List of craters on the Moon: G–K

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

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CraterCoordinatesDiameter
(km)		Approval
Year		EponymRef
G. Bond32.39°N 36.32°E / 32.39; 36.32 (G. Bond)19.051935George Phillips Bond (1826–1865)WGPSN
Gadomski36.21°N 147.36°W / 36.21; -147.36 (Gadomski)65.661970Jan Gadomski (1889–1966)WGPSN
Gagarin19.66°S 149.35°E / -19.66; 149.35 (Gagarin)261.831970Yuri Gagarin (1934–1968)WGPSN
Galen21.95°N 4.96°E / 21.95; 4.96 (Galen)9.181973Claudius Galen (c. 129–200)WGPSN
Galilaei10.48°N 62.83°W / 10.48; -62.83 (Galilaei)15.991935Galileo Galilei (1564–1642)WGPSN
Galle55.87°N 22.33°E / 55.87; 22.33 (Galle)20.961935Johann Gottfried Galle (1812–1910)WGPSN
Galois13.94°S 152.99°W / -13.94; -152.99 (Galois)231.971970Évariste Galois (1811–1832)WGPSN
Galvani49.51°N 84.56°W / 49.51; -84.56 (Galvani)76.831961Luigi Galvani (1737–1798)WGPSN
Gambart0.92°N 15.24°W / 0.92; -15.24 (Gambart)24.681935Jean Félix Adolphe Gambart (1800–1836)WGPSN
Gamow65.29°N 144.65°E / 65.29; 144.65 (Gamow)113.921970George Gamow (1904–1968)WGPSN
Ganskiy9.64°S 97°E / -9.64; 97 (Ganskiy)42.111970Aleksey P. (Hansky) Ganskiy (1870–1908)WGPSN
Ganswindt79.42°S 111.17°E / -79.42; 111.17 (Ganswindt)77.521970Hermann Ganswindt (1856–1934)WGPSN
Garavito47.21°S 156.78°E / -47.21; 156.78 (Garavito)81.051970Julio Garavito Armero (1865–1920)WGPSN
Gardner17.75°N 33.81°E / 17.75; 33.81 (Gardner)17.621976Irvine Clifton Gardner (1889–1972)WGPSN
Gärtner59.24°N 34.76°E / 59.24; 34.76 (Gärtner)101.791935Christian Gärtner (c. 1750–1813)WGPSN
Gassendi17.55°S 39.96°W / -17.55; -39.96 (Gassendi)111.391935Pierre Gassendi (1592–1655)WGPSN
Gaston30.88°N 33.96°W / 30.88; -33.96 (Gaston)2.021979(French male name)WGPSN
Gaudibert10.93°S 37.82°E / -10.93; 37.82 (Gaudibert)33.141935Casimir Marie Gaudibert (1823–1901)WGPSN
Gauricus33.91°S 12.74°W / -33.91; -12.74 (Gauricus)79.641935Luca Gaurico (1476–1558)WGPSN
Gauss36.01°N 79.08°E / 36.01; 79.08 (Gauss)170.721935Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855)WGPSN
Gavrilov17.41°N 131.22°E / 17.41; 131.22 (Gavrilov)61.621970Aleksandr I. Gavrilov (1884–1955) and Igor B. Gavrilov (1928–1982)WGPSN
Gay-Lussac13.88°N 20.79°W / 13.88; -20.79 (Gay-Lussac)25.41935Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac (1778–1850)WGPSN
Geber19.46°S 13.85°E / -19.46; 13.85 (Geber)44.681935Jabir ibn Aflah (1100–1150)WGPSN
Geiger14.39°S 158.41°E / -14.39; 158.41 (Geiger)36.631970Johannes Hans Wilhelm Geiger (1882–1945)WGPSN
Geissler2.6°S 76.51°E / -2.6; 76.51 (Geissler)17.391976Heinrich Geissler (1814–1879)WGPSN
Geminus34.42°N 56.66°E / 34.42; 56.66 (Geminus)81.981935Geminus (unknown-circa 70 BC)WGPSN
Gemma Frisius34.33°S 13.37°E / -34.33; 13.37 (Gemma Frisius)88.541935Gemma Frisius (1508–1555)WGPSN
Gena38.3°N 35°W / 38.3; -35 (Gena)0.22012Russian male nameWGPSN
Gerard44.54°N 80.51°W / 44.54; -80.51 (Gerard)98.781935Alexander Gerard (1792–1839)WGPSN
Gerasimovich22.95°S 123.42°W / -22.95; -123.42 (Gerasimovich)90.191970Boris P. Gerasimovich (1889–1937)WGPSN
Gernsback36.53°S 99.53°E / -36.53; 99.53 (Gernsback)47.21970Hugo Gernsback (1884–1967)WGPSN
Gibbs18.37°S 84.27°E / -18.37; 84.27 (Gibbs)78.761964Josiah Willard Gibbs (1839–1903)WGPSN
Gilbert3.2°S 76.16°E / -3.2; 76.16 (Gilbert)100.251964Grove Karl Gilbert (1843–1918) and William Gilbert (1544–1603)WGPSN
Gill63.77°S 75.95°E / -63.77; 75.95 (Gill)63.91964David Gill (astronomer) (1843–1914)WGPSN
