51 (Mason)	33.33	1935	Charles Mason (1730–1787)	WGPSN
Maunder	14.52°S 93.88°W / -14.52; -93.88 (Maunder)	53.8	1970	Annie Scott Dill Maunder (née Russell) (1868–1947) and Edward Walter Maunder (1851–1928)	WGPSN
Maupertuis	49.7°N 27.28°W / 49.7; -27.28 (Maupertuis)	45.49	1935	Pierre Louis de Maupertuis (1698–1759)	WGPSN
Maurolycus	41.77°S 13.92°E / -41.77; 13.92 (Maurolycus)	115.35	1935	Francesco Maurolico (1494–1575)	WGPSN
Maury	37.11°N 39.69°E / 37.11; 39.69 (Maury)	16.58	1935	Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806–1873) and Antonia Caetana Maury (1866–1952)	WGPSN
Mavis	29.76°N 26.36°W / 29.76; -26.36 (Mavis)	1.09	1976	(Scottish female name)	WGPSN
Maxwell	29.9°N 98.53°E / 29.9; 98.53 (Maxwell)	109.24	1961	James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879)	WGPSN
McAdie	2.11°N 92.22°E / 2.11; 92.22 (McAdie)	41	1973	Alexander George McAdie (1863–1943)	WGPSN
McAuliffe	33.24°S 149.77°W / -33.24; -149.77 (McAuliffe)	19.11	1988	Christa McAuliffe (1948–1986)	WGPSN
McClure	15.32°S 50.24°E / -15.32; 50.24 (McClure)	23.96	1935	Robert Le Mesurier McClure (1807–1873)	WGPSN
McCool	41.28°S 146.26°W / -41.28; -146.26 (McCool)	20.47	2006	William Cameron McCool (1961–2003)	WGPSN
McDonald	30.39°N 20.88°W / 30.39; -20.88 (McDonald)	6.97	1973	William Johnson McDonald (1844–1926) and Thomas Logie McDonald (1901–1973)	WGPSN
McKellar	15.72°S 170.86°W / -15.72; -170.86 (McKellar)	50.16	1970	Andrew McKellar (1910–1960)	WGPSN
McLaughlin	47.01°N 92.83°W / 47.01; -92.83 (McLaughlin)	75.29	1970	Dean Benjamin McLaughlin (1901–1965)	WGPSN
McMath	16.63°N 166.09°W / 16.63; -166.09 (McMath)	88.58	1970	Francis Charles McMath (1867–1938) and Robert Raynolds McMath (1891–1962)	WGPSN
McNair	35.93°S 147.95°W / -35.93; -147.95 (McNair)	32.02	1988	Ronald Erwin McNair (1950–1986)	WGPSN
McNally	22.5°N 127.65°W / 22.5; -127.65 (McNally)	47.03	1970	Paul A. McNally (1890–1955)	WGPSN
Mechnikov	10.47°S 148.99°W / -10.47; -148.99 (Mechnikov)	58.83	1970	Ilʹya Ilʹich Mechnikov (1845–1916)	WGPSN
Mee	43.63°S 35.19°W / -43.63; -35.19 (Mee)	134.11	1935	Arthur Butler Phillips Mee (1860–1926)	WGPSN
Mees	13.57°N 96.18°W / 13.57; -96.18 (Mees)	51.55	1970	Charles Edward Kenneth Mees (1882–1960)	WGPSN
Meggers	24.3°N 122.94°E / 24.3; 122.94 (Meggers)	51.16	1970	William F. Meggers (1888–1968)	WGPSN
Meitner	10.87°S 113.1°E / -10.87; 113.1 (Meitner)	87.27	1970	Lise Meitner (1878–1968)	WGPSN
Melissa	8.12°N 121.78°E / 8.12; 121.78 (Melissa)	17.21	1979	(Greek female name)	WGPSN
Mendel	48.83°S 109.86°W / -48.83; -109.86 (Mendel)	139.65	1970	Gregor Mendel (1822–1884)	WGPSN
Mendeleev	5.38°N 141.17°E / 5.38; 141.17 (Mendeleev)	325.13	1961	Dmitry Mendeleev (1834–1907)	WGPSN
Menelaus	16.26°N 15.93°E / 16.26; 15.93 (Menelaus)	27.13	1935	Menelaus of Alexandria (circa A.D. 98)	WGPSN
Menzel	3.41°N 36.94°E / 3.41; 36.94 (Menzel)	3.44	1979	Donald Howard Menzel (1901–1976)	WGPSN
