List of craters on the Moon: C–F

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.[1] Where a crater formation has associated satellite craters, these are detailed on the main crater description pages.

List of craters on the Moon
A · B · C · D · E · F · G · H · I · J · K · L · M · N · O · P · Q · R · S · T · U · V · W · X · Y · Z
Main article: List of craters on the Moon

C
CraterCoordinatesDiameter
(km)		Approval
Year		EponymRef
C. Herschel34.48°N 31.29°W / 34.48; -31.29 (C. Herschel)13.71935Caroline Herschel (1750–1848)WGPSN
C. Mayer63.26°N 17.31°E / 63.26; 17.31 (C. Mayer)37.541935Christian Mayer (1719–1783)WGPSN
Cabannes61.24°S 170.21°W / -61.24; -170.21 (Cabannes)81.31970Jean Cabannes (1885–1959)WGPSN
Cabeus85.33°S 42.13°W / -85.33; -42.13 (Cabeus)100.581935Niccolò Cabeo (1586–1650)WGPSN
Cailleux60.41°S 153.5°E / -60.41; 153.5 (Cailleux)52.851997Andre Cailleux (1907–1986)WGPSN
Cai Lun80.12°N 113.66°E / 80.12; 113.66 (Cai Lun)44.892010Cai Lun (57–131)WGPSN
Cajal12.59°N 31.08°E / 12.59; 31.08 (Cajal)8.571973Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852–1934)WGPSN
Cajori47.67°S 168.7°E / -47.67; 168.7 (Cajori)74.651970Florian Cajori (1859–1930)WGPSN
Calippus38.92°N 10.72°E / 38.92; 10.72 (Calippus)34.031935Calippus of Cyzicus (c. 330 BC)WGPSN
Cameron6.19°N 45.93°E / 6.19; 45.93 (Cameron)10.911973Robert Curry Cameron (1925–1972)WGPSN
Campanus28.04°S 27.9°W / -28.04; -27.9 (Campanus)46.411935Campanus of Novara (c. 1220 – 1296)WGPSN
Campbell45.57°N 152.91°E / 45.57; 152.91 (Campbell)222.481970Leon Campbell (1881–1951) and William Wallace Campbell (1862–1938)WGPSN
Cannizzaro55.5°N 99.73°W / 55.5; -99.73 (Cannizzaro)54.511970Stanislao Cannizzaro (1826–1910)WGPSN
Cannon19.88°N 81.36°E / 19.88; 81.36 (Cannon)57.581964Annie Jump Cannon (1863–1941)WGPSN
Cantor38.04°N 118.69°E / 38.04; 118.69 (Cantor)75.721970Georg Cantor (1845–1918) and Moritz Cantor (1829–1920)WGPSN
Capella7.65°S 34.92°E / -7.65; 34.92 (Capella)48.131935Martianus Capella (circa 400 AD)WGPSN
Capuanus34.09°S 26.73°W / -34.09; -26.73 (Capuanus)59.691935Francesco Capuano Di Manfredonia (circa 1400)WGPSN
Cardanus13.27°N 72.5°W / 13.27; -72.5 (Cardanus)49.571935Girolamo Cardano (1501–1576)WGPSN
Carlini33.75°N 24.12°W / 33.75; -24.12 (Carlini)10.661935Francesco Carlini (1783–1862)WGPSN
Carlos24.91°N 2.28°E / 24.91; 2.28 (Carlos)4.671976(Spanish male name)WGPSN
Carmichael19.53°N 40.36°E / 19.53; 40.36 (Carmichael)19.731973Leonard Carmichael (1898–1973)WGPSN
Carnot52.09°N 144.2°W / 52.09; -144.2 (Carnot)126.061970Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot (1796–1832)WGPSN
Carol8.48°N 122.37°E / 8.48; 122.37 (Carol)6.251979(Latin female name)WGPSN
Carpenter69.52°N 51.23°W / 69.52; -51.23 (Carpenter)59.061935James Carpenter (1840–1899) and Edwin Francis Carpenter (1898–1963)WGPSN
Carrel10.67°N 26.68°E / 10.67; 26.68 (Carrel)15.591979Alexis Carrel (1873–1944)WGPSN
Carrillo2.11°S 80.96°E / -2.11; 80.96 (Carrillo)17.851979Nabor Carrillo Flores (1911–1967)WGPSN
Carrington43.97°N 62.04°E / 43.97; 62.04 (Carrington)27.771935Richard Christopher Carrington (1826–1875)WGPSN
Cartan4.24°N 59.29°E / 4.24; 59.29 (Cartan)15.621976Élie J. Cartan (1869–1951)WGPSN
Carver43.46°S 127.6°E / -43.46; 127.6 (Carver)62.451970George Washington Carver (c. 1864–1943)WGPSN
Casatus72.7°S 30.75°W / -72.7; -30.75 (Casatus)102.851935Paolo Casati (1617–1707)WGPSN
Cassegrain51.95°S 113.3°E / -51.95; 113.3 (Cassegrain)56.661970Laurent Cassegrain (c.1629–1693)WGPSN
Cassini40.25°N 4.64°E / 40.25; 4.64 (Cassini)56.881935Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625–1712) and Jacques J. Cassini (1677–1756)WGPSN
