List of craters on the Moon: L–N

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
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Main article: List of craters on the Moon

L
CraterCoordinatesDiameter
(km)		Approval
Year		EponymRef
L. Clark43.34°S 147.7°W / -43.34; -147.7 (L. Clark)15.32006Laurel Blair Salton Clark (1961–2003)WGPSN
La Caille23.68°S 1.08°E / -23.68; 1.08 (La Caille)67.221935Nicolas Louis de Lacaille (1713–1762)WGPSN
La Condamine53.54°N 28.22°W / 53.54; -28.22 (La Condamine)37.831935Charles Marie de La Condamine (1701–1774)WGPSN
La Pérouse10.67°S 76.28°E / -10.67; 76.28 (La Pérouse)80.41935Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse (1741–1788)WGPSN
Lacchini41.29°N 107.83°W / 41.29; -107.83 (Lacchini)57.951970Giovanni Lacchini (1884–1967)WGPSN
Lacroix37.93°S 59.2°W / -37.93; -59.2 (Lacroix)36.071935Sylvestre Francois de Lacroix (1765–1843)WGPSN
Lade1.33°S 9.99°E / -1.33; 9.99 (Lade)58.111935Heinrich Eduard von Lade (1817–1904)WGPSN
Lagalla44.48°S 22.36°W / -44.48; -22.36 (Lagalla)88.781935Giulio Cesare Lagalla (1571–1624)WGPSN
Lagrange32.6°S 71.45°W / -32.6; -71.45 (Lagrange)162.211935Joseph Louis Lagrange (1736–1813)WGPSN
Lalande4.46°S 8.65°W / -4.46; -8.65 (Lalande)23.541935Joseph Jérôme Le François de Lalande (1732–1807)WGPSN
Lallemand14.4°S 84.21°W / -14.4; -84.21 (Lallemand)16.691985André Lallemand (1904–1978)WGPSN
Lamarck23.12°S 70.06°W / -23.12; -70.06 (Lamarck)114.651964Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, Chevalier de Lamarck (1744–1829)WGPSN
Lamb42.67°S 100.94°E / -42.67; 100.94 (Lamb)103.551970Sir Horace Lamb (1849–1934)WGPSN
Lambert25.77°N 20.99°W / 25.77; -20.99 (Lambert)30.121935Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728–1777)WGPSN
Lamé14.76°S 64.56°E / -14.76; 64.56 (Lamé)84.281964Gabriel Lamé (1795–1870)WGPSN
Lamèch42.79°N 13.15°E / 42.79; 13.15 (Lamèch)12.411935Félix Chemla Lamèch (1894–1962)WGPSN
Lamont5.14°N 23.32°E / 5.14; 23.32 (Lamont)83.231935Johann von Lamont (1805–1879)WGPSN
Lampland31.17°S 131.51°E / -31.17; 131.51 (Lampland)63.041970Carl Otto Lampland (1873–1951)WGPSN
Landau42.16°N 119.34°W / 42.16; -119.34 (Landau)218.151970Lev Davidovich Landau (1908–1968)WGPSN
Lander15.34°S 131.81°E / -15.34; 131.81 (Lander)40.051976Richard Lemon Lander (1804–1834)WGPSN
Landsteiner31.3°N 14.79°W / 31.3; -14.79 (Landsteiner)6.111976Karl Landsteiner (1868–1943)WGPSN
Lane9.5°S 132.36°E / -9.5; 132.36 (Lane)53.761970Jonathan Homer Lane (1819–1880)WGPSN
Langemak9.93°S 119.45°E / -9.93; 119.45 (Langemak)104.761970Georgy Erikhovich Langemak (1898–1938)WGPSN
Langevin44.17°N 162.69°E / 44.17; 162.69 (Langevin)57.81970Paul Langevin (1872–1946)WGPSN
Langley51.17°N 86.05°W / 51.17; -86.05 (Langley)59.171964Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834–1906)WGPSN
Langmuir35.85°S 128.89°W / -35.85; -128.89 (Langmuir)91.51970Irving Langmuir (1881–1957)WGPSN
Langrenus8.86°S 61.04°E / -8.86; 61.04 (Langrenus)131.981935Michel Florent van Langren (circa 1600–1675)WGPSN
Lansberg0.31°S 26.63°W / -0.31; -26.63 (Lansberg)38.751935Philippe van Lansberg (1561–1632)WGPSN
Larmor31.85°N 179.67°W / 31.85; -179.67 (Larmor)99.491970Sir Joseph Larmor (1857–1942)WGPSN
