List of craters on the Moon: T–Z

This is a partial list of named lunar craters according to 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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T Crater Coordinates Diameter(km) ApprovalYear Eponym Ref T. Mayer 33.15 1935 Tobias Mayer (1723–1762) Tacchini 42.58 1973 Pietro Tacchini (1838–1905) Tacitus 39.81 1935 Cornelius Tacitus (c. 55–120) Tacquet 6.43 1935 André Tacquet (1612–1660) Tai Wei 0.48 2015 Supreme Palace enclosure (location on ancient Chinese star map) Taizo 8.19 1979 Japanese male name Talbot 12.36 1976 William Henry Fox Talbot (1800–1877) Tamm 40.54 1979 Igor Tamm (1895–1971) Tannerus 28.07 1935 Adam Tanner (1572–1632) Taruntius 57.32 1935 Lucius Taruntius Firmanus (unknown–86 BC) Taylor 36.35 1935 Brook Taylor (1685–1731) Tebbutt 33.99 1973 John Tebbutt (1834–1916) Teisserenc 62.31 1970 Léon Philippe Teisserenc de Bort (1855–1913) Tempel 43.19 1935 Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel (1821–1889) Ten Bruggencate 59.95 1970 Paul ten Bruggencate (1901–1961) Tereshkova 31.33 1970 Valentina Tereshkova (born 1937) Tesla 41.15 1970 Nikola Tesla (1856–1943) Thales 30.75 1935 Thales of Miletus (c. 636–546 BC) Tharp 13.45 2015 Marie Tharp (1920–1986) Theaetetus 24.59 1935 Theaetetus (c. 417–c. 369 BC) Thebit 54.64 1935 Thabit ibn Qurra (826–901) Theiler 8.28 1979 Max Theiler (1899–1972) Theon Junior 17.61 1935 Theon of Alexandria (c. 335–c. 405) Theon Senior 18.02 1935 Theon of Smyrna (c. 100) Theophilus 98.59 1935 Theophilus (died 412) Theophrastus 8.03 1973 Theophrastus (372–287 BC) Thiel 35.67 1970 Walter Thiel (1910–1943) Thiessen 66.39 1970 Georg Heinrich Thiessen (1914–1961) Thomson 117.25 1970 J. J. Thomson (1856–1940) Tian Shi 0.47 2015 Heavenly Market enclosure (location on ancient Chinese star map) Tikhomirov 86.43 1970 Nikolaj Ivanovich Tikhomirov (1860–1930) Tikhov 83.97 1970 Gavriil Adrianovich Tikhov (1875–1960) Tiling 38.23 1970 Reinhold Tiling (1890–1933) Timaeus 32.81 1935 Timaeus (c. 400 BC) Timiryazev 52.15 1970 Kliment Arkadyevich Timiryazev (1843–1920) Timocharis 34.14 1935 Timocharis (flourished c. 280 BC) Tiselius 53.75 1979 Arne Wilhelm Kaurin Tiselius (1902–1971) Tisserand 34.63 1935 François Félix Tisserand (1845–1896) Titius 68.42 1970 Johann Daniel Titius (1729–1796) Titov 29.61 1970 Gherman Titov (1935–2000) Tolansky 13.03 1976 Samuel Tolansky (1907–1973) Tooley 7 2020 Craig Tooley (1960-2017) Torricelli 30.87 1935 Evangelista Torricelli (1608–1647) Toscanelli 7.05 1976 Paolo Dal Pozzo Toscanelli (1397–1482) Townley 17.68 1976 Sidney Dean Townley (1867–1946) Tralles 44.16 1935 Johann Georg Tralles (1763–1822) Triesnecker 24.97 1935 Franz de Paula Triesnecker (1745–1817) Trouvelot 8.5 1935 Étienne Léopold Trouvelot (1827–1895) Trumpler 76.17 1970 Robert Julius Trumpler (1866–1956) Tsander 159.95 1970 Friedrich Arturowitsch Zander (1887–1933) Tseraskiy 65.59 1970 Vitolʹd Karlovic Tseraskiy (Ceraski) (1849–1925) Tsinger 44.21 1970 (Zinger) (1842–1918) Tsiolkovskiy 184.39 1961 Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky (1857–1935) Tsu Chung-Chi 28.53 1961 Zu Chongzhi (429–500) Tucker 6.78 1979 Richard Hawley Tucker (1859–1952) Turner 11.22 1935 Herbert Hall Turner (1861–1930) Tycho 85.29 1935 Tycho Brahe (1546–1601) Tyndall 20.94 1970 John Tyndall (1820–1893)