Catalán45.7°S 87.37°W / -45.7; -87.37 (Catalán)26.771970Miguel A. Catalán (1894–1957)WGPSN
Catharina17.98°S 23.55°E / -17.98; 23.55 (Catharina)98.771935Saint Catherine of Alexandria (died c. 307)WGPSN
Cauchy9.56°N 38.63°E / 9.56; 38.63 (Cauchy)11.81935Augustin Louis Cauchy (1789–1857)WGPSN
Cavalerius5.1°N 66.93°W / 5.1; -66.93 (Cavalerius)59.351935Buonaventura Cavalieri (1598–1647)WGPSN
Cavendish24.63°S 53.78°W / -24.63; -53.78 (Cavendish)52.641935Henry Cavendish (1731–1810)WGPSN
Caventou29.74°N 29.38°W / 29.74; -29.38 (Caventou)2.81976Joseph Bienaime Caventou (1795–1877)WGPSN
Cayley3.94°N 15.09°E / 3.94; 15.09 (Cayley)14.21935Arthur Cayley (1821–1895)WGPSN
Celsius34.1°S 20.05°E / -34.1; 20.05 (Celsius)38.961935Anders Celsius (1701–1744)WGPSN
Censorinus0.42°S 32.69°E / -0.42; 32.69 (Censorinus)3.81935Censorinus (flourished 238 AD)WGPSN
Cepheus40.68°N 45.78°E / 40.68; 45.78 (Cepheus)39.431935Cepheus (Greek mythological figure)WGPSN
Chacornac29.88°N 31.67°E / 29.88; 31.67 (Chacornac)50.441935Jean Chacornac (1823–1873)WGPSN
Chadwick52.85°S 101.34°W / -52.85; -101.34 (Chadwick)29.741985Sir James Chadwick (1891–1974)WGPSN
Chaffee39.06°S 154.63°W / -39.06; -154.63 (Chaffee)51.751970Roger B. Chaffee (1935–1967)WGPSN
Challis79.58°N 9.09°E / 79.58; 9.09 (Challis)53.211935James Challis (1803–1862)WGPSN
Chalonge20.44°S 116.35°W / -20.44; -116.35 (Chalonge)25.081985Daniel Chalonge (1895–1977)WGPSN
Chamberlin58.83°S 96.04°E / -58.83; 96.04 (Chamberlin)60.411970Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin (1843–1928)WGPSN
Champollion37.39°N 175.03°E / 37.39; 175.03 (Champollion)48.971970Jean-François Champollion (1790–1832)WGPSN
Chandler43.65°N 171.76°E / 43.65; 171.76 (Chandler)88.61970Seth Carlo Chandler (1846–1913)WGPSN
Chang Heng18.9°N 112.21°E / 18.9; 112.21 (Chang Heng)42.651970Zhang Heng (78–139)WGPSN
Chang-Ngo12.69°S 2.16°W / -12.69; -2.16 (Chang-Ngo)2.341976(Chinese female name), Chinese goddess Chang'eWGPSN
Chant40.14°S 109.46°W / -40.14; -109.46 (Chant)33.61970Clarence Augustus Chant (1865–1956)WGPSN
Chaplygin5.76°S 150.24°E / -5.76; 150.24 (Chaplygin)123.391970Sergej Alekseevich Chaplygin (1869–1942)WGPSN
Chapman50.09°N 100.47°W / 50.09; -100.47 (Chapman)76.831970Sydney Chapman (1888–1970)WGPSN
Chappe61.29°S 91.24°W / -61.29; -91.24 (Chappe)55.791994Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche (1728–1769)WGPSN
Chappell54.53°N 176.77°W / 54.53; -176.77 (Chappell)73.921970James F. Chappell (1891–1964)WGPSN
Charles29.9°N 26.37°W / 29.9; -26.37 (Charles)1.341976(French male name)WGPSN
Charlier36.22°N 131.69°W / 36.22; -131.69 (Charlier)109.881970Carl Charlier (1862–1934)WGPSN
Chaucer3.39°N 140.71°W / 3.39; -140.71 (Chaucer)45.481970Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340–1400)WGPSN
Chauvenet11.64°S 137.2°E / -11.64; 137.2 (Chauvenet)77.671970William Chauvenet (1820–1870)WGPSN
Chawla42.48°S 147.49°W / -42.48; -147.49 (Chawla)14.252006Kalpana Chawla (1961–2003)WGPSN
Chebyshev34.01°S 132.88°W / -34.01; -132.88 (Chebyshev)179.051970Pafnuty L. Chebyshev (1821–1894)WGPSN
Chernyshev47.01°N 174.41°E / 47.01; 174.41 (Chernyshev)59.311970Nikolaj G. Chernyshev (1906–1963)WGPSN
Chevallier45.01°N 51.57°E / 45.01; 51.57 (Chevallier)51.831935Temple Chevallier (1794–1873)WGPSN
Ching-Te20.02°N 29.97°E / 20.02; 29.97 (Ching-Te)3.71976(Chinese male name)WGPSN
Chladni3.99°N 1.12°E / 3.99; 1.12 (Chladni)13.071935Ernst Florens Friedrich Chladni (1756–1827)WGPSN
Chrétien46.11°S 162.99°E / -46.11; 162.99 (Chrétien)98.631970Henri Chrétien (1870–1956)WGPSN