Ginzel14.25°N 97.4°E / 14.25; 97.4 (Ginzel)53.231970Friedrich Karl Ginzel (1850–1926)WGPSN
Gioja83.35°N 1.76°E / 83.35; 1.76 (Gioja)42.471935Flavio Gioja (flourished 1302)WGPSN
Giordano Bruno35.97°N 102.89°E / 35.97; 102.89 (Giordano Bruno)22.131961Giordano Bruno (1548–1600)WGPSN
Glaisher13.19°N 49.34°E / 13.19; 49.34 (Glaisher)15.921935James Glaisher (1809–1903)WGPSN
Glauber11.32°N 142.67°E / 11.32; 142.67 (Glauber)15.241976Johann Rudolf Glauber (c. 1603–1670)WGPSN
Glazenap1.85°S 137.76°E / -1.85; 137.76 (Glazenap)38.961970Sergej Pavlovich von Glazenap (1848–1937)WGPSN
Glushko8.11°N 77.67°W / 8.11; -77.67 (Glushko)40.11994Valentin Petrovitch Glushko (1908–1989)WGPSN
Goclenius10.05°S 45.03°E / -10.05; 45.03 (Goclenius)73.041935Rudolf Goclenius, Jr. (1572–1621)WGPSN
Goddard15.15°N 89.13°E / 15.15; 89.13 (Goddard)93.181964Robert H. Goddard (1882–1945)WGPSN
Godin1.82°N 10.16°E / 1.82; 10.16 (Godin)34.251935Louis Godin (1704–1760)WGPSN
Goldschmidt73.04°N 3.37°W / 73.04; -3.37 (Goldschmidt)115.261935Hermann Goldschmidt (1802–1866)WGPSN
Golgi27.78°N 59.96°W / 27.78; -59.96 (Golgi)5.581976Camillo Golgi (1843–1926)WGPSN
Golitsyn25.2°S 105.2°W / -25.2; -105.2 (Golitsyn)35.471970Boris Borisovich Golitsyn (1862–1916)WGPSN
Golovin39.75°N 161.24°E / 39.75; 161.24 (Golovin)37.861970Nicholas Erasmus Golovin (1912–1969)WGPSN
Goodacre32.67°S 14.08°E / -32.67; 14.08 (Goodacre)44.091935Walter Goodacre (1856–1938)WGPSN
Gore86.18°N 62.31°W / 86.18; -62.31 (Gore)9.412009John Ellard Gore (1845–1910)WGPSN
Gould19.26°S 17.25°W / -19.26; -17.25 (Gould)32.991935Benjamin Apthorp Gould (1824–1896)WGPSN
Grace14.21°N 35.89°E / 14.21; 35.89 (Grace)1.491979(English female name)WGPSN
Grachev3.83°S 108.42°W / -3.83; -108.42 (Grachev)34.981970Andrej D. Grachev (1900–1964)WGPSN
Graff42.3°S 88.71°W / -42.3; -88.71 (Graff)36.161970Kasimir Romuald Graff (1878–1950)WGPSN
Grave17.04°S 150.23°E / -17.04; 150.23 (Grave)36.951976Dmitry Aleksandrovich Grave (1863–1939) and Ivan Platonovich Grave (1874–1960)WGPSN
Greaves13.18°N 52.79°E / 13.18; 52.79 (Greaves)14.271976William Michael Herbert Greaves (1897–1955)WGPSN
Green3.69°N 133.12°E / 3.69; 133.12 (Green)68.281970George Green (1793–1841)WGPSN
Gregory1.76°N 127.28°E / 1.76; 127.28 (Gregory)63.91970James Gregory (1638–1675)WGPSN
Grigg12.5°N 130.13°W / 12.5; -130.13 (Grigg)36.721970John Grigg (1838–1920)WGPSN
Grimaldi5.38°S 68.36°W / -5.38; -68.36 (Grimaldi)173.491935Francesco Maria Grimaldi (1618–1663)WGPSN
Grignard84.54°N 75.83°W / 84.54; -75.83 (Grignard)12.952009Victor Grignard (1871–1935)WGPSN
Grissom46.92°S 147.98°W / -46.92; -147.98 (Grissom)59.821970Virgil "Gus" I. Grissom (1926–1967)WGPSN
Grotrian66.15°S 128.28°E / -66.15; 128.28 (Grotrian)36.781970Walter Grotrian (1890–1954)WGPSN
Grove40.3°N 32.98°E / 40.3; 32.98 (Grove)28.551935Sir William Robert Grove (1811–1896)WGPSN
Gruemberger67.04°S 10.3°W / -67.04; -10.3 (Gruemberger)91.51935Christoph Grienberger (1561–1636)WGPSN
Gruithuisen32.89°N 39.78°W / 32.89; -39.78 (Gruithuisen)14.981935Franz von Gruithuisen (1774–1852)WGPSN
Guericke11.57°S 14.19°W / -11.57; -14.19 (Guericke)60.751935Otto von Guericke (1602–1686)WGPSN
Guest19.79°S 117.39°E / -19.79; 117.39 (Guest)19.792017John E. Guest (1938–2012)WGPSN
Guillaume45.16°N 173.38°W / 45.16; -173.38 (Guillaume)56.751979Charles Édouard Guillaume (1861–1938)WGPSN
Gullstrand44.95°N 129.67°W / 44.95; -129.67 (Gullstrand)45.051970Allvar Gullstrand (1862–1930)WGPSN
Gum40.34°S 88.91°E / -40.34; 88.91 (Gum)54.551970Colin Stanley Gum (1924–1960)WGPSN