U Crater Coordinates Diameter(km) ApprovalYear Eponym Ref Ukert 21.71 1935 Friedrich August Ukert (1780–1851) Ulugh Beigh 57.04 1961 Ulugh Beg (1394–1449) Urey 39.29 1985 Harold Urey (1893–1981)

V Crater Coordinates Diameter(km) ApprovalYear Eponym Ref Väisälä 8.12 1973 Yrjö Väisälä (1891–1971) Valera 0.1 2012 Russian male name Valier 65.06 1970 Max Valier (1895–1930) van Albada 22.92 1976 Gale Bruno van Albada (1912–1972) Van Biesbroeck 9.08 1976 George Van Biesbroeck (1880–1974) Van de Graaff 240.47 1970 Robert Van de Graaff (1901–1967) Van den Bergh 43.42 1970 George van den Bergh (1890–1966) van den Bos 25.18 1979 Willem Hendrik van den Bos (1896–1974) Van der Waals 113.37 1970 Johannes Van der Waals (1837–1923) Van Gent 44.37 1970 Hendrik Van Gent (1900–1947) Van Maanen 46.42 1970 Adriaan Van Maanen (1884–1946) van Rhijn 46.16 1970 Pieter Johannes van Rhijn (1886–1960) Van Vleck 33.48 1976 John Monroe Van Vleck (1833–1912) Van Wijk 31.06 1970 Uco van Wijk (1924–1966) van't Hoff 107.3 1970 Jacobus van 't Hoff (1852–1911) Vasco da Gama 93.52 1935 Vasco da Gama (1469–1524) Vashakidze 44.99 1970 Mikheil Alexandres dze Vashakidze (1909–1956) Vasya 0.1 2012 Russian male name Vaughan 3 2019 Dorothy Vaughan (1910–2008) Vavilov 98.22 1970 Nikolai Vavilov (1887–1943) and Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov (1891–1951) Vega 73.51 1935 Jurij Vega (1754–1802) Vendelinus 141.21 1935 Godefroid Wendelin (1580–1667) Vening Meinesz 88.69 1970 Felix A. Vening Meinesz (1887–1966) Ventris 100.74 1970 Michael George Francis Ventris (1922–1956) Vera 2.27 1976 Latin female name Vernadskiy 91.97 1970 Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky (1863–1945) Verne 1.54 1976 Jules Verne (1828–1905) Vertregt 172.76 1979 Marinus Vertregt (1897–1973) Very 4.65 1973 Frank Washington Very (1852–1927) Vesalius 64.65 1970 Andreas Vesalius (1514–1564) Vestine 97.81 1970 Ernest Harry Vestine (1906–1968) Vetchinkin 94.29 1970 Vladimir Petrovich Vetchinkin (1888–1950) Vieta 87.16 1935 Francois Vieta (1540–1603) Vilev 45.83 1970 (1893–1919) Virchow 18.83 1979 Rudolf Ludwig Karl Virchow (1821–1902) Virtanen 39.65 1979 Artturi Ilmari Virtanen (1895–1973) Vitello 42.51 1935 Erazmus Ciolek Witelo (1210–1285) Vitruvius 30.94 1935 Marcus Pollio Vitruvius (c.80/70–c.15 BC) Vitya 0.2 2012 Russian male name Viviani 26.94 1976 Vincenzo Viviani (1622–1703) Vlacq 89.21 1935 Adriaan Vlacq (c. 1600–1667) Vogel 26.3 1935 Hermann Carl Vogel (1841–1907) Volkov 40.84 1973 Vladislav Nikolayevich Volkov (1935–1971) Volta 117.15 1964 Count Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta (1745–1827) Volterra 55.1 1970 Vito Volterra (1860–1940) von Baeyer 13.46 2009 Adolf von Baeyer (1835–1917) von Behring 37.65 1979 Emil Adolf von Behring (1854–1917) von Békésy 96.25 1979 Georg von Békésy (1899–1972) von Braun 61.83 1994 Wernher von Braun (1912–1977) Von der Pahlen 53.89 1970 Baron Emanuel von der Pahlen (1882–1952) Von Kármán 186.35 1970 Theodore von Kármán (1881–1963) Von Neumann 74.83 1970 John von Neumann (1903–1957) Von Zeipel 83.41 1970 Edvard Hugo von Zeipel (1873–1959) Voskresenskiy 49.37 1970 Leonid Alexandrovich Voskresenskiy (1913–1965)