Cichus33.29°S 21.18°W / -33.29; -21.18 (Cichus)39.181935Franceso Degli Stabili Cichus (1257–1327)WGPSN
Clairaut47.84°S 13.86°E / -47.84; 13.86 (Clairaut)76.891935Alexis Claude Clairaut (1713–1765)WGPSN
Clark38.67°S 119.35°E / -38.67; 119.35 (Clark)52.111970Alvan Clark (1804–1887) and Alvan Graham Clark (1832–1897)WGPSN
Clausius36.9°S 43.93°W / -36.9; -43.93 (Clausius)24.21935Rudolf Julius Emmanuel Clausius (1822–1888)WGPSN
Clavius58.62°S 14.73°W / -58.62; -14.73 (Clavius)230.771935Christopher Klau Clavius (1537–1612)WGPSN
Cleomedes27.6°N 55.5°E / 27.6; 55.5 (Cleomedes)130.771935Cleomedes (died c, 50 BC)WGPSN
Cleostratus60.32°N 77.4°W / 60.32; -77.4 (Cleostratus)63.231935Cleostratus (died c. 500 BC)WGPSN
Clerke21.68°N 29.8°E / 21.68; 29.8 (Clerke)6.661973Agnes Mary Clerke (1842–1907)WGPSN
Coblentz38.09°S 126.65°E / -38.09; 126.65 (Coblentz)32.661970William Weber Coblentz (1873–1962)WGPSN
Cockcroft31.09°N 162.91°W / 31.09; -162.91 (Cockcroft)92.161970John Douglas Cockcroft (1897–1967)WGPSN
Collins1.3°N 23.71°E / 1.3; 23.71 (Collins)2.581970Michael Collins (astronaut) (born 1930)WGPSN
Colombo15.26°S 46.02°E / -15.26; 46.02 (Colombo)79.021935Christopher Columbus (c. 1446–1506)WGPSN
Compton55.86°N 104.05°E / 55.86; 104.05 (Compton)164.631970Arthur Holly Compton (1892–1962) and Karl Taylor Compton (1887–1954)WGPSN
Comrie23.39°N 113.17°W / 23.39; -113.17 (Comrie)59.251970Leslie John Comrie (1893–1950)WGPSN
Comstock21.59°N 122.05°W / 21.59; -122.05 (Comstock)73.231970George Cary Comstock (1855–1934)WGPSN
Condon1.87°N 60.36°E / 1.87; 60.36 (Condon)34.851976Edward Uhler Condon (1902–1974)WGPSN
Condorcet12.1°N 69.58°E / 12.1; 69.58 (Condorcet)74.851935Jean Antoine, Marquis de Condorcet (1743–1794)WGPSN
Congreve0.28°S 167.84°W / -0.28; -167.84 (Congreve)57.611970Sir William Congreve (1772–1828)WGPSN
Conon21.66°N 1.95°E / 21.66; 1.95 (Conon)20.961935Conon of Samos (circa 260 BC)WGPSN
Cook17.5°S 48.81°E / -17.5; 48.81 (Cook)45.161935James Cook (1728–1779)WGPSN
Cooper52.68°N 175.92°E / 52.68; 175.92 (Cooper)51.871970John Cobb Cooper (1887–1967)WGPSN
Copernicus9.62°N 20.08°W / 9.62; -20.08 (Copernicus)96.071935Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543)WGPSN
Cori50.48°S 152.91°W / -50.48; -152.91 (Cori)67.221979Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori (1896–1957)WGPSN
Coriolis0.56°N 171.8°E / 0.56; 171.8 (Coriolis)78.561970Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis (1792–1843)WGPSN
Couder4.9°S 92.58°W / -4.9; -92.58 (Couder)18.561985André Couder (1897–1978)WGPSN
Coulomb54.46°N 115°W / 54.46; -115 (Coulomb)89.721970Charles-Augustin de Coulomb (1736–1806)WGPSN
Courtney25.14°N 30.81°W / 25.14; -30.81 (Courtney)1.241976(English female name)WGPSN
Cremona67.24°N 90.86°W / 67.24; -90.86 (Cremona)85.121964Luigi Cremona (1830–1903)WGPSN
Crile14.21°N 45.98°E / 14.21; 45.98 (Crile)9.31976George Washington Crile (1864–1943)WGPSN
Crocco46.98°S 150.51°E / -46.98; 150.51 (Crocco)67.51970Gaetano Arturo Crocco (1877–1968)WGPSN
Crommelin67.46°S 147.95°W / -67.46; -147.95 (Crommelin)93.481970Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin (1865–1939)WGPSN
Crookes10.4°S 165.1°W / -10.4; -165.1 (Crookes)48.251970Sir William Crookes (1832–1919)WGPSN
Crozier13.56°S 50.72°E / -13.56; 50.72 (Crozier)22.511935Francis Rawdon Moira Crozier (1796–1848)WGPSN
Crüger16.68°S 66.96°W / -16.68; -66.96 (Crüger)45.941935Peter Crüger (1580–1639)WGPSN
Ctesibius0.83°N 118.75°E / 0.83; 118.75 (Ctesibius)32.11976Ctesibius (died c. 100 BC)WGPSN
Curie23.05°S 92.28°E / -23.05; 92.28 (Curie)138.871970Pierre Curie (1859–1906)WGPSN