Lassell15.49°S 7.9°W / -15.49; -7.9 (Lassell)21.821935William Lassell (1799–1880)WGPSN
Laue28.29°N 97.05°W / 28.29; -97.05 (Laue)89.171970Max von Laue (1879–1960)WGPSN
Lauritsen27.54°S 96.31°E / -27.54; 96.31 (Lauritsen)51.241970Charles Christian Lauritsen (1892–1968)WGPSN
Laveran81.8°S 159.78°W / -81.8; -159.78 (Laveran)12.522009Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran (1845–1922)WGPSN
Lavoisier38.17°N 81.25°W / 38.17; -81.25 (Lavoisier)71.011935Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier (1743–1794)WGPSN
Lawrence7.35°N 43.3°E / 7.35; 43.3 (Lawrence)24.021973Ernest Orlando Lawrence (1901–1958) and Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr. (1935–1993)WGPSN
Le Gentil74.27°S 76.02°W / -74.27; -76.02 (Le Gentil)125.381935Guillaume Hyacinthe Le Gentil (1725–1792)WGPSN
Le Monnier26.66°N 30.5°E / 26.66; 30.5 (Le Monnier)68.41935Pierre Charles Lemonnier (1715–1799)WGPSN
Le Verrier40.33°N 20.61°W / 40.33; -20.61 (Le Verrier)20.521935Urbain Jean Le Verrier (1811–1877)WGPSN
Leakey3.19°S 37.46°E / -3.19; 37.46 (Leakey)12.481976Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903–1972)WGPSN
Leavitt44.86°S 139.89°W / -44.86; -139.89 (Leavitt)69.311970Henrietta Swan Leavitt (1868–1921)WGPSN
Lebedev46.8°S 107.89°E / -46.8; 107.89 (Lebedev)121.81970Pyotr Nikolaevich Lebedev (1866–1912)WGPSN
Lebedinskiy7.84°N 164.89°W / 7.84; -164.89 (Lebedinskiy)63.391970Aleksandr I. Lebedinskiy (1913–1967)WGPSN
Lebesgue5.14°S 88.97°E / -5.14; 88.97 (Lebesgue)11.391976Henri Léon Lebesgue (1875–1941)WGPSN
Lee30.66°S 40.76°W / -30.66; -40.76 (Lee)41.171935John Lee (1783–1866)WGPSN
Leeuwenhoek29.28°S 178.87°W / -29.28; -178.87 (Leeuwenhoek)1251970Antony van Leeuwenhoek (1632–1723)WGPSN
Legendre28.92°S 70.02°E / -28.92; 70.02 (Legendre)78.081935Adrien Marie Legendre (1752–1833)WGPSN
Lehmann39.96°S 56.17°W / -39.96; -56.17 (Lehmann)53.851935Jacob Heinrich Wilhelm Lehmann (1800–1863)WGPSN
Leibnitz38.24°S 179.35°E / -38.24; 179.35 (Leibnitz)236.671970Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz (1646–1716)WGPSN
Lemaître61.36°S 149.98°W / -61.36; -149.98 (Lemaître)93.71970Georges Lemaître (1894–1966)WGPSN
Lenard85.19°N 109.69°W / 85.19; -109.69 (Lenard)47.652008Philipp Eduard Anton von Lénárd (1862–1947)WGPSN
Lents2.72°N 102.3°W / 2.72; -102.3 (Lents)21.981970Heinrich Friedrich Emil Lenz (1804–1865)WGPSN
Leonid38.3°N 35°W / 38.3; -35 (Leonid)0.12012Russian male nameWGPSN
Leonov19.07°N 148.36°E / 19.07; 148.36 (Leonov)34.041970Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov (1934-2019)WGPSN
Lepaute33.3°S 33.69°W / -33.3; -33.69 (Lepaute)16.361935Nicole-Reine Etable de la Briere Lepaute (1723–1788)WGPSN
Letronne10.5°S 42.49°W / -10.5; -42.49 (Letronne)117.591935Jean Antoine Letronne (1787–1848)WGPSN
Leucippus29.24°N 116.41°W / 29.24; -116.41 (Leucippus)57.031970Leucippus (flourished circa 440 B.C.)WGPSN
Leuschner1.67°N 109.05°W / 1.67; -109.05 (Leuschner)50.141970Armin Otto Leuschner (1868–1953)WGPSN
Lev12.69°N 62.2°E / 12.69; 62.2 (Lev)0.062012Russian male nameWGPSN
Levi-Civita23.34°S 143.14°E / -23.34; 143.14 (Levi-Civita)108.231970Tullio Levi-Civita (1873–1941)WGPSN