Gutenberg8.61°S 41.25°E / -8.61; 41.25 (Gutenberg)70.651935Johann Gutenberg (c. 1398–1468)WGPSN
Guthnick47.76°S 94.04°W / -47.76; -94.04 (Guthnick)37.031970Paul Guthnick (1879–1947)WGPSN
Guyot11.63°N 117.12°E / 11.63; 117.12 (Guyot)98.281970Arnold Henry Guyot (1807–1884)WGPSN
Gyldén5.37°S 0.23°E / -5.37; 0.23 (Gyldén)48.151935Hugo Gyldén (1841–1896)WGPSN

H
CraterCoordinatesDiameter
(km)		Approval
Year		EponymRef
H. G. Wells40.84°N 122.63°E / 40.84; 122.63 (H. G. Wells)108.91970H. G. Wells, writer (1866–1946)WGPSN
Haber83.4°N 94.63°W / 83.4; -94.63 (Haber)56.792009Fritz Haber (1868–1934)WGPSN
Hagecius59.92°S 46.63°E / -59.92; 46.63 (Hagecius)79.551935Tadeáš Hájek (1525–1600)WGPSN
Hagen48.32°S 135.95°E / -48.32; 135.95 (Hagen)57.521970Johann Georg Hagen (1847–1930)WGPSN
Hahn31.22°N 73.55°E / 31.22; 73.55 (Hahn)87.491935Friedrich von Hahn (1741–1805) and Otto Hahn (1879–1968)WGPSN
Haidinger39.18°S 25.14°W / -39.18; -25.14 (Haidinger)21.331935Wilhelm Karl von Haidinger (1795–1871)WGPSN
Hainzel41.23°S 33.52°W / -41.23; -33.52 (Hainzel)70.561935Paul Hainzel (flourished 1570)WGPSN
Haldane1.66°S 84.11°E / -1.66; 84.11 (Haldane)40.261973John Burdon Sanderson Haldane (1892–1964)WGPSN
Hale74.13°S 91.71°E / -74.13; 91.71 (Hale)84.421964George Ellery Hale (1868–1938) and William Hale (1797–1870)WGPSN
Hall33.81°N 36.75°E / 33.81; 36.75 (Hall)31.771935Asaph Hall (1829–1907)WGPSN
Halley8.05°S 5.73°E / -8.05; 5.73 (Halley)34.591935Edmond Halley (1656–1742)WGPSN
Hamilton42.77°S 84.41°E / -42.77; 84.41 (Hamilton)57.451964William Rowan Hamilton (1805–1865)WGPSN
Hanno56.46°S 71.38°E / -56.46; 71.38 (Hanno)59.541935Hanno the Navigator (circa 500 BC)WGPSN
Hansen14.04°N 72.54°E / 14.04; 72.54 (Hansen)41.181935Peter Andreas Hansen (1795–1874)WGPSN
Hansteen11.53°S 52.06°W / -11.53; -52.06 (Hansteen)44.991935Christopher Hansteen (1784–1873)WGPSN
Harden5.46°N 143.55°E / 5.46; 143.55 (Harden)14.981976Arthur Harden (1865–1940)WGPSN
Harding43.54°N 71.66°W / 43.54; -71.66 (Harding)22.571935Karl Ludwig Harding (1765–1834)WGPSN
Haret58.77°S 176.19°W / -58.77; -176.19 (Haret)29.771970Spiru Haret (1851–1912)WGPSN
Hargreaves2.18°S 64.09°E / -2.18; 64.09 (Hargreaves)181979Frederick James Hargreaves (1891–1970)WGPSN
Harkhebi40.87°N 98.74°E / 40.87; 98.74 (Harkhebi)337.141979Harkhebi (circa 300 BC)WGPSN
Harlan38.31°S 79.65°E / -38.31; 79.65 (Harlan)63.452000Harlan James Smith (1924–1991)WGPSN
Harold10.88°S 6.07°W / -10.88; -6.07 (Harold)1.431976(Scandinavian male name)WGPSN
Harpalus52.73°N 43.49°W / 52.73; -43.49 (Harpalus)39.771935Harpalus (unknown-circa 460 BC)WGPSN
Harriot33.2°N 114.4°E / 33.2; 114.4 (Harriot)52.771970Thomas Harriot (1560–1621)WGPSN
Hartmann2.71°N 135.45°E / 2.71; 135.45 (Hartmann)63.291970Johannes Franz Hartmann (1865–1936)WGPSN
Hartwig6.14°S 80.47°W / -6.14; -80.47 (Hartwig)78.461964Carl Ernst Albrecht Hartwig (1851–1923)WGPSN
Harvey19.35°N 146.51°W / 19.35; -146.51 (Harvey)59.981970William Harvey (1578–1657)WGPSN
Hase29.37°S 62.68°E / -29.37; 62.68 (Hase)82.081935Johann Matthias Hase (1684–1742)WGPSN
Haskin81.51°N 133.16°E / 81.51; 133.16 (Haskin)66.572009Larry Haskin (1934–2005)WGPSN
Hatanaka29.33°N 121.92°W / 29.33; -121.92 (Hatanaka)30.151970Takeo Hatanaka (1914–1963)WGPSN
Hausen65.11°S 88.49°W / -65.11; -88.49 (Hausen)163.241961Christian August Hausen (1693–1743)WGPSN
Haworth87.45°S 5.17°W / -87.45; -5.17 (Haworth)51.422008Walter Norman Haworth (1883–1950)WGPSN
Hayford12.68°N 176.45°W / 12.68; -176.45 (Hayford)28.151970John Fillmore Hayford (1868–1925)WGPSN