Curtis14.57°N 56.79°E / 14.57; 56.79 (Curtis)2.881973Heber Doust Curtis (1859–1906)WGPSN
Curtius67.08°S 4.4°E / -67.08; 4.4 (Curtius)99.291935Albert Curtz (1600–1671)WGPSN
Cusanus71.82°N 69.4°E / 71.82; 69.4 (Cusanus)60.871935Nikolaus Krebs Cusanus (1401–1464)WGPSN
Cuvier50.29°S 9.69°E / -50.29; 9.69 (Cuvier)77.31935Georges Cuvier (1769–1832)WGPSN
Cyrano20.37°S 157.37°E / -20.37; 157.37 (Cyrano)79.581970Cyrano de Bergerac Savinien (1615–1655)WGPSN
Cyrillus13.29°S 24.07°E / -13.29; 24.07 (Cyrillus)98.091935Saint Cyril (died 444 AD)WGPSN
Cysatus66.21°S 6.34°W / -66.21; -6.34 (Cysatus)47.771935Jean-Baptiste Cysat (1588–1657)WGPSN

D
CraterCoordinatesDiameter
(km)		Approval
Year		EponymRef
D. Brown41.65°S 147.16°W / -41.65; -147.16 (D. Brown)16.122006David McDowell Brown (1956–2003)WGPSN
da Vinci9.1°N 44.95°E / 9.1; 44.95 (da Vinci)37.461935Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519)WGPSN
Daedalus5.83°S 179.4°E / -5.83; 179.4 (Daedalus)93.611970DaedalusWGPSN
Dag18.71°N 5.26°E / 18.71; 5.26 (Dag)0.361976(Scandinavian male name)WGPSN
Daguerre11.91°S 33.61°E / -11.91; 33.61 (Daguerre)45.791935Louis Daguerre (1789–1851)WGPSN
Dale9.56°S 82.93°E / -9.56; 82.93 (Dale)23.411976Henry Hallett Dale (1875–1968)WGPSN
d'Alembert51.07°N 164.89°E / 51.07; 164.89 (d'Alembert)233.551970Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717–1783)WGPSN
Dalton17.07°N 84.45°W / 17.07; -84.45 (Dalton)60.691964John Dalton (1766–1844)WGPSN
Daly5.74°N 59.5°E / 5.74; 59.5 (Daly)14.961973Reginald Aldworth Daly (1871–1957)WGPSN
Damoiseau4.85°S 61.25°W / -4.85; -61.25 (Damoiseau)36.661935Marie Charles Theodor De Damoiseau (1768–1846)WGPSN
Daniell35.42°N 31.16°E / 35.42; 31.16 (Daniell)28.21935John Frederick Daniell (1790–1845)WGPSN
Danjon11.42°S 123.9°E / -11.42; 123.9 (Danjon)69.31970André Danjon (1890–1967)WGPSN
Dante25.36°N 180°E / 25.36; 180 (Dante)53.831970Dante Alighieri (1265–1321)WGPSN
Darney14.61°S 23.57°W / -14.61; -23.57 (Darney)14.811935Maurice Darney (1882–1958)WGPSN
D'Arrest2.26°N 14.6°E / 2.26; 14.6 (D'Arrest)29.671935Heinrich L. d'Arrest (1822–1875)WGPSN
D'Arsonval10.31°S 124.59°E / -10.31; 124.59 (D'Arsonval)30.361976Jacques Arsene d'Arsonval (1851–1940)WGPSN
Darwin19.93°S 69.21°W / -19.93; -69.21 (Darwin)122.181935Charles Darwin (1809–1882)WGPSN
Das26.49°S 137.05°W / -26.49; -137.05 (Das)35.951970Amil Kumar Das (1902–1961)WGPSN
Daubrée15.73°N 14.75°E / 15.73; 14.75 (Daubrée)14.671973Gabriel Auguste Daubrée (1814–1896)WGPSN
Davisson37.93°S 174.97°W / -37.93; -174.97 (Davisson)92.461970Clinton Joseph Davisson (1881–1958)WGPSN
Davy11.85°S 8.15°W / -11.85; -8.15 (Davy)33.941935Humphry Davy (1778–1829)WGPSN
Dawes17.21°N 26.34°E / 17.21; 26.34 (Dawes)17.61935William Rutter Dawes (1799–1868)WGPSN
Dawson66.99°S 135.05°W / -66.99; -135.05 (Dawson)44.321970Bernhard H. Dawson (1890–1960)WGPSN
De Forest76.94°S 163.33°W / -76.94; -163.33 (De Forest)56.261970Lee De Forest (1873–1961)WGPSN
de Gasparis25.83°S 50.83°W / -25.83; -50.83 (de Gasparis)30.91935Annibale de Gasparis (1819–1892)WGPSN
de Gerlache88.48°S 88.34°W / -88.48; -88.34 (de Gerlache)32.712000Adrien de Gerlache (1866–1934)WGPSN
De La Rue59.02°N 52.84°E / 59.02; 52.84 (De La Rue)135.221935Warren de la Rue (1815–1889)WGPSN
De Moraes49.38°N 143°E / 49.38; 143 (De Moraes)54.411979Abrahão De Moraes (1916–1970)WGPSN
De Morgan3.31°N 14.89°E / 3.31; 14.89 (De Morgan)9.681935Augustus De Morgan (1806–1871)WGPSN
De Roy55.24°S 98.99°W / -55.24; -98.99 (De Roy)43.511970Felix De Roy (1883–1942)WGPSN
De Sitter79.81°N 38.57°E / 79.81; 38.57 (De Sitter)63.791964Willem de Sitter (1872–1934)WGPSN