Lewis18.51°S 114.23°W / -18.51; -114.23 (Lewis)40.321970Gilbert Newton Lewis (1875–1946)WGPSN
Lexell35.78°S 4.27°W / -35.78; -4.27 (Lexell)63.71935Anders Johan Lexell (1740–1784)WGPSN
Ley42.11°N 154.84°E / 42.11; 154.84 (Ley)81.051970Willy Ley (1906–1969)WGPSN
Licetus47.19°S 6.54°E / -47.19; 6.54 (Licetus)75.421935Fortunio Liceti (1577–1657)WGPSN
Lichtenberg31.85°N 67.72°W / 31.85; -67.72 (Lichtenberg)19.531935Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742–1799)WGPSN
Lick12.36°N 52.84°E / 12.36; 52.84 (Lick)31.631935James Lick (1796–1876)WGPSN
Liebig24.35°S 48.3°W / -24.35; -48.3 (Liebig)38.961935Freiherr Justus von Liebig (1803–1873)WGPSN
Lilius54.6°S 6.09°E / -54.6; 6.09 (Lilius)61.181935Luigi Giglio (died 1576)WGPSN
Linda30.69°N 33.38°W / 30.69; -33.38 (Linda)1.111979(Spanish female name)WGPSN
Lindbergh5.41°S 52.9°E / -5.41; 52.9 (Lindbergh)13.341976Charles Augustus Lindbergh (1902–1974)WGPSN
Lindblad70.03°N 99.22°W / 70.03; -99.22 (Lindblad)59.371970Bertil Lindblad (1895–1965)WGPSN
Lindenau32.35°S 24.77°E / -32.35; 24.77 (Lindenau)53.081935Bernhard von Lindenau (1780–1854)WGPSN
Lindsay7°S 13.01°E / -7; 13.01 (Lindsay)32.231979Eric Mervyn Lindsay (1907–1974)WGPSN
Linné27.75°N 11.8°E / 27.75; 11.8 (Linné)2.231935Carl von Linné (1707–1778)WGPSN
Liouville2.73°N 73.57°E / 2.73; 73.57 (Liouville)16.121973Joseph Liouville (1809–1882)WGPSN
Lippershey25.96°S 10.38°W / -25.96; -10.38 (Lippershey)6.741935Hans Lippershey (died 1619)WGPSN
Lippmann55.43°S 114.32°W / -55.43; -114.32 (Lippmann)160.071979Gabriel Lippmann (1845–1921)WGPSN
Lipskiy2.15°S 179.38°W / -2.15; -179.38 (Lipskiy)91.151979Yuriy N. Lipskiy (1909–1978)WGPSN
Litke16.76°S 123.12°E / -16.76; 123.12 (Litke)38.181970Fyodor Petrovich Litke (Lütke) (1797–1882)WGPSN
Littrow21.5°N 31.39°E / 21.5; 31.39 (Littrow)28.521935Johann Josef von Littrow (1781–1840)WGPSN
Lobachevskiy9.76°N 113.07°E / 9.76; 113.07 (Lobachevskiy)87.261961Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky (1793–1856)WGPSN
Lockyer46.27°S 36.59°E / -46.27; 36.59 (Lockyer)35.081935Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer (1836–1920)WGPSN
Lodygin17.42°S 146.78°W / -17.42; -146.78 (Lodygin)56.111970Alexander Nikolayevich Lodygin (1847–1923)WGPSN
Loewy22.69°S 32.85°W / -22.69; -32.85 (Loewy)22.451935Moritz Loewy (1833–1907)WGPSN
Lohrmann0.44°S 67.38°W / -0.44; -67.38 (Lohrmann)31.251935Wilhelm Gotthelf Lohrmann (1796–1840)WGPSN
Lohse13.76°S 60.31°E / -13.76; 60.31 (Lohse)43.341935Oswald Lohse (1845–1915)WGPSN
Lomonosov27.35°N 98.28°E / 27.35; 98.28 (Lomonosov)90.691961Mikhail Lomonosov (1711–1765)WGPSN
Longomontanus49.55°S 21.88°W / -49.55; -21.88 (Longomontanus)145.51935Christian Sørensen Longomontanus (1562–1647)WGPSN
Lorentz34.59°N 97.19°W / 34.59; -97.19 (Lorentz)378.421970Hendrik Antoon Lorentz (1853–1928)WGPSN
Louise28.49°N 34.2°W / 28.49; -34.2 (Louise)0.641979(French female name)WGPSN
Louville44.12°N 46.04°W / 44.12; -46.04 (Louville)34.811935Jacques D'Allonville, Chevalier de Louville (1671–1732)WGPSN
Love6.33°S 129.17°E / -6.33; 129.17 (Love)90.081970Augustus Edward Hough Love (1863–1940)WGPSN
Lovelace82.08°N 109.51°W / 82.08; -109.51 (Lovelace)57.061970William Randolph Lovelace II (1907–1965)WGPSN