Hayn64.56°N 83.87°E / 64.56; 83.87 (Hayn)86.211964Friedrich Hayn (1863–1928)WGPSN
Healy32.5°N 111°W / 32.5; -111 (Healy)37.981970Roy Healy (1915–1968)WGPSN
Heaviside10.44°S 166.77°E / -10.44; 166.77 (Heaviside)164.461970Oliver Heaviside (1850–1925)WGPSN
Hecataeus22.06°S 79.68°E / -22.06; 79.68 (Hecataeus)133.671935Hecataeus of Miletus (unknown-circa 476 BC)WGPSN
Hédervári81.77°S 85.6°E / -81.77; 85.6 (Hédervári)74.141994Peter Hédervári (1931–1984)WGPSN
Hedin2.87°N 76.57°W / 2.87; -76.57 (Hedin)157.381964Sven Hedin (1865–1952)WGPSN
Heinrich24.84°N 15.37°W / 24.84; -15.37 (Heinrich)6.861979Wladimir Wáclav Heinrich (1884–1965)WGPSN
Heinsius39.48°S 17.82°W / -39.48; -17.82 (Heinsius)64.871935Gottfried Heinsius (1709–1769)WGPSN
Heis32.47°N 31.98°W / 32.47; -31.98 (Heis)13.691935Eduard Heis (1806–1877)WGPSN
Helberg22.63°N 102.46°W / 22.63; -102.46 (Helberg)61.931970Robert J. Helberg (1906–1967)WGPSN
Helicon40.43°N 23.11°W / 40.43; -23.11 (Helicon)23.741935Helicon (unknown-circa 400 BC)WGPSN
Hell32.41°S 7.8°W / -32.41; -7.8 (Hell)33.311935Maximilian Hell (1720–1792)WGPSN
Helmert7.56°S 87.67°E / -7.56; 87.67 (Helmert)26.721973Friedrich Robert Helmert (1843–1917)WGPSN
Helmholtz68.64°S 65.34°E / -68.64; 65.34 (Helmholtz)110.161935Hermann von Helmholtz (1821–1894)WGPSN
Henderson4.76°N 152°E / 4.76; 152 (Henderson)43.491970Thomas Henderson (1798–1844)WGPSN
Hendrix46.86°S 159.97°W / -46.86; -159.97 (Hendrix)16.631970Don Osgood Hendrix (1905–1961)WGPSN
Henry23.97°S 57.01°W / -23.97; -57.01 (Henry)39.061970Joseph Henry (1792–1878)WGPSN
Henry Frères23.52°S 59.02°W / -23.52; -59.02 (Henry Frères)41.731961Paul Henry and Prosper Henry (1848–1905, 1849–1903)WGPSN
Henyey12.7°N 152.33°W / 12.7; -152.33 (Henyey)68.741970Louis G. Henyey (1910–1970)WGPSN
Heraclitus49.31°S 6.42°E / -49.31; 6.42 (Heraclitus)85.741935Heraclitus (c. 540–480 BC)WGPSN
Hercules46.82°N 39.21°E / 46.82; 39.21 (Hercules)68.321935HerculesWGPSN
Herigonius13.36°S 33.97°W / -13.36; -33.97 (Herigonius)14.861935Pierre Herigone (flourished 1644)WGPSN
Hermann0.87°S 57.47°W / -0.87; -57.47 (Hermann)15.921935Jacob Hermann (1678–1733)WGPSN
Hermite86.17°N 93.32°W / 86.17; -93.32 (Hermite)108.641964Charles Hermite (1822–1901)WGPSN
Herodotus23.25°N 49.84°W / 23.25; -49.84 (Herodotus)35.871935Herodotus (c. 484–408 BC)WGPSN
Heron0.65°N 119.88°E / 0.65; 119.88 (Heron)28.11976Heron (Hero) (unknown-circa 100 BC)WGPSN
Herschel5.69°S 2.09°W / -5.69; -2.09 (Herschel)39.091935William Herschel (1738–1822)WGPSN
Hertz13.32°N 104.56°E / 13.32; 104.56 (Hertz)82.941961Heinrich Rudolf Hertz (1857–1894)WGPSN
Hertzsprung1.37°N 128.66°W / 1.37; -128.66 (Hertzsprung)536.371970Ejnar Hertzsprung (1873–1967)WGPSN
Hesiodus29.42°S 16.42°W / -29.42; -16.42 (Hesiodus)43.241935Hesiod (circa 735 BC)WGPSN
Hess54.47°S 174.19°E / -54.47; 174.19 (Hess)90.441970Victor Franz Hess (1883–1964) and Harry Hammond Hess (1906–1969)WGPSN
Hevelius2.2°N 67.46°W / 2.2; -67.46 (Hevelius)113.871935Johannes Hevelius (1611–1687)WGPSN
Hevesy83.09°N 149.15°E / 83.09; 149.15 (Hevesy)49.992009George de Hevesy (1885–1966)WGPSN
Heymans74.76°N 144.94°W / 74.76; -144.94 (Heymans)46.451970Corneille Jean François Heymans (1892–1968)WGPSN
Heyrovsky39.55°S 95.42°W / -39.55; -95.42 (Heyrovsky)16.661985Jaroslav Heyrovský (1890–1967)WGPSN
Hilbert17.87°S 108.32°E / -17.87; 108.32 (Hilbert)173.241970David Hilbert (1862–1943)WGPSN
Hildegard51.68°S 127.74°E / -51.68; 127.74 (Hildegard)1222016 Hildegard von Bingen (1098–1179)WGPSN