De Vico19.71°S 60.32°W / -19.71; -60.32 (De Vico)22.131935Francesco de Vico (1805–1848)WGPSN
De Vries19.68°S 176.78°W / -19.68; -176.78 (De Vries)57.511970Hugo de Vries (1848–1935)WGPSN
Debes29.47°N 51.62°E / 29.47; 51.62 (Debes)31.921935Ernst Debes (1840–1923)WGPSN
Debus10.68°S 99.68°E / -10.68; 99.68 (Debus)19.772000Kurt Heinrich Debus (1908–1983)WGPSN
Debye49.43°N 176.03°W / 49.43; -176.03 (Debye)127.031970Peter Debye (1884–1966)WGPSN
Dechen46.12°N 68.18°W / 46.12; -68.18 (Dechen)12.041935Ernst Heinrich Karl von Dechen (1800–1889)WGPSN
Delambre1.94°S 17.39°E / -1.94; 17.39 (Delambre)51.491935Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre (1749–1822)WGPSN
Delaunay22.26°S 2.62°E / -22.26; 2.62 (Delaunay)44.631935Charles-Eugène Delaunay (1816–1872)WGPSN
Delia10.91°S 6.13°W / -10.91; -6.13 (Delia)1.571976(Greek female name)WGPSN
Delisle29.98°N 34.68°W / 29.98; -34.68 (Delisle)24.831935Joseph-Nicolas Delisle (1688–1768)WGPSN
Dellinger6.87°S 140.7°E / -6.87; 140.7 (Dellinger)82.041970John Howard Dellinger (1886–1962)WGPSN
Delmotte27.16°N 60.2°E / 27.16; 60.2 (Delmotte)32.161935Gabriel Delmotte (1876–1950)WGPSN
Delporte15.89°S 121.55°E / -15.89; 121.55 (Delporte)42.51970Eugène Joseph Delporte (1882–1955)WGPSN
Deluc55.02°S 2.98°W / -55.02; -2.98 (Deluc)45.691935Jean-André Deluc (1727–1817)WGPSN
Dembowski2.88°N 7.27°E / 2.88; 7.27 (Dembowski)26.111935Ercole Dembowski (1815–1881)WGPSN
Democritus62.31°N 34.99°E / 62.31; 34.99 (Democritus)37.781935Democritus (circa 460–360 BC).WGPSN
Demonax78.09°S 59.36°E / -78.09; 59.36 (Demonax)121.931935Demonax (unknown-circa 100 BC)WGPSN
Denning16.26°S 142.76°E / -16.26; 142.76 (Denning)44.181970William Frederick Denning (1848–1931)WGPSN
Desargues70.25°N 73.42°W / 70.25; -73.42 (Desargues)84.851964Gérard Desargues (1591–1661)WGPSN
Descartes11.74°S 15.67°E / -11.74; 15.67 (Descartes)47.731935René Descartes (1596–1650)WGPSN
Deseilligny21.13°N 20.59°E / 21.13; 20.59 (Deseilligny)6.011935Jules Alfred Pierrot Deseilligny (1868–1918)WGPSN
Deslandres32.55°S 5.57°W / -32.55; -5.57 (Deslandres)227.021948Henri-Alexandre Deslandres (1853–1948)WGPSN
Deutsch24.35°N 110.91°E / 24.35; 110.91 (Deutsch)73.331970Armin Joseph Deutsch (1918–1969)WGPSN
Dewar2.61°S 165.62°E / -2.61; 165.62 (Dewar)46.311970Sir James Dewar (1842–1923)WGPSN
Diana14.29°N 35.65°E / 14.29; 35.65 (Diana)1.551979(Latin female name)WGPSN
Diderot20.42°S 121.54°E / -20.42; 121.54 (Diderot)201979Denis Diderot (1713–1784)WGPSN
Dionysius2.77°N 17.29°E / 2.77; 17.29 (Dionysius)17.251935St. Dionysius the Areopagite (AD 9–120)WGPSN
Diophantus27.62°N 34.3°W / 27.62; -34.3 (Diophantus)17.571935Diophantus (d. c. AD 300)WGPSN
Dirichlet10.58°N 152.05°W / 10.58; -152.05 (Dirichlet)47.241970Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet (1805–1859)WGPSN
Dobrovol'skiy12.83°S 129.68°E / -12.83; 129.68 (Dobrovol'skiy)38.41973Georgiy T. Dobrovolskiy (1928–1971)WGPSN
Doerfel68.97°S 108.53°W / -68.97; -108.53 (Doerfel)68.631985Georg Samuel Doerfel (1643–1688)WGPSN
Dollond10.48°S 14.41°E / -10.48; 14.41 (Dollond)11.041935John Dollond (1706–1761)WGPSN
Donati20.69°S 5.1°E / -20.69; 5.1 (Donati)35.841935Giovanni Battista Donati (1826–1873)WGPSN
Donna7.22°N 38.3°E / 7.22; 38.3 (Donna)1.841979(Italian female name)WGPSN
Donner31.35°S 97.99°E / -31.35; 97.99 (Donner)55.051970Anders Severin Donner (1854–1938)WGPSN
Doppelmayer28.48°S 41.51°W / -28.48; -41.51 (Doppelmayer)65.081935Johann Gabriel Doppelmayer (1671–1750)WGPSN
Doppler12.58°S 159.84°W / -12.58; -159.84 (Doppler)101.791970J. Christian Doppler (1803–1853)WGPSN