Lovell36.74°S 142.47°W / -36.74; -142.47 (Lovell)35.11970James Lovell (1928-live)WGPSN
Lowell12.97°S 103.42°W / -12.97; -103.42 (Lowell)62.651970Percival Lowell (1855–1916)WGPSN
Lubbock3.99°S 41.79°E / -3.99; 41.79 (Lubbock)14.091935John William Lubbock (1803–1865)WGPSN
Lubiniezky17.88°S 23.89°W / -17.88; -23.89 (Lubiniezky)42.971935Stanislaus Lubiniezky (1623–1675)WGPSN
Lucian14.34°N 36.78°E / 14.34; 36.78 (Lucian)6.851973Lucian of Samosata (125–190)WGPSN
Lucretius8.22°S 121.24°W / -8.22; -121.24 (Lucretius)64.611970Lucretius (circa 95-55 B.C.)WGPSN
Ludwig7.72°S 97.45°E / -7.72; 97.45 (Ludwig)23.291973Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig (1816–1895)WGPSN
Lundmark38.87°S 152.56°E / -38.87; 152.56 (Lundmark)103.441970Knut Emil Lundmark (1889–1958)WGPSN
Luther33.2°N 24.15°E / 33.2; 24.15 (Luther)9.291935Robert Luther (1822–1900)WGPSN
Lyapunov26.43°N 89.36°E / 26.43; 89.36 (Lyapunov)67.581964Aleksandr Mikhailovich Lyapunov (1857–1918)WGPSN
Lyell13.63°N 40.56°E / 13.63; 40.56 (Lyell)31.171935Sir Charles Lyell (1797–1875)WGPSN
Lyman64.96°S 162.47°E / -64.96; 162.47 (Lyman)83.251970Theodore Lyman (1874–1954)WGPSN
Lyot50.47°S 84.8°E / -50.47; 84.8 (Lyot)150.61964Bernard Ferdinand Lyot (1897–1952)WGPSN

M
CraterCoordinatesDiameter
(km)		Approval
Year		EponymRef
M. Anderson41.21°S 148.99°W / -41.21; -148.99 (M. Anderson)16.942006Michael P. Anderson (1959–2003)WGPSN
Mach18.13°N 149.24°W / 18.13; -149.24 (Mach)174.971970Ernst Mach (1838–1916)WGPSN
Maclaurin1.92°S 67.99°E / -1.92; 67.99 (Maclaurin)54.331935Colin Maclaurin (1698–1746)WGPSN
Maclear10.52°N 20.1°E / 10.52; 20.1 (Maclear)20.341961Thomas Maclear (1794–1879)WGPSN
MacMillan24.2°N 7.85°W / 24.2; -7.85 (MacMillan)6.881976William Duncan MacMillan (1871–1948)WGPSN
Macrobius21.26°N 45.97°E / 21.26; 45.97 (Macrobius)62.791935Ambrosius Aurelius Theodosius Macrobius (unknown; fl. circa 410)WGPSN
Mädler11.04°S 29.76°E / -11.04; 29.76 (Mädler)27.581935Johann Heinrich Mädler (1794–1874)WGPSN
Maestlin4.9°N 40.72°W / 4.9; -40.72 (Maestlin)6.821961Michael Maestlin (1550–1631)WGPSN
Magelhaens11.98°S 44.07°E / -11.98; 44.07 (Magelhaens)37.21935Ferdinand Magellan (1480–1521)WGPSN
Magelhaens A12.73°S 44.99°E / -12.73; 44.99 (Magelhaens B)29.352006Ferdinand Magellan (1480–1521)WGPSN
Maginus50.03°S 5.98°W / -50.03; -5.98 (Maginus)155.581935Giovanni Antonio Magini (1555–1617)WGPSN
Main80.87°N 10.41°E / 80.87; 10.41 (Main)47.431935Robert Main (1808–1878)WGPSN
Mairan41.6°N 43.5°W / 41.6; -43.5 (Mairan)39.491935Jean Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan (1678–1771)WGPSN
Maksutov40.75°S 168.65°W / -40.75; -168.65 (Maksutov)83.841970Dmitri Dmitrievich Maksutov (1896–1964)WGPSN
Malapert85°S 11.4°E / -85; 11.4 (Malapert)72.381935Charles Malapert (1581–1630)WGPSN
Malinkin87.22°S 75.94°E / -87.22; 75.94 (Malinkin)8.282014Egor Ivanovich Malinkin (1923-2008)WGPSN
Mallet45.41°S 54.05°E / -45.41; 54.05 (Mallet)58.921935Robert Mallet (1810–1881)WGPSN
Malyy22.03°N 105.56°E / 22.03; 105.56 (Malyy)41.291970Aleksandr L. Malyy (1907–1961)WGPSN
Mandel'shtam5.7°N 162.39°E / 5.7; 162.39 (Mandel'shtam)181.891970Leonid Isaakovich Mandel'shtam (1879–1944)WGPSN