Mercator	29.25°S 26.11°W / -29.25; -26.11 (Mercator)	46.32	1935	Gerardus Mercator (1512–1594)	WGPSN
Mercurius	46.66°N 66.07°E / 46.66; 66.07 (Mercurius)	64.3	1935	Mercury	WGPSN
Merrill	74.83°N 117.45°W / 74.83; -117.45 (Merrill)	56.99	1970	Paul Merrill (1887–1961)	WGPSN
Mersenius	21.49°S 49.34°W / -21.49; -49.34 (Mersenius)	84.46	1935	Marin Mersenne (1588–1648)	WGPSN
Meshcherskiy	12.11°N 125.53°E / 12.11; 125.53 (Meshcherskiy)	65.94	1970	Ivan Vsevolodovich Meshcherskiy (1859–1935)	WGPSN
Messala	39.31°N 60.06°E / 39.31; 60.06 (Messala)	122.4	1935	Mashallah ibn Athari (unknown; circa 815)	WGPSN
Messier	1.9°S 47.65°E / -1.9; 47.65 (Messier)	13.8	1935	Charles Messier (1730–1817)	WGPSN
Metius	40.42°S 43.37°E / -40.42; 43.37 (Metius)	83.81	1935	Adriaan Adriaanszoon (known as Metius) (1571–1635)	WGPSN
Meton	73.57°N 19.63°E / 73.57; 19.63 (Meton)	124.7	1935	Meton (unknown; fl. 432 B.C.)	WGPSN
Mezentsev	71.77°N 129.64°W / 71.77; -129.64 (Mezentsev)	84.51	1970	Yurij B. Mezentsev (1929–1965)	WGPSN
Michael	25.05°N 0.21°E / 25.05; 0.21 (Michael)	3.46	1976	(English male name)	WGPSN
Michelson	6.72°N 121.55°W / 6.72; -121.55 (Michelson)	123.14	1970	Albert A. Michelson (1852–1931)	WGPSN
Milankovič	76.53°N 171.35°E / 76.53; 171.35 (Milankovič)	94.21	1970	Milutin Milanković (1879–1958)	WGPSN
Milichius	10.01°N 30.23°W / 10.01; -30.23 (Milichius)	12.19	1935	Jacob Milich (1501–1559)	WGPSN
Miller	39.37°S 0.78°E / -39.37; 0.78 (Miller)	61.37	1935	William Allen Miller (1817–1870)	WGPSN
Millikan	46.76°N 121.52°E / 46.76; 121.52 (Millikan)	93.97	1970	Robert Millikan (1868–1953)	WGPSN
Mills	8.54°N 155.74°E / 8.54; 155.74 (Mills)	35.65	1970	Mark Muir Mills (1917–1958)	WGPSN
Milne	31°S 112.78°E / -31; 112.78 (Milne)	259.97	1970	E. Arthur Milne (1896–1950)	WGPSN
Mineur	24.67°N 161.73°W / 24.67; -161.73 (Mineur)	72.28	1970	Henri Mineur (1899–1954)	WGPSN
Minkowski	56.13°S 145.8°W / -56.13; -145.8 (Minkowski)	107.51	1970	Hermann Minkowski (1864–1909) and Rudolph Minkowski (1895–1976)	WGPSN
Minnaert	67.54°S 178.57°E / -67.54; 178.57 (Minnaert)	137.31	1970	Marcel Minnaert (1893–1970)	WGPSN
Mitchell	49.77°N 20.17°E / 49.77; 20.17 (Mitchell)	32.15	1935	Maria Mitchell (1818–1889)	WGPSN
Mitra	17.76°N 154.65°W / 17.76; -154.65 (Mitra)	97.1	1970	Sisir Kumar Mitra (1890–1963)	WGPSN
Möbius	15.63°N 101.13°E / 15.63; 101.13 (Möbius)	48.96	1970	August Möbius (1790–1868)	WGPSN
Mohorovičić	18.73°S 164.83°W / -18.73; -164.83 (Mohorovičić)	49.97	1970	Andrija Mohorovičić (1857–1936)	WGPSN
Moigno	66.27°N 28.8°E / 66.27; 28.8 (Moigno)	36.83	1935	François Napoléon Marie Moigno (1804–1884)	WGPSN
Moiseev	9.44°N 103.26°E / 9.44; 103.26 (Moiseev)	61.56	1970	Nikolai Dmitrievich Moiseev	WGPSN
Moissan	4.77°N 137.45°E / 4.77; 137.45 (Moissan)	22.45	1976	Henri Moissan (1902–1955)	WGPSN