Hill20.91°N 40.81°E / 20.91; 40.81 (Hill)15.861973George William Hill (1838–1914)WGPSN
Hind7.92°S 7.31°E / -7.92; 7.31 (Hind)28.51935John Russell Hind (1823–1895)WGPSN
Hinshelwood89.41°N 51.89°W / 89.41; -51.89 (Hinshelwood)13.352009Cyril Norman Hinshelwood (1897–1967)WGPSN
Hippalus24.92°S 30.42°W / -24.92; -30.42 (Hippalus)57.361935Hippalus (unknown-circa 120)WGPSN
Hipparchus5.36°S 4.91°E / -5.36; 4.91 (Hipparchus)143.951935Hipparchus (flourished 140 BC)WGPSN
Hippocrates70.26°N 146.54°W / 70.26; -146.54 (Hippocrates)59.241970Hippocrates (c. 460–377 BC)WGPSN
Hirayama6.01°S 93.63°E / -6.01; 93.63 (Hirayama)145.211970Kiyotsugu Hirayama (1874–1943) and Shin Hirayama (1867–1945)WGPSN
Hoffmeister15.04°N 136.84°E / 15.04; 136.84 (Hoffmeister)44.461970Cuno Hoffmeister (1892–1968)WGPSN
Hogg33.51°N 121.96°E / 33.51; 121.96 (Hogg)38.391970Arthur Robert Hogg (1903–1966) and Frank Scott Hogg (1904–1951)WGPSN
Hohmann17.92°S 94.26°W / -17.92; -94.26 (Hohmann)16.811970Walter Hohmann (1880–1945)WGPSN
Holden19.19°S 62.53°E / -19.19; 62.53 (Holden)47.61935Edward Singleton Holden (1846–1914)WGPSN
Holetschek27.61°S 151.15°E / -27.61; 151.15 (Holetschek)37.771970Johann Holetschek (1846–1923)WGPSN
Hommel54.74°S 32.93°E / -54.74; 32.93 (Hommel)113.61935Johann Hommel (1518–1562)WGPSN
Hooke41.14°N 54.86°E / 41.14; 54.86 (Hooke)34.351935Robert Hooke (1635–1703)WGPSN
Hopmann51.01°S 159.23°E / -51.01; 159.23 (Hopmann)87.841979Josef Hopmann (1890–1975)WGPSN
Hornsby23.8°N 12.51°E / 23.8; 12.51 (Hornsby)2.851973Thomas Hornsby (1733–1810)WGPSN
Horrebow58.8°N 40.93°W / 58.8; -40.93 (Horrebow)24.981935Peder Horrebow (1679–1764)WGPSN
Horrocks3.99°S 5.85°E / -3.99; 5.85 (Horrocks)29.651935Jeremiah Horrocks (1619–1641)WGPSN
Hortensius6.47°N 28°W / 6.47; -28 (Hortensius)14.161935Martin van den Hove (1605–1639)WGPSN
Houssay83.11°N 98.52°E / 83.11; 98.52 (Houssay)31.412009Bernardo Houssay (1887–1971)WGPSN
Houtermans9.42°S 87.38°E / -9.42; 87.38 (Houtermans)42.681973Friedrich Georg Houtermans (1903–1966)WGPSN
Houzeau17.25°S 123.89°W / -17.25; -123.89 (Houzeau)76.841970Jean Charles Houzeau (de Lehaie) (1820–1888)WGPSN
Hubble22.29°N 86.91°E / 22.29; 86.91 (Hubble)81.841964Edwin Powell Hubble (1889–1953)WGPSN
Huggins41.07°S 1.52°W / -41.07; -1.52 (Huggins)65.791935Sir William Huggins (1824–1910)WGPSN
Humason30.73°N 56.66°W / 30.73; -56.66 (Humason)4.341973Milton Lasell Humason (1891–1972)WGPSN
Humboldt27.02°S 80.96°E / -27.02; 80.96 (Humboldt)199.461935Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767–1835)WGPSN
Hume4.68°S 90.47°E / -4.68; 90.47 (Hume)22.31976David Hume (1711–1776)WGPSN
Husband40.32°S 147.84°W / -40.32; -147.84 (Husband)31.262006Rick Husband (1957–2003)WGPSN
Hutton37.22°N 168.68°E / 37.22; 168.68 (Hutton)45.171970James Hutton (1726–1797)WGPSN
Huxley20.2°N 4.54°W / 20.2; -4.54 (Huxley)3.481973Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895)WGPSN
Hyginus7.76°N 6.27°E / 7.76; 6.27 (Hyginus)8.71935Gaius Julius Hyginus (flourished first century BC)WGPSN
Hypatia4.25°S 22.58°E / -4.25; 22.58 (Hypatia)38.821935Hypatia of Alexandria (415 AD)WGPSN

I
CraterCoordinatesDiameter
(km)		Approval
Year		EponymRef
Ian25.72°N 0.39°W / 25.72; -0.39 (Ian)1.511976(Scottish male name)WGPSN
Ibn Bajja86.3°S 75.04°W / -86.3; -75.04 (Ibn Bajja)11.982009Ibn Bajjah (1095–1138)WGPSN
Ibn Battuta6.95°S 50.44°E / -6.95; 50.44 (Ibn Battuta)11.511976Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta (1304–1377)WGPSN
Ibn Firnas6.83°N 122.3°E / 6.83; 122.3 (Ibn Firnas)88.291976Abbas Ibn Firnas (circa AD 887)WGPSN