Manilius14.45°N 9.07°E / 14.45; 9.07 (Manilius)38.341935Marcus Manilius (unknown; circa 50 B.C.)WGPSN
Manners4.57°N 19.99°E / 4.57; 19.99 (Manners)15.051935Russell Henry Manners (1800–1870)WGPSN
Manuel24.47°N 11.36°E / 24.47; 11.36 (Manuel)0.571976(Spanish male name)WGPSN
Manzinus67.51°S 26.37°E / -67.51; 26.37 (Manzinus)95.971935Carlo Antonio Manzini (1599–1677)WGPSN
Maraldi19.36°N 34.8°E / 19.36; 34.8 (Maraldi)39.621935Giovanni Domenico Maraldi (1709–1788) and Jacques Philippe Maraldi (1665–1729)WGPSN
Marci22.23°N 167.57°W / 22.23; -167.57 (Marci)24.471970Jan Marek Marci von Kronland (1595–1667)WGPSN
Marco Polo15.52°N 2.05°W / 15.52; -2.05 (Marco Polo)28.251961Marco Polo (1254–1324)WGPSN
Marconi9.48°S 145.2°E / -9.48; 145.2 (Marconi)72.881970Guglielmo Marconi (1874–1937)WGPSN
Marinus39.38°S 76.57°E / -39.38; 76.57 (Marinus)56.551935Marinus of Tyre (circa 70 – circa 130 A.D.)WGPSN
Mariotte28.46°S 139.06°W / -28.46; -139.06 (Mariotte)70.271970Edme Mariotte (1620–1684)WGPSN
Marius11.9°N 50.84°W / 11.9; -50.84 (Marius)40.091935Simon Marius (1570–1624)WGPSN
Markov53.43°N 62.84°W / 53.43; -62.84 (Markov)39.921964Aleksandr Vladimirovich Markov (1897–1968) and Andrei Andreevich Markov (1856–1922)WGPSN
Marth31.16°S 29.35°W / -31.16; -29.35 (Marth)6.541935Albert Marth (1828–1897)WGPSN
Mary18.93°N 27.39°E / 18.93; 27.39 (Mary)0.531976(English form of Hebrew female name)WGPSN
Maskelyne2.16°N 30.04°E / 2.16; 30.04 (Maskelyne)22.421935Nevil Maskelyne (1732–1811)WGPSN
Mason42.7°N 30.51°E / 42.7; 30.51 (Mason)33.331935Charles Mason (1730–1787)WGPSN
Maunder14.52°S 93.88°W / -14.52; -93.88 (Maunder)53.81970Annie Scott Dill Maunder (née Russell) (1868–1947) and Edward Walter Maunder (1851–1928)WGPSN
Maupertuis49.7°N 27.28°W / 49.7; -27.28 (Maupertuis)45.491935Pierre Louis de Maupertuis (1698–1759)WGPSN
Maurolycus41.77°S 13.92°E / -41.77; 13.92 (Maurolycus)115.351935Francesco Maurolico (1494–1575)WGPSN
Maury37.11°N 39.69°E / 37.11; 39.69 (Maury)16.581935Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806–1873) and Antonia Caetana Maury (1866–1952)WGPSN
Mavis29.76°N 26.36°W / 29.76; -26.36 (Mavis)1.091976(Scottish female name)WGPSN
Maxwell29.9°N 98.53°E / 29.9; 98.53 (Maxwell)109.241961James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879)WGPSN
McAdie2.11°N 92.22°E / 2.11; 92.22 (McAdie)411973Alexander George McAdie (1863–1943)WGPSN
McAuliffe33.24°S 149.77°W / -33.24; -149.77 (McAuliffe)19.111988Christa McAuliffe (1948–1986)WGPSN
McClure15.32°S 50.24°E / -15.32; 50.24 (McClure)23.961935Robert Le Mesurier McClure (1807–1873)WGPSN
McCool41.28°S 146.26°W / -41.28; -146.26 (McCool)20.472006William Cameron McCool (1961–2003)WGPSN
McDonald30.39°N 20.88°W / 30.39; -20.88 (McDonald)6.971973William Johnson McDonald (1844–1926) and Thomas Logie McDonald (1901–1973)WGPSN
McKellar15.72°S 170.86°W / -15.72; -170.86 (McKellar)50.161970Andrew McKellar (1910–1960)WGPSN
McLaughlin47.01°N 92.83°W / 47.01; -92.83 (McLaughlin)75.291970Dean Benjamin McLaughlin (1901–1965)WGPSN
McMath16.63°N 166.09°W / 16.63; -166.09 (McMath)88.581970Francis Charles McMath (1867–1938) and Robert Raynolds McMath (1891–1962)WGPSN
McNair35.93°S 147.95°W / -35.93; -147.95 (McNair)32.021988Ronald Erwin McNair (1950–1986)WGPSN