Douglass35.5°N 122.72°W / 35.5; -122.72 (Douglass)50.951970Andrew Ellicott Douglass (1867–1962)WGPSN
Dove46.83°S 31.42°E / -46.83; 31.42 (Dove)30.361935Heinrich Wilhelm Dove (1803–1879)WGPSN
Draper17.56°N 21.75°W / 17.56; -21.75 (Draper)8.281935Henry Draper (1837–1882)WGPSN
Drebbel40.93°S 49.12°W / -40.93; -49.12 (Drebbel)30.231935Cornelius Drebbel (1572–1634)WGPSN
Dreyer10.24°N 97.09°E / 10.24; 97.09 (Dreyer)63.841970John L. E. Dreyer (1852–1926)WGPSN
Drude38.56°S 91.89°W / -38.56; -91.89 (Drude)27.131970Paul Karl Ludwig Drude (1863–1906)WGPSN
Dryden33.21°S 156.15°W / -33.21; -156.15 (Dryden)54.451970Hugh Latimer Dryden (1898–1965)WGPSN
Drygalski79.57°S 87.18°W / -79.57; -87.18 (Drygalski)162.491964Erich Dagobert von Drygalski (1865–1949)WGPSN
Dubyago4.38°N 69.95°E / 4.38; 69.95 (Dubyago)48.121964Dmitrij Ivanovich Dubyago (1850–1918) and Aleksandr Dmitrievich Dubyago (1903–1959)WGPSN
Dufay5.57°N 169.54°E / 5.57; 169.54 (Dufay)36.111970Jean Dufay (1896–1967)WGPSN
Dugan64.12°N 103.11°E / 64.12; 103.11 (Dugan)49.651970Raymond Smith Dugan (1878–1940)WGPSN
Dunér44.68°N 179.46°E / 44.68; 179.46 (Dunér)65.071970Nils Christoffer Dunér (1839–1914)WGPSN
Dunthorne30.12°S 31.71°W / -30.12; -31.71 (Dunthorne)15.121935Richard Dunthorne (1711–1775)WGPSN
Dyson60.87°N 121.71°W / 60.87; -121.71 (Dyson)63.141970Sir Frank Watson Dyson (1868–1939)WGPSN
Dziewulski20.99°N 99.02°E / 20.99; 99.02 (Dziewulski)68.91970Wladyslaw Dziewulski (1878–1962)WGPSN

E
CraterCoordinatesDiameter
(km)		Approval
Year		EponymRef
Eckert17.28°N 58.38°E / 17.28; 58.38 (Eckert)2.621973Wallace John Eckert (1902–1971)WGPSN
Eddington21.5°N 72.02°W / 21.5; -72.02 (Eddington)120.131964Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington (1882–1944)WGPSN
Edison24.88°N 99.27°E / 24.88; 99.27 (Edison)62.721961Thomas A. Edison (1847–1931)WGPSN
Edith25.77°S 102.33°E / -25.77; 102.33 (Edith)6.921976(English female name)WGPSN
Egede48.72°N 10.64°E / 48.72; 10.64 (Egede)34.181935Hans Egede (1686–1758)WGPSN
Ehrlich40.82°N 172.27°W / 40.82; -172.27 (Ehrlich)33.581970Paul Ehrlich (1854–1915)WGPSN
Eichstadt22.63°S 78.42°W / -22.63; -78.42 (Eichstadt)49.571935Lorentz Eichstadt (1596–1660)WGPSN
Eijkman63.21°S 142.51°W / -63.21; -142.51 (Eijkman)56.361970Christiaan H. Eijkman (1858–1930)WGPSN
Eimmart23.97°N 64.8°E / 23.97; 64.8 (Eimmart)44.991935Georg Christoph Eimmart (1638–1705)WGPSN
Einstein16.6°N 88.65°W / 16.6; -88.65 (Einstein)181.471964Albert Einstein (1879–1955)WGPSN
Einthoven5.06°S 110.06°E / -5.06; 110.06 (Einthoven)73.941970Willem Einthoven (1879–1955)WGPSN
Elger35.4°S 29.81°W / -35.4; -29.81 (Elger)21.511935Thomas Gwyn Elger (1836–1897)WGPSN
Ellerman25.44°S 120.39°W / -25.44; -120.39 (Ellerman)46.211970Ferdinand Ellerman (1869–1940)WGPSN
Ellison54.93°N 108.05°W / 54.93; -108.05 (Ellison)36.991970Mervyn Archdall Ellison (1909–1963)WGPSN
Elmer10.23°S 84.18°E / -10.23; 84.18 (Elmer)16.861976Charles Wesley Elmer (1872–1954)WGPSN
Elvey9.01°N 100.64°W / 9.01; -100.64 (Elvey)80.211970Christian Thomas Elvey (1899–1970)WGPSN
Emden62.76°N 176.51°W / 62.76; -176.51 (Emden)114.641970J. Robert Emden (1862–1940)WGPSN
Encke4.57°N 36.68°W / 4.57; -36.68 (Encke)28.271935Johann Franz Encke (1791–1865)WGPSN
Endymion53.61°N 56.48°E / 53.61; 56.48 (Endymion)122.11935Endymion (Greek mythological figure)WGPSN
Engel'gardt5.39°N 159.47°W / 5.39; -159.47 (Engel'gardt)43.511970Vasilij P. Engel'gardt (Engelhardt) (1828–1915)WGPSN
Eötvös35.61°S 134.43°E / -35.61; 134.43 (Eötvös)101.81970Loránd Eötvös (1848–1919)WGPSN
Epigenes67.5°N 4.62°W / 67.5; -4.62 (Epigenes)54.511935Epigenes of Byzantium (c. 200 BC)WGPSN