Ibn Yunus14.14°N 91.14°E / 14.14; 91.14 (Ibn Yunus)59.691970Abul al-Hasan ben Ahmad (950–1009)WGPSN
Ibn-Rushd11.69°S 21.71°E / -11.69; 21.71 (Ibn-Rushd)31.081976Averroës (1126–1198)WGPSN
Icarus5.49°S 173.26°W / -5.49; -173.26 (Icarus)93.731970Icarus (mythology)WGPSN
Ideler49.32°S 22.24°E / -49.32; 22.24 (Ideler)37.771935Christian Ludwig Ideler (1766–1846)WGPSN
Idel'son81.35°S 112.69°E / -81.35; 112.69 (Idel'son)59.821970Naum Il'ich Idel'son (1885–1951)WGPSN
Igor38.3°N 35°W / 38.3; -35 (Igor)0.12012Russian male nameWGPSN
Il'in17.8°S 97.68°W / -17.8; -97.68 (Il'in)12.421985Nikolaj Yakovlevich Il'in (1901–1937)WGPSN
Ina18.66°N 5.3°E / 18.66; 5.3 (Ina)2.981979(Latin female name)WGPSN
Ingalls26.16°N 153.34°W / 26.16; -153.34 (Ingalls)37.231970Albert Graham Ingalls (1888–1958)WGPSN
Inghirami47.49°S 68.95°W / -47.49; -68.95 (Inghirami)94.61935Giovanni Inghirami (1779–1851)WGPSN
Innes27.85°N 119.31°E / 27.85; 119.31 (Innes)42.831970Robert Thorburn Ayton Innes (1861–1933)WGPSN
Ioffe14.38°S 129.16°W / -14.38; -129.16 (Ioffe)83.951970Abram Fedorovich Ioffe (1880–1960)WGPSN
Isabel28.18°N 34.07°W / 28.18; -34.07 (Isabel)1.221979(Spanish female name)WGPSN
Isaev17.57°S 147.49°E / -17.57; 147.49 (Isaev)94.11976Aleksei Mihailovich Isaev (1908–1971)WGPSN
Isidorus7.96°S 33.5°E / -7.96; 33.5 (Isidorus)41.391935St. Isidore of Seville (c. 570–636)WGPSN
Isis18.95°N 27.48°E / 18.95; 27.48 (Isis)0.611976Isis (Egyptian goddess)WGPSN
Ivan26.86°N 43.26°W / 26.86; -43.26 (Ivan)3.841976(Russian male name)WGPSN
Izsak23.32°S 117.59°E / -23.32; 117.59 (Izsak)30.831970Imre Izsak (1929–1965)WGPSN

J
CraterCoordinatesDiameter
(km)		Approval
Year		EponymRef
J. Herschel62.31°N 41.86°W / 62.31; -41.86 (J. Herschel)154.441935John Herschel (1792–1871)WGPSN
Jackson22.05°N 163.32°W / 22.05; -163.32 (Jackson)71.381970John Jackson (1887–1958)WGPSN
Jacobi56.82°S 11.3°E / -56.82; 11.3 (Jacobi)66.281935Karl Gustav Jacob Jacobi (1804–1851)WGPSN
Jansen13.55°N 28.64°E / 13.55; 28.64 (Jansen)24.211935Zacharias Janssen (1580–circa 1638)WGPSN
Jansky8.63°N 89.5°E / 8.63; 89.5 (Jansky)73.771964Karl Jansky (1905–1950)WGPSN
Janssen44.96°S 40.82°E / -44.96; 40.82 (Janssen)200.651935Pierre Jules César Janssen (1824–1907)WGPSN
Jarvis35.13°S 148.21°W / -35.13; -148.21 (Jarvis)41.221988Gregory Bruce Jarvis (1944–1986)WGPSN
Jeans55.58°S 91.51°E / -55.58; 91.51 (Jeans)81.131964Sir James Hopwood Jeans (1877–1946)WGPSN
Jehan20.71°N 31.86°W / 20.71; -31.86 (Jehan)4.461976(Turkish female name)WGPSN
Jenkins0.37°N 78.04°E / 0.37; 78.04 (Jenkins)37.771982Louise Freeland Jenkins (1888–1970)WGPSN
Jenner42.01°S 95.98°E / -42.01; 95.98 (Jenner)73.661970Edward Jenner (1749–1823)WGPSN
Jerik18.53°N 27.63°E / 18.53; 27.63 (Jerik)0.631976(Scandinavian male name)WGPSN
Joliot25.79°N 93.39°E / 25.79; 93.39 (Joliot)172.791961Frédéric Joliot-Curie (1900–1958)WGPSN
Jomo24.41°N 2.44°E / 24.41; 2.44 (Jomo)7.361979(African male name)WGPSN
José12.68°S 1.66°W / -12.68; -1.66 (José)1.221976(Spanish male name)WGPSN
Joule27.15°N 144.14°W / 27.15; -144.14 (Joule)97.521970James Prescott Joule (1818–1889)WGPSN
Joy25.01°N 6.56°E / 25.01; 6.56 (Joy)5.121973Alfred Harrison Joy (1882–1973)WGPSN
Jules Verne34.85°S 147.28°E / -34.85; 147.28 (Jules Verne)145.541961Jules Verne (1828–1905)WGPSN
Julienne26.06°N 3.13°E / 26.06; 3.13 (Julienne)1.81976(French female name)WGPSN
Julius Caesar9.17°N 15.21°E / 9.17; 15.21 (Julius Caesar)84.721935Julius Caesar (circa 102–44 BC)WGPSN

K
CraterCoordinatesDiameter
(km)		Approval
Year		EponymRef