McNally22.5°N 127.65°W / 22.5; -127.65 (McNally)47.031970Paul A. McNally (1890–1955)WGPSN
Mechnikov10.47°S 148.99°W / -10.47; -148.99 (Mechnikov)58.831970Il'ya Il'ich Mechnikov (1845–1916)WGPSN
Mee43.63°S 35.19°W / -43.63; -35.19 (Mee)134.111935Arthur Butler Phillips Mee (1860–1926)WGPSN
Mees13.57°N 96.18°W / 13.57; -96.18 (Mees)51.551970Charles Edward Kenneth Mees (1882–1960)WGPSN
Meggers24.3°N 122.94°E / 24.3; 122.94 (Meggers)51.161970William F. Meggers (1888–1968)WGPSN
Meitner10.87°S 113.1°E / -10.87; 113.1 (Meitner)87.271970Lise Meitner (1878–1968)WGPSN
Melissa8.12°N 121.78°E / 8.12; 121.78 (Melissa)17.211979(Greek female name)WGPSN
Mendel48.83°S 109.86°W / -48.83; -109.86 (Mendel)139.651970Gregor Mendel (1822–1884)WGPSN
Mendeleev5.38°N 141.17°E / 5.38; 141.17 (Mendeleev)325.131961Dmitry Mendeleev (1834–1907)WGPSN
Menelaus16.26°N 15.93°E / 16.26; 15.93 (Menelaus)27.131935Menelaus of Alexandria (circa A.D. 98)WGPSN
Menzel3.41°N 36.94°E / 3.41; 36.94 (Menzel)3.441979Donald Howard Menzel (1901–1976)WGPSN
Mercator29.25°S 26.11°W / -29.25; -26.11 (Mercator)46.321935Gerardus Mercator (1512–1594)WGPSN
Mercurius46.66°N 66.07°E / 46.66; 66.07 (Mercurius)64.31935MercuryWGPSN
Merrill74.83°N 117.45°W / 74.83; -117.45 (Merrill)56.991970Paul Merrill (1887–1961)WGPSN
Mersenius21.49°S 49.34°W / -21.49; -49.34 (Mersenius)84.461935Marin Mersenne (1588–1648)WGPSN
Meshcherskiy12.11°N 125.53°E / 12.11; 125.53 (Meshcherskiy)65.941970Ivan Vsevolodovich Meshcherskiy (1859–1935)WGPSN
Messala39.31°N 60.06°E / 39.31; 60.06 (Messala)122.41935Mashallah ibn Athari (unknown; circa 815)WGPSN
Messier1.9°S 47.65°E / -1.9; 47.65 (Messier)13.81935Charles Messier (1730–1817)WGPSN
Metius40.42°S 43.37°E / -40.42; 43.37 (Metius)83.811935Adriaan Adriaanszoon (known as Metius) (1571–1635)WGPSN
Meton73.57°N 19.63°E / 73.57; 19.63 (Meton)124.71935Meton (unknown; fl. 432 B.C.)WGPSN
Mezentsev71.77°N 129.64°W / 71.77; -129.64 (Mezentsev)84.511970Yurij B. Mezentsev (1929–1965)WGPSN
Michael25.05°N 0.21°E / 25.05; 0.21 (Michael)3.461976(English male name)WGPSN
Michelson6.72°N 121.55°W / 6.72; -121.55 (Michelson)123.141970Albert A. Michelson (1852–1931)WGPSN
Milankovič76.53°N 171.35°E / 76.53; 171.35 (Milankovič)94.211970Milutin Milanković (1879–1958)WGPSN
Milichius10.01°N 30.23°W / 10.01; -30.23 (Milichius)12.191935Jacob Milich (1501–1559)WGPSN
Miller39.37°S 0.78°E / -39.37; 0.78 (Miller)61.371935William Allen Miller (1817–1870)WGPSN
Millikan46.76°N 121.52°E / 46.76; 121.52 (Millikan)93.971970Robert Millikan (1868–1953)WGPSN
Mills8.54°N 155.74°E / 8.54; 155.74 (Mills)35.651970Mark Muir Mills (1917–1958)WGPSN
Milne31°S 112.78°E / -31; 112.78 (Milne)259.971970E. Arthur Milne (1896–1950)WGPSN
Mineur24.67°N 161.73°W / 24.67; -161.73 (Mineur)72.281970Henri Mineur (1899–1954)WGPSN
Minkowski56.13°S 145.8°W / -56.13; -145.8 (Minkowski)107.511970Hermann Minkowski (1864–1909) and Rudolph Minkowski (1895–1976)WGPSN
Minnaert67.54°S 178.57°E / -67.54; 178.57 (Minnaert)137.311970Marcel Minnaert (1893–1970)WGPSN
Mitchell49.77°N 20.17°E / 49.77; 20.17 (Mitchell)32.151935Maria Mitchell (1818–1889)WGPSN
Mitra17.76°N 154.65°W / 17.76; -154.65 (Mitra)97.11970Sisir Kumar Mitra (1890–1963)WGPSN