Epimenides40.92°S 30.33°W / -40.92; -30.33 (Epimenides)22.561935Epimenides (flourished 596 BC)WGPSN
Eratosthenes14.47°N 11.32°W / 14.47; -11.32 (Eratosthenes)58.771935Eratosthenes (c. 276–196 BC)WGPSN
Erlanger86.99°N 28.62°E / 86.99; 28.62 (Erlanger)10.942009Joseph Erlanger (1874–1965)WGPSN
Erro5.68°N 98.54°E / 5.68; 98.54 (Erro)63.751970Luis Enrique Erro (1897–1955)WGPSN
Esclangon21.47°N 42.06°E / 21.47; 42.06 (Esclangon)15.291976Ernest Esclangon (1876–1954)WGPSN
Esnault-Pelterie47.41°N 141.83°W / 47.41; -141.83 (Esnault-Pelterie)76.791970Robert Albert Charles Esnault-Pelterie (1881–1957)WGPSN
Espin28.15°N 109.34°E / 28.15; 109.34 (Espin)70.011970Rev. Thomas Henry Espinell Compton Espin (1858–1934)WGPSN
Euclides7.4°S 29.56°W / -7.4; -29.56 (Euclides)11.81935Euclid (c. 300 BC)WGPSN
Euctemon76.26°N 30.57°E / 76.26; 30.57 (Euctemon)62.71935Euctemon (flourished 432 BC)WGPSN
Eudoxus44.27°N 16.23°E / 44.27; 16.23 (Eudoxus)70.161935Eudoxus of Cnidus (circa 408–355 BC)WGPSN
Euler23.26°N 29.18°W / 23.26; -29.18 (Euler)26.031935Leonhard Euler (1707–1783)WGPSN
Evans9.63°S 133.78°W / -9.63; -133.78 (Evans)69.41970Sir Arthur Evans (1851–1941)WGPSN
Evdokimov34.57°N 153.04°W / 34.57; -153.04 (Evdokimov)48.881970Nikolaj N. Evdokimov (1868–1940)WGPSN
Evershed35.3°N 159.51°W / 35.3; -159.51 (Evershed)65.281970John Evershed (1864–1956)WGPSN
Ewen7.69°N 121.46°E / 7.69; 121.46 (Ewen)2.61979(Gaelic male name)WGPSN

F
CraterCoordinatesDiameter
(km)		Approval
Year		EponymRef
Fabbroni18.66°N 29.27°E / 18.66; 29.27 (Fabbroni)10.551976Giovanni Valentino Mattia Fabbroni (1752–1822)WGPSN
Fabricius42.75°S 41.84°E / -42.75; 41.84 (Fabricius)78.91935David Fabricius (1564–1617)WGPSN
Fabry43.07°N 100.68°E / 43.07; 100.68 (Fabry)179.441970Charles Fabry (1867–1945)WGPSN
Fahrenheit13.12°N 61.71°E / 13.12; 61.71 (Fahrenheit)6.651976Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736)WGPSN
Fairouz26.07°S 102.95°E / -26.07; 102.95 (Fairouz)2.871976(Arabic female name)WGPSN
Faraday42.45°S 8.75°E / -42.45; 8.75 (Faraday)69.031935Michael Faraday (1791–1867)WGPSN
Faustini87.18°S 84.31°E / -87.18; 84.31 (Faustini)42.481994Arnoldo Faustini (1874–1944)WGPSN
Fauth6.23°N 20.14°W / 6.23; -20.14 (Fauth)11.941935Philipp Johann Heinrich Fauth (1867–1941)WGPSN
Faye21.39°S 3.81°E / -21.39; 3.81 (Faye)38.021935Hervé Faye (1814–1902)WGPSN
Fechner58.25°S 125.03°E / -58.25; 125.03 (Fechner)59.321970Gustav Theodor Fechner (1801–1887)WGPSN
Fedorov28.23°N 37.05°W / 28.23; -37.05 (Fedorov)6.081979Aleksandr Petrovich Fedorov (1872–1920)WGPSN
Felix25.09°N 25.38°W / 25.09; -25.38 (Felix)1.451979(Latin male name)WGPSN
Fényi44.94°S 105.06°W / -44.94; -105.06 (Fényi)43.311970Gyula Fényi (1845–1927)WGPSN
Feoktistov30.73°N 140.5°E / 30.73; 140.5 (Feoktistov)22.061970Konstantin Petrovich Feoktistov (born 1926)WGPSN
Fermat22.71°S 19.79°E / -22.71; 19.79 (Fermat)37.771935Pierre de Fermat (1601–1665)WGPSN
Fermi19.61°S 123.24°E / -19.61; 123.24 (Fermi)241.411970Enrico Fermi (1901–1954)WGPSN
Fernelius38.18°S 4.86°E / -38.18; 4.86 (Fernelius)68.421935Jean Fernel (1497–1558)WGPSN
Fersman17.9°N 126.06°W / 17.9; -126.06 (Fersman)148.141970Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Fersman (1883–1945)WGPSN
Fesenkov23.16°S 135.14°E / -23.16; 135.14 (Fesenkov)36.121973Vasiliy Grigor'evich Fesenkov (1889–1972)WGPSN
Feuillée27.37°N 9.46°W / 27.37; -9.46 (Feuillée)8.941935Louis Feuillée (1660–1732)WGPSN
Fibiger86.14°N 37.13°E / 86.14; 37.13 (Fibiger)21.12009Johannes Andreas Grib Fibiger (1867–1928)WGPSN