Moltke	0.59°S 24.16°E / -0.59; 24.16 (Moltke)	6.15	1935	Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke (1800–1891)	WGPSN
Monge	19.24°S 47.54°E / -19.24; 47.54 (Monge)	36.6	1935	Gaspard Monge (1746–1818)	WGPSN
Monira	12.54°S 1.73°W / -12.54; -1.73 (Monira)	1.07	1976	(Arabic female name)	WGPSN
Montanari	45.83°S 20.76°W / -45.83; -20.76 (Montanari)	77.05	1935	Geminiano Montanari (1633–1687)	WGPSN
Montgolfier	47.06°N 160.08°W / 47.06; -160.08 (Montgolfier)	83.71	1970	Montgolfier brothers (Jacques E.: 1745–1799, Joseph M.: 1740–1810	WGPSN
Moore	37.25°N 177.55°W / 37.25; -177.55 (Moore)	52.66	1970	Joseph Haines Moore (1878–1949)	WGPSN
Moretus	70.63°S 5.95°W / -70.63; -5.95 (Moretus)	114.45	1935	Theodorus Moretus (1602–1667)	WGPSN
Morley	2.82°S 64.62°E / -2.82; 64.62 (Morley)	13.71	1976	Edward W. Morley (1838–1923)	WGPSN
Morozov	4.62°N 127.33°E / 4.62; 127.33 (Morozov)	41.01	1970	Nikolai Alexandrovich Morozov (1854–1945)	WGPSN
Morse	21.9°N 175.29°W / 21.9; -175.29 (Morse)	72.77	1970	Samuel Finley Breese Morse (1791–1872)	WGPSN
Moseley	20.95°N 90.2°W / 20.95; -90.2 (Moseley)	88.89	1964	Henry Gwyn Jeffreys Moseley (1887–1915)	WGPSN
Mösting	0.7°S 5.88°W / -0.7; -5.88 (Mösting)	24.38	1935	Johan Sigismund von Mösting (1759–1843)	WGPSN
Mouchez	78.38°N 26.82°W / 78.38; -26.82 (Mouchez)	82.78	1935	Amédée Ernest Barthélemy Mouchez (1821–1892)	WGPSN
Moulton	60.91°S 97.57°E / -60.91; 97.57 (Moulton)	54.7	1970	Forest Ray Moulton (1872–1952)	WGPSN
Müller	7.64°S 2.04°E / -7.64; 2.04 (Müller)	23.4	1935	Karl Müller (1866–1942)	WGPSN
Murakami	23.38°S 140.97°W / -23.38; -140.97 (Murakami)	44.52	1991	Harutaro Murakami (1872–1947)	WGPSN
Murchison	5.07°N 0.21°W / 5.07; -0.21 (Murchison)	57.83	1935	Roderick Impey Murchison (1792–1871)	WGPSN
Mutus	63.65°S 29.93°E / -63.65; 29.93 (Mutus)	76.33	1935	Vicente Mut Armengol, also Mut i Armengol (circa 1614–1687)	WGPSN

back to top

N

Crater	Coordinates	Diameter (km)	Approval Year	Eponym	Ref
Nagaoka	19.51°N 154.05°E / 19.51; 154.05 (Nagaoka)	50.54	1970	Hantaro Nagaoka (1865–1940)	WGPSN
Nansen	81.17°N 95.38°E / 81.17; 95.38 (Nansen)	116.9	1964	Fridtjof Nansen (1861–1930)	WGPSN
Naonobu	4.7°S 57.93°E / -4.7; 57.93 (Naonobu)	32.96	1976	Naonobu Ajima (c. 1732–1798)	WGPSN
Nasireddin	41.04°S 0.14°E / -41.04; 0.14 (Nasireddin)	51.99	1935	Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (1201–1274)	WGPSN
Nasmyth	50.49°S 56.39°W / -50.49; -56.39 (Nasmyth)	78.37	1935	James Nasmyth (1808–1890)	WGPSN
Nassau	24.91°S 177.34°E / -24.91; 177.34 (Nassau)	75.8	1970	Jason John Nassau (1893–1965)	WGPSN
Natasha	19.98°N 31.16°W / 19.98; -31.16 (Natasha)	10.98	1976	(Russian female name)	WGPSN
Naumann	35.38°N 62.02°W / 35.38; -62.02 (Naumann)	9.93	1935	Karl Friedrich Naumann (1797–1873)	WGPSN
Neander	31.35°S 39.88°E / -31.35; 39.88 (Neander)	49.22	1935	Michael Neander (1529–1581)	WGPSN