Möbius15.63°N 101.13°E / 15.63; 101.13 (Möbius)48.961970August Möbius (1790–1868)WGPSN
Mohorovičić18.73°S 164.83°W / -18.73; -164.83 (Mohorovičić)49.971970Andrija Mohorovičić (1857–1936)WGPSN
Moigno66.27°N 28.8°E / 66.27; 28.8 (Moigno)36.831935François Napoléon Marie Moigno (1804–1884)WGPSN
Moiseev9.44°N 103.26°E / 9.44; 103.26 (Moiseev)61.561970Nikolai Dmitrievich MoiseevWGPSN
Moissan4.77°N 137.45°E / 4.77; 137.45 (Moissan)22.451976Henri Moissan (1902–1955)WGPSN
Moltke0.59°S 24.16°E / -0.59; 24.16 (Moltke)6.151935Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke (1800–1891)WGPSN
Monge19.24°S 47.54°E / -19.24; 47.54 (Monge)36.61935Gaspard Monge (1746–1818)WGPSN
Monira12.54°S 1.73°W / -12.54; -1.73 (Monira)1.071976(Arabic female name)WGPSN
Montanari45.83°S 20.76°W / -45.83; -20.76 (Montanari)77.051935Geminiano Montanari (1633–1687)WGPSN
Montgolfier47.06°N 160.08°W / 47.06; -160.08 (Montgolfier)83.711970Montgolfier brothers (Jacques E.: 1745–1799, Joseph M.: 1740–1810WGPSN
Moore37.25°N 177.55°W / 37.25; -177.55 (Moore)52.661970Joseph Haines Moore (1878–1949)WGPSN
Moretus70.63°S 5.95°W / -70.63; -5.95 (Moretus)114.451935Theodorus Moretus (1602–1667)WGPSN
Morley2.82°S 64.62°E / -2.82; 64.62 (Morley)13.711976Edward W. Morley (1838–1923)WGPSN
Morozov4.62°N 127.33°E / 4.62; 127.33 (Morozov)41.011970Nikolai Alexandrovich Morozov (1854–1945)WGPSN
Morse21.9°N 175.29°W / 21.9; -175.29 (Morse)72.771970Samuel Finley Breese Morse (1791–1872)WGPSN
Moseley20.95°N 90.2°W / 20.95; -90.2 (Moseley)88.891964Henry Gwyn Jeffreys Moseley (1887–1915)WGPSN
Mösting0.7°S 5.88°W / -0.7; -5.88 (Mösting)24.381935Johan Sigismund von Mösting (1759–1843)WGPSN
Mouchez78.38°N 26.82°W / 78.38; -26.82 (Mouchez)82.781935Amédée Ernest Barthélemy Mouchez (1821–1892)WGPSN
Moulton60.91°S 97.57°E / -60.91; 97.57 (Moulton)54.71970Forest Ray Moulton (1872–1952)WGPSN
Müller7.64°S 2.04°E / -7.64; 2.04 (Müller)23.41935Karl Müller (1866–1942)WGPSN
Murakami23.38°S 140.97°W / -23.38; -140.97 (Murakami)44.521991Harutaro Murakami (1872–1947)WGPSN
Murchison5.07°N 0.21°W / 5.07; -0.21 (Murchison)57.831935Roderick Impey Murchison (1792–1871)WGPSN
Mutus63.65°S 29.93°E / -63.65; 29.93 (Mutus)76.331935Vicente Mut Armengol, also Mut i Armengol (circa 1614–1687)[2][3]WGPSN

N
CraterCoordinatesDiameter
(km)		Approval
Year		EponymRef
Nagaoka19.51°N 154.05°E / 19.51; 154.05 (Nagaoka)50.541970Hantaro Nagaoka (1865–1940)WGPSN
Nansen81.17°N 95.38°E / 81.17; 95.38 (Nansen)116.91964Fridtjof Nansen (1861–1930)WGPSN
Naonobu4.7°S 57.93°E / -4.7; 57.93 (Naonobu)32.961976Naonobu Ajima (c. 1732–1798)WGPSN
Nasireddin41.04°S 0.14°E / -41.04; 0.14 (Nasireddin)51.991935Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (1201–1274)WGPSN
Nasmyth50.49°S 56.39°W / -50.49; -56.39 (Nasmyth)78.371935James Nasmyth (1808–1890)WGPSN
Nassau24.91°S 177.34°E / -24.91; 177.34 (Nassau)75.81970Jason John Nassau (1893–1965)WGPSN
Natasha19.98°N 31.16°W / 19.98; -31.16 (Natasha)10.981976(Russian female name)WGPSN
Naumann35.38°N 62.02°W / 35.38; -62.02 (Naumann)9.931935Karl Friedrich Naumann (1797–1873)WGPSN
Neander31.35°S 39.88°E / -31.35; 39.88 (Neander)49.221935Michael Neander (1529–1581)WGPSN