Finsch23.58°N 21.27°E / 23.58; 21.27 (Finsch)4.051976Otto Friedrich Hermann Finsch (1839–1917)WGPSN
Finsen42.29°S 177.72°W / -42.29; -177.72 (Finsen)72.981979Niels Ryberg Finsen (1860–1904)WGPSN
Firmicus7.25°N 63.43°E / 7.25; 63.43 (Firmicus)56.811935Firmicus Maternus (died c. 330)WGPSN
Firsov4.2°N 112.7°E / 4.2; 112.7 (Firsov)511970Georgij F. Firsov (1917–1960)WGPSN
Fischer7.99°N 142.44°E / 7.99; 142.44 (Fischer)30.481976Hermann Emil Fischer (1852–1919) and Hans Fischer (1881–1945)WGPSN
Fitzgerald26.67°N 172.14°W / 26.67; -172.14 (Fitzgerald)104.211970George Francis Fitzgerald (1851–1901)WGPSN
Fizeau58.19°S 134.11°W / -58.19; -134.11 (Fizeau)107.081970Armand Hippolyte L. Fizeau (1819–1896)WGPSN
Flammarion3.33°S 3.73°W / -3.33; -3.73 (Flammarion)76.181935Camille Flammarion (1842–1925)WGPSN
Flamsteed4.49°S 44.34°W / -4.49; -44.34 (Flamsteed)19.341935John Flamsteed (1646–1719)WGPSN
Fleming14.91°N 109.28°E / 14.91; 109.28 (Fleming)126.371970Alexander Fleming (1881–1955) and Williamina P. Fleming (1857–1911)WGPSN
Florensky25.45°N 131.85°E / 25.45; 131.85 (Florensky)69.031985Kirill Pavlovich Florensky (1915–1982)WGPSN
Florey87.04°N 19.75°W / 87.04; -19.75 (Florey)69.062009Howard Florey (1898–1968)WGPSN
Focas33.7°S 93.91°W / -33.7; -93.91 (Focas)22.041970Ionnas Focas (1908–1969)WGPSN
Fontana16.04°S 56.79°W / -16.04; -56.79 (Fontana)31.471935Francesco Fontana (c. 1585–1656)WGPSN
Fontenelle63.42°N 18.96°W / 63.42; -18.96 (Fontenelle)37.681935Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657–1757)WGPSN
Foster23.59°N 141.49°W / 23.59; -141.49 (Foster)37.021970John Stuart Foster (1890–1964)WGPSN
Foucault50.46°N 39.86°W / 50.46; -39.86 (Foucault)25.081935Léon Foucault (1819–1868)WGPSN
Fourier30.31°S 53.1°W / -30.31; -53.1 (Fourier)51.571935Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier (1768–1830)WGPSN
Fowler42.59°N 145.27°W / 42.59; -145.27 (Fowler)139.521970Alfred Fowler (1868–1940) and Ralph H. Fowler (1889–1944)WGPSN
Fox0.47°N 98.14°E / 0.47; 98.14 (Fox)23.971973Philip Fox (1878–1944)WGPSN
Fra Mauro6.06°S 16.97°W / -6.06; -16.97 (Fra Mauro)96.761935Fra Mauro (d. 1459)WGPSN
Fracastorius21.36°S 33.07°E / -21.36; 33.07 (Fracastorius)120.581935Girolamo Fracastoro (1483–1553)WGPSN
Franck22.59°N 35.56°E / 22.59; 35.56 (Franck)11.911973James Franck (1882–1964)WGPSN
Franklin38.73°N 47.64°E / 38.73; 47.64 (Franklin)55.921935Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)WGPSN
Franz16.57°N 40.24°E / 16.57; 40.24 (Franz)25.481935Julius Heinrich Franz (1847–1913)WGPSN
Fraunhofer39.52°S 59.06°E / -39.52; 59.06 (Fraunhofer)57.751935Joseph von Fraunhofer (1787–1826)WGPSN
Fredholm18.37°N 46.55°E / 18.37; 46.55 (Fredholm)13.391976Erik Ivar Fredholm (1866–1927)WGPSN
Freud25.79°N 52.4°W / 25.79; -52.4 (Freud)2.851973Sigmund Freud (1856–1939)WGPSN
Freundlich25°N 170.89°E / 25; 170.89 (Freundlich)83.161970Erwin Findlay-Freundlich (1885–1964)WGPSN
Fridman12.48°S 126.88°W / -12.48; -126.88 (Fridman)101.451970Aleksandr Alexandrovich Fridman (Friedman) (1888–1925)WGPSN
Froelich80°N 111.63°W / 80; -111.63 (Froelich)56.731970Jack E. Froelich (1921–1967)WGPSN
Frost37.41°N 118.9°W / 37.41; -118.9 (Frost)78.31970Edwin B. Frost (1866–1935)WGPSN
Fryxell21.25°S 101.65°W / -21.25; -101.65 (Fryxell)17.621985Roald H. Fryxell (1934–1974)WGPSN
Furnerius36°S 60.54°E / -36; 60.54 (Furnerius)135.031935Georges Furner (flourished 1643)WGPSN

References
  1. "Moon craters". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. International Astrophysical Union. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
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