Nearch	58.58°S 39.01°E / -58.58; 39.01 (Nearch)	72.79	1935	Nearchus (unknown: flourished 312 B.C.)	WGPSN
Necho	5.25°S 123.24°E / -5.25; 123.24 (Necho)	36.87	1976	Necho II (610-593 B.C.)	WGPSN
Nefedʹev	81.07°S 135.77°E / -81.07; 135.77 (Nefedʹev)	52.94	2009	Anatoly Nefedʹev (1910–1976)	WGPSN
Neison	68.21°N 25.02°E / 68.21; 25.02 (Neison)	51.03	1935	Edmund Neville Neison (1849–1940)	WGPSN
Neper	8.76°N 84.58°E / 8.76; 84.58 (Neper)	144.32	1935	John Napier (1550–1617)	WGPSN
Nernst	35.57°N 94.64°W / 35.57; -94.64 (Nernst)	121.52	1970	Walther Hermann Nernst (1864–1941)	WGPSN
Neujmin	26.68°S 125.17°E / -26.68; 125.17 (Neujmin)	97.03	1970	Grigorij N. Neujmin (1885–1946)	WGPSN
Neumayer	71.16°S 70.92°E / -71.16; 70.92 (Neumayer)	84.38	1935	Georg von Neumayer (1826–1909)	WGPSN
Newcomb	29.76°N 43.67°E / 29.76; 43.67 (Newcomb)	39.8	1935	Simon Newcomb (1835–1909)	WGPSN
Newton	76.52°S 17.44°W / -76.52; -17.44 (Newton)	83.85	1935	Isaac Newton (1643–1727)	WGPSN
Nicholson	26.22°S 85.21°W / -26.22; -85.21 (Nicholson)	38.08	1970	Seth Barnes Nicholson (1891–1963)	WGPSN
Nicolai	42.47°S 25.87°E / -42.47; 25.87 (Nicolai)	40.54	1935	Friedrich Bernhard Gottfried Nicolai (1793–1846)	WGPSN
Nicollet	21.95°S 12.5°W / -21.95; -12.5 (Nicollet)	14.73	1935	Jean Nicholas Nicollet (1788–1843)	WGPSN
Nielsen	31.8°N 51.76°W / 31.8; -51.76 (Nielsen)	9.64	1973	Axel V. Nielsen (1902–1970) and Harald Herborg Nielsen (1903–1973)	WGPSN
Niepce	72.2°N 120.15°W / 72.2; -120.15 (Niepce)	59.69	1970	Nicéphore Niépce (1765–1833)	WGPSN
Nijland	33.19°N 134.17°E / 33.19; 134.17 (Nijland)	35.46	1970	Albertus Antonie Nijland (1868–1936)	WGPSN
Nikolaev	35.08°N 151.28°E / 35.08; 151.28 (Nikolaev)	42.67	1970	Andriyan G. Nikolayev (1929–2004)	WGPSN
Nikolya	38.3°N 35°W / 38.3; -35 (Nikolya)	0.1	2012	Russian male name	WGPSN
Nishina	44.57°S 170.8°W / -44.57; -170.8 (Nishina)	62.13	1970	Yoshio Nishina (1890–1951)	WGPSN
Nobel	14.73°N 101.39°W / 14.73; -101.39 (Nobel)	50.87	1970	Alfred B. Nobel (1833–1896)	WGPSN
Nobile	85.28°S 53.27°E / -85.28; 53.27 (Nobile)	79.27	1994	Umberto Nobile (1885–1978)	WGPSN
Nobili	0.17°N 75.95°E / 0.17; 75.95 (Nobili)	41.79	1976	Leopoldo Nobili (1784–1835)	WGPSN
Nöggerath	48.82°S 45.84°W / -48.82; -45.84 (Nöggerath)	32.12	1935	Johann Jakob Nöggerath (1788–1877)	WGPSN
Nonius	34.9°S 3.79°E / -34.9; 3.79 (Nonius)	70.61	1935	Pedro Nunes (Petrus Nonius Salaciencis) (1502–1578)	WGPSN
Norman	11.78°S 30.35°W / -11.78; -30.35 (Norman)	9.87	1976	Robert Norman (unknown: flourished circa 1590)	WGPSN
Nöther	66.35°N 114.18°W / 66.35; -114.18 (Nöther)	64.8	1970	Emmy Noether (1882–1935)	WGPSN
Numerov	70.52°S 162.2°W / -70.52; -162.2 (Numerov)	105.39	1970	Boris Vasilʹevich Numerov (1891–1941)	WGPSN
Nunn	4.62°N 91.15°E / 4.62; 91.15 (Nunn)	18.49	1973	Joseph Nunn (1905–1968)	WGPSN
Nušl	32.19°N 167.45°E / 32.19; 167.45 (Nušl)	60.58	1970	František Nušl (1867–1925)	WGPSN

back to top