Nearch58.58°S 39.01°E / -58.58; 39.01 (Nearch)72.791935Nearchus (unknown: flourished 312 B.C.)WGPSN
Necho5.25°S 123.24°E / -5.25; 123.24 (Necho)36.871976Necho II (610-593 B.C.)WGPSN
Nefed'ev81.07°S 135.77°E / -81.07; 135.77 (Nefed'ev)52.942009Anatoly Nefed'ev (1910–1976)WGPSN
Neison68.21°N 25.02°E / 68.21; 25.02 (Neison)51.031935Edmund Neville Neison (1849–1940)WGPSN
Neper8.76°N 84.58°E / 8.76; 84.58 (Neper)144.321935John Napier (1550–1617)WGPSN
Nernst35.57°N 94.64°W / 35.57; -94.64 (Nernst)121.521970Walther Hermann Nernst (1864–1941)WGPSN
Neujmin26.68°S 125.17°E / -26.68; 125.17 (Neujmin)97.031970Grigorij N. Neujmin (1885–1946)WGPSN
Neumayer71.16°S 70.92°E / -71.16; 70.92 (Neumayer)84.381935Georg von Neumayer (1826–1909)WGPSN
Newcomb29.76°N 43.67°E / 29.76; 43.67 (Newcomb)39.81935Simon Newcomb (1835–1909)WGPSN
Newton76.52°S 17.44°W / -76.52; -17.44 (Newton)83.851935Isaac Newton (1643–1727)WGPSN
Nicholson26.22°S 85.21°W / -26.22; -85.21 (Nicholson)38.081970Seth Barnes Nicholson (1891–1963)WGPSN
Nicolai42.47°S 25.87°E / -42.47; 25.87 (Nicolai)40.541935Friedrich Bernhard Gottfried Nicolai (1793–1846)WGPSN
Nicollet21.95°S 12.5°W / -21.95; -12.5 (Nicollet)14.731935Jean Nicholas Nicollet (1788–1843)WGPSN
Nielsen31.8°N 51.76°W / 31.8; -51.76 (Nielsen)9.641973Axel V. Nielsen (1902–1970) and Harald Herborg Nielsen (1903–1973)WGPSN
Niepce72.2°N 120.15°W / 72.2; -120.15 (Niepce)59.691970Nicéphore Niépce (1765–1833)WGPSN
Nijland33.19°N 134.17°E / 33.19; 134.17 (Nijland)35.461970Albertus Antonie Nijland (1868–1936)WGPSN
Nikolaev35.08°N 151.28°E / 35.08; 151.28 (Nikolaev)42.671970Andriyan G. Nikolayev (1929–2004)WGPSN
Nikolya38.3°N 35°W / 38.3; -35 (Nikolya)0.12012Russian male nameWGPSN
Nishina44.57°S 170.8°W / -44.57; -170.8 (Nishina)62.131970Yoshio Nishina (1890–1951)WGPSN
Nobel14.73°N 101.39°W / 14.73; -101.39 (Nobel)50.871970Alfred B. Nobel (1833–1896)WGPSN
Nobile85.28°S 53.27°E / -85.28; 53.27 (Nobile)79.271994Umberto Nobile (1885–1978)WGPSN
Nobili0.17°N 75.95°E / 0.17; 75.95 (Nobili)41.791976Leopoldo Nobili (1784–1835)WGPSN
Nöggerath48.82°S 45.84°W / -48.82; -45.84 (Nöggerath)32.121935Johann Jakob Nöggerath (1788–1877)WGPSN
Nonius34.9°S 3.79°E / -34.9; 3.79 (Nonius)70.611935Pedro Nunes (Petrus Nonius Salaciencis) (1502–1578)WGPSN
Norman11.78°S 30.35°W / -11.78; -30.35 (Norman)9.871976Robert Norman (unknown: flourished circa 1590)WGPSN
Nöther66.35°N 114.18°W / 66.35; -114.18 (Nöther)64.81970Emmy Noether (1882–1935)WGPSN
Numerov70.52°S 162.2°W / -70.52; -162.2 (Numerov)105.391970Boris Vasil'evich Numerov (1891–1941)WGPSN
Nunn4.62°N 91.15°E / 4.62; 91.15 (Nunn)18.491973Joseph Nunn (1905–1968)WGPSN
Nušl32.19°N 167.45°E / 32.19; 167.45 (Nušl)60.581970Frantisek Nušl (1867–1925)WGPSN

References
  1. "Moon craters". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. International Astrophysical Union. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  2. °792 de la Biblioteca de escritores baleares de Juan Serra Busquets Archived 2007-07-01 at the Wayback Machine, Accessed July 15, 2007.
  3. Biblioteca Virtual Ignacio Larramendi Archived 2007-08-13 at the Wayback Machine, Accessed July 15, 2007.
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