Kaiser36.49°S 6.48°E / -36.49; 6.48 (Kaiser)53.151935Frederik Kaiser (1808–1872)WGPSN
Kamerlingh Onnes14.72°N 116.29°W / 14.72; -116.29 (Kamerlingh Onnes)70.031970Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (1853–1926)WGPSN
Kane62.99°N 25.84°E / 62.99; 25.84 (Kane)54.961935Elisha Kent Kane (1820–1857)WGPSN
Kant10.62°S 20.2°E / -10.62; 20.2 (Kant)30.851935Immanuel Kant (1724–1804)WGPSN
Kao6.71°S 87.81°E / -6.71; 87.81 (Kao)34.541982Ping-Tse Kao (1888–1970)WGPSN
Kapteyn10.79°S 70.59°E / -10.79; 70.59 (Kapteyn)48.651964Jacobus C. Kapteyn (1851–1922)WGPSN
Karima25.93°S 102.98°E / -25.93; 102.98 (Karima)3.051976(Arabic female name)WGPSN
Karpinskiy72.61°N 166.8°E / 72.61; 166.8 (Karpinskiy)91.41970Alexander Petrovich Karpinsky (1846–1936)WGPSN
Karrer52.06°S 142.28°W / -52.06; -142.28 (Karrer)55.561979Paul Karrer (1889–1971)WGPSN
Kasper8.3°N 122.12°E / 8.3; 122.12 (Kasper)12.391979(Polish male name)WGPSN
Kästner6.9°S 78.94°E / -6.9; 78.94 (Kästner)116.071961Abraham Gotthelf KästnerWGPSN
Katchalsky5.91°N 116.07°E / 5.91; 116.07 (Katchalsky)32.31973Aharon Katzir-Katchalsky (1914–1972)WGPSN
Kathleen25.34°N 0.83°W / 25.34; -0.83 (Kathleen)5.371976(Irish female name)WGPSN
Kearons11.59°S 112.92°W / -11.59; -112.92 (Kearons)27.991970William M. Kearons (1878–1948)WGPSN
Keeler9.78°S 161.78°E / -9.78; 161.78 (Keeler)158.071970James Edward Keeler (1857–1900)WGPSN
Kekulé16.31°N 138.47°W / 16.31; -138.47 (Kekulé)94.221970Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz (1829–1896)WGPSN
Keldysh51.23°N 43.65°E / 51.23; 43.65 (Keldysh)32.751982Mstislav Vsevolodovich Keldysh (1911–1978)WGPSN
Kepínski28.63°N 126.72°E / 28.63; 126.72 (Kepínski)31.671979Felicjan Kępiński (1885–1966)WGPSN
Kepler8.12°N 38.01°W / 8.12; -38.01 (Kepler)29.491935Johannes Kepler (1571–1630)WGPSN
Khvol'son14.13°S 111.87°E / -14.13; 111.87 (Khvol'son)55.881970Orest Daniilovich Khvol'son (1852–1934)WGPSN
Kibal'chich2.72°N 147.18°W / 2.72; -147.18 (Kibal'chich)91.671970Nikolaj Ivanovich Kibal'chich (1853–1881)WGPSN
Kidinnu35.79°N 122.95°E / 35.79; 122.95 (Kidinnu)55.11970Kidinnu (c. 343 BC)WGPSN
Kies26.31°S 22.63°W / -26.31; -22.63 (Kies)45.541935Johann Kies (1713–1781)WGPSN
Kiess6.41°S 84.11°E / -6.41; 84.11 (Kiess)67.791973Carl Clarence Kiess (1887–1967)WGPSN
Kimura56.82°S 118.38°E / -56.82; 118.38 (Kimura)27.441970Hisashi Kimura (1870–1943)WGPSN
Kinau60.75°S 14.94°E / -60.75; 14.94 (Kinau)41.871935Adolph Gottfried Kinau (1814–1887)WGPSN
King4.96°N 120.49°E / 4.96; 120.49 (King)76.211970Arthur Scott King (1876–1957) and Edward Skinner King (1861–1931)WGPSN
Kira17.71°S 132.83°E / -17.71; 132.83 (Kira)6.811976(Russian female name)WGPSN
Kirch39.27°N 5.62°W / 39.27; -5.62 (Kirch)11.711935Gottfried Kirch (1639–1710)WGPSN
Kircher67.01°S 45.48°W / -67.01; -45.48 (Kircher)71.21935Athanasius Kircher (1601–1680)WGPSN
Kirchhoff30.3°N 38.84°E / 30.3; 38.84 (Kirchhoff)24.381935Gustav Kirchhoff (1824–1887)WGPSN
Kirkwood68.34°N 156.66°W / 68.34; -156.66 (Kirkwood)68.121970Daniel Kirkwood (1814–1895)WGPSN
Klaproth69.85°S 26.26°W / -69.85; -26.26 (Klaproth)121.371935Martin Heinrich Klaproth (1743–1817)WGPSN
Klein11.99°S 2.53°E / -11.99; 2.53 (Klein)43.471935Hermann Joseph Klein (1844–1914)WGPSN
Kleymenov32.48°S 140.36°W / -32.48; -140.36 (Kleymenov)55.981970Ivan Terentyevich Kleymenov (1898–1938)WGPSN
Klute36.93°N 141.76°W / 36.93; -141.76 (Klute)77.471970Daniel O. Klute (1921–1964)WGPSN
Knox-Shaw5.36°N 80.19°E / 5.36; 80.19 (Knox-Shaw)13.441973Harold Knox-Shaw (1885–1970)WGPSN
