List of craters on the Moon: A–B

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.

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A Crater Coordinates Diameter(km) ApprovalYear Eponym Ref Abbe 63.98 1970 Ernst Abbe (1840–1905) Abbot 10.4 1973 Charles Greeley Abbot (1872–1973) Abel 137.35 1964 Niels Henrik Abel (1802–1829) Abenezra 43.19 1935 Abraham ibn Ezra (1092–1167) Abetti 1.6 1976 Antonio Abetti (1846–1928) and Giorgio Abetti (1882–1982) Abul Wáfa 54.18 1970 Abul Wáfa (940–998) Abulfeda 62.23 1935 Ismael Abul-fida (1273–1331) Acosta 13.06 1976 Cristobal Acosta (1515–1580) Adams 63.27 1970 John Couch Adams (1819–1892), Charles Hitchcock Adams (1868–1951) and Walter Sydney Adams (1876–1956) Aepinus 16.74 2009 Franz Aepinus (1724–1802) Agatharchides 51.98 1935 Agatharchides (died c. 150 BC) Agrippa 43.75 1935 Agrippa ( 92 AD) Airy 38.9 1935 George Biddell Airy (1801–1892) Aitken 129.69 1970 Robert Aitken (1864–1951) Akis 2.28 1976 (Greek female name) Alan 1.44 1976 (Celtic male name) Al-Bakri 12.21 1976 Abu Abdullah al-Bakri (1010–1094) Albategnius 130.84 1935 al-Batani (850–929) Albert 0.1 2012 (German male name) Al-Biruni 80.41 1970 al-Biruni (973–1048) Alden 111.44 1970 Harold Alden (1890–1964) Alder 82.12 1979 Kurt Alder (1902–1958) Aldrin 2.8 1970 Buzz Aldrin (born 1930) Alekhin 74.82 1970 Nikolai Alekhin (1913–1964) Alexander 94.8 1935 Alexander the Great (356–323 BC) Alfraganus 20.52 1935 Alfraganus (died c. 840) Alhazen 34.65 1935 Alhazen (987–1038) Aliacensis 79.65 1935 Pierre d'Ailly (1350–1420) Al-Khwarizmi 56.25 1973 al-Khwarizmi (died c. 825) Almanon 47.76 1935 Abdalla Al Mamun (786–833) Al-Marrakushi 8.57 1976 Ibn al-Banna al-Marrakushi ( c. 1281–82 AD) Aloha 2.55 1976 (a Hawaiian female name) Alpetragius 40.02 1935 Nur Ed-Din Al Betrugi (died c. 1100) Alphonsus 110.54 1935 Alfonso X of Castile (1223–1284) Alter 64.73 1970 Dinsmore Alter (1888–1968) Ameghino 9.2 1976 Fiorino Ameghino (1854–1911) Amici 52.03 1970 Giovanni Battista Amici (1786–1863) Ammonius 8.55 1976 Ammonius Hermiae (died c. 517) Amontons 2.47 1976 Guillaume Amontons (1663–1705) Amundsen 103.39 1964 Roald Amundsen (1872–1928) Anaxagoras 51.9 1935 Anaxagoras (500–428 BC) Anaximander 68.71 1935 Anaximander (c. 610 – 546 BC) Anaximenes 81.12 1935 Anaximenes (585–528 BC) Anděl 32.93 1935 Karel Anděl (1884–1947) Anders 41.33 1970 William A. Anders (1933-2024) Anders' Earthrise 40.15 2018 Crater visible in the foreground of the iconic Earthrise color photograph (AS08-14-2383) taken by astronaut William A. Anders Anderson 105.33 1970 John August Anderson (1876–1959) Andersson 13.42 1985 Leif Erland Andersson (1943–1979) Andronov 16.57 1976 Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Andronov (1901–1952) Ango 0.87 1976 (African male name) Angström 9.55 1935 Anders Jonas Ångström (1814–1874) Ann 2.12 1976 (Hebrew female name) Annegrit 1.29 1976 (German female name) Ansgarius 91.42 1935 Saint Ansgar (801–864) Antoniadi 137.92 1970 Eugene Antoniadi (1870–1944) Anuchin 62.14 1979 Dmitry Nikolayevich Anuchin (1843–1923) Anville 10.26 1976 Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville (1697–1782) Apianus 63.44 1935 Petrus Apianus (1495–1552) Apollo 524.23 1970 Apollo program Apollonius 50.66 1935 Apollonius of Perga (3rd century BC) Appleton 64.59 1970 Edward Victor Appleton (1892–1965) Arago 25.51 1935 François Arago (1786–1853) Aratus 10.23 1935 Aratus of Soli (c. 315 – 245 BC) Archimedes 81.04 1935 Archimedes (c. 287 – 212 BC) Archytas 31.95 1935 Archytas (c. 428 – 347 BC) Argelander 33.72 1935 Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander (1799–1875) Ariadaeus 10.4 1935 Philipus III Arrhidaeus (died 317 BC) Aristarchus 39.99 1935 Aristarchus of Samos (c. 310 – 230 BC) Aristillus 54.37 1935 Aristillus ( c. 280 BC) Aristoteles 87.57 1935 Aristotle (384–322 BC) Armiński 26.76 1976 Franciszek Armiński (1789–1848) Armstrong 4.21 1970 Neil Armstrong (1930–2012) Arnold 93.13 1935 Christoph Arnold (1650–1695) Arrhenius 40.93 1970 Svante Arrhenius (1859–1927) Artamonov 62.45 1970 Nikolaj N. Artamonov (1906–1965) Artemev 66.39 1970 Vladimir A. Artemyev (1885–1962) Artemis 2.28 1976 Artemis Artsimovich 7.96 1973 Lev A. Artsimovich (1909–1973) Aryabhata 21.89 1979 Aryabhata (476 – c. 550) Arzachel 96.99 1935 Arzachel (c. 1028 – 1087) Asada 12.37 1976 Goryu Asada (1734–1799) Asclepi 40.56 1935 Giuseppe Asclepi (1706–1776) Ashbrook 157.68 1994 Joseph Ashbrook (1918–1980) Aston 44.48 1964 Francis William Aston (1877–1945) Atlas 88.12 1935 Atlas (mythology) Atwood 28.64 1976 George Atwood (1745–1807) Autolycus 38.88 1935 Autolycus of Pitane (c. 360 BC – c. 290 BC) Auwers 19.64 1935 Arthur Auwers (1838–1915) Auzout 32.92 1961 Adrien Auzout (1622–1691) Avery 10.73 1976 Oswald Theodore Avery (1877–1955) Avicenna 72.99 1970 Avicenna (980–1037) Avogadro 129.84 1970 Amedeo Avogadro (1776–1856) Azophi 47.54 1935 Abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi (903–986)

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