Koch42.13°S 150.33°E / -42.13; 150.33 (Koch)94.71970Robert Koch (1843–1910)WGPSN
Kocher84.47°S 134.02°W / -84.47; -134.02 (Kocher)24.032009Emil Kocher (1841–1917)WGPSN
Kohlschütter14.24°N 153.95°E / 14.24; 153.95 (Kohlschütter)56.251970Arnold Kohlschütter (1883–1969)WGPSN
Kolhörster10.79°N 115.01°W / 10.79; -115.01 (Kolhörster)78.781970Werner Kolhörster (1887–1946)WGPSN
Kolya38.3°N 35°W / 38.3; -35 (Kolya)0.12012Russian male nameWGPSN
Komarov24.59°N 152.25°E / 24.59; 152.25 (Komarov)80.431970Vladimir M. Komarov (1927–1967)WGPSN
Kondratyuk15.33°S 115.8°E / -15.33; 115.8 (Kondratyuk)97.971970Yurij V. Kondratyuk (1897–1942)WGPSN
König24.23°S 24.68°W / -24.23; -24.68 (König)22.861935Rudolf König (1865–1927)WGPSN
Konoplev28.16°S 124.37°W / -28.16; -124.37 (Konoplev)27.671991B. T. Konoplev (1912–1960)WGPSN
Konstantinov19.56°N 158.34°E / 19.56; 158.34 (Konstantinov)68.081970Konstantin Ivanovich Konstantinov (1817–1871)WGPSN
Kopff17.39°S 89.68°W / -17.39; -89.68 (Kopff)40.491970August Kopff (1882–1960)WGPSN
Korolev4.19°S 157.41°W / -4.19; -157.41 (Korolev)423.411970Sergei P. Korolev (1906–1966)WGPSN
Kosberg20.19°S 149.61°E / -20.19; 149.61 (Kosberg)14.631976Semyon Ariyevich Kosberg (1903–1965)WGPSN
Kostinskiy14.43°N 118.85°E / 14.43; 118.85 (Kostinskiy)67.911970Sergey K. Kostinskiy (1867–1937)WGPSN
Kostya38.3°N 35°W / 38.3; -35 (Kostya)0.22012Russian male nameWGPSN
Koval'skiy21.89°S 101.03°E / -21.89; 101.03 (Koval'skiy)44.971970Marian Albertovich Koval'skiy (1821–1884)WGPSN
Kovalevskaya30.86°N 129.44°W / 30.86; -129.44 (Kovalevskaya)113.711970Sofia V. Kovalevskaya (1850–1891)WGPSN
Kozyrev46.64°S 129.59°E / -46.64; 129.59 (Kozyrev)59.351997Nikolay Alexandrovich Kozyrev (1908–1983)WGPSN
Krafft16.56°N 72.72°W / 16.56; -72.72 (Krafft)51.151935Wolfgang Ludwig Krafft (1743–1814)WGPSN
Kramarov2.29°S 98.89°W / -2.29; -98.89 (Kramarov)21.051991Grigory Moiseevich Kramarov (1887–1970)WGPSN
Kramers53.28°N 127.98°W / 53.28; -127.98 (Kramers)61.591970Hendrik Anthony Kramers (1894–1952)WGPSN
Krasnov29.93°S 79.82°W / -29.93; -79.82 (Krasnov)41.171964Aleksander V. Krasnov (1866–1907)WGPSN
Krasovskiy3.79°N 175.63°W / 3.79; -175.63 (Krasovskiy)61.671970Feodosiy N. Krasovskiy (1878–1948)WGPSN
Kreiken9.05°S 84.55°E / -9.05; 84.55 (Kreiken)29.371973Edberg Adrian Kreiken (1896–1964)WGPSN
Krieger29.02°N 45.61°W / 29.02; -45.61 (Krieger)22.871935Johann Nepomuk Krieger (1865–1902)WGPSN
Krogh9.41°N 65.69°E / 9.41; 65.69 (Krogh)19.171976Schack August Steenberg Krogh (1874–1949)WGPSN
Krusenstern26.3°S 5.76°E / -26.3; 5.76 (Krusenstern)46.441935Baron von Adam Johann Krusenstern (1770–1846)WGPSN
Krylov35.26°N 166.11°W / 35.26; -166.11 (Krylov)49.831970Alexei Krylov (1863–1945)WGPSN
Kugler53.44°S 104.1°E / -53.44; 104.1 (Kugler)65.871970Franz Xaver Kugler (1862–1929)WGPSN
Kuhn84.48°S 152.48°W / -84.48; -152.48 (Kuhn)16.612009Richard Kuhn (1900–1967)WGPSN
Kuiper9.78°S 22.68°W / -9.78; -22.68 (Kuiper)6.281976Gerard Peter Kuiper (1905–1973)WGPSN
Kulik41.98°N 154.63°W / 41.98; -154.63 (Kulik)60.461970Leonid Alekseevich Kulik (1883–1942)WGPSN
Kundt11.57°S 11.57°W / -11.57; -11.57 (Kundt)10.311976August Kundt (1839–1894)WGPSN
Kunowsky3.22°N 32.53°W / 3.22; -32.53 (Kunowsky)18.271935Georg Karl Friedrich Kunowsky (1786–1846)WGPSN
Kuo Shou Ching8.1°N 134.66°W / 8.1; -134.66 (Kuo Shou Ching)33.481970Kuo Shou Ching (1231–1316)WGPSN
Kurchatov38.3°N 141.74°E / 38.3; 141.74 (Kurchatov)110.961961Igor' Vasil'evich Kurchatov (1903–1960)WGPSN

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