W Crater Coordinates Diameter(km) Approvalyear Eponym Ref W. Bond 170.53 1935 William Cranch Bond (1789–1859) Walker 32.94 1970 Joseph Albert Walker (1921–1966) Wallace 25.71 1935 Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913) Wallach 5.74 1979 Otto Wallach (1847–1931) Walter 1.26 1979 German male name Walther 134.23 1935 Bernhard Walther (1430–1504) Wan-Hoo 53.28 1970 Wan Hu (ahistoric, first mentioned in 1945) Wapowski 11.45 2009 Bernard Wapowski (1450–1535) Wargentin 84.69 1935 Pehr Vilhelm Wargentin (1717–1783) Warner 34.51 1976 Worcester Reed Warner (1846–1929) Waterman 74.91 1970 Alan Tower Waterman (1892–1967) Watson 59.43 1970 James Craig Watson (1838–1880) Watt 66.54 1935 James Watt (1736–1819) Watts 15.55 1973 Chester Burleigh Watts (1889–1971) Webb 21.41 1935 Thomas William Webb (1806–1885) Weber 43.95 1970 Wilhelm Eduard Weber (1804–1891) Wegener 95.78 1970 Alfred Lothar Wegener (1880–1930) Weierstrass 31.32 1976 Karl Weierstrass (1815–1897) Weigel 34.85 1935 Erhard Weigel (1625–1699) Weinek 32.01 1935 Ladislaus Weinek (1848–1913) Weiss 66.56 1935 Edmund Weiss (1837–1917) Werner 70.59 1935 Johann Werner (1468–1528) Wexler 52.44 1970 Harry Wexler (1911–1962) Weyl 122.82 1970 Hermann Weyl (1885–1955) Whewell 13.05 1935 William Whewell (1794–1866) Whipple 14.53 2009 Fred Lawrence Whipple (1906–2004) Whitaker 20.00 2025 Ewen Whitaker (1922–2016) White 42.34 1970 Ed White (1930–1967) Wichmann 9.77 1935 Moritz Ludwig George Wichmann (1821–1859) Widmannstätten 52.88 1973 Alois von Beckh-Widmannstätten (1753–1849) Wiechert 40.82 1970 Emil Johann Wiechert (1861–1928) Wiener 113.39 1970 Norbert Wiener (1894–1964) Wildt 12.31 1979 Rupert Wildt (1905–1976) Wilhelm 100.83 1935 Wilhelm IV, Landgrave of Hesse (1532–1592) Wilkins 59.44 1961 Hugh Percy Wilkins (1896–1960) Williams 36.36 1935 Arthur Stanley Williams (1861–1938) Wilsing 66.8 1970 Johannes Wilsing (1856–1943) Wilson 66.57 1935 Alexander Wilson (1714–1786), Charles Thomson Rees Wilson (1869–1959) and Ralph Elmer Wilson (1886–1960) Winkler 22.85 1970 Johannes Winkler (1897–1947) Winlock 63.93 1970 Joseph Winlock (1826–1875) Winthrop 17.25 1976 John Winthrop (1714–1779) Wöhler 28.07 1935 Friedrich Wöhler (1800–1882) Wolf 25.74 1935 Maximilian Wolf (1863–1932) Wollaston 9.64 1935 William Hyde Wollaston (1766–1828) Woltjer 44.5 1970 Jan Woltjer (1891–1946) Wood 84.15 1970 Robert Williams Wood (1868–1955) Wright 40.16 1964 Frederick Eugene Wright (1877–1953), Thomas Wright (1711–1786) and William Hammond Wright (1871–1959) Wróblewski 21.78 1976 Sigmund von Wróblewski (1845–1888) Wrottesley 58.38 1935 John Wrottesley, 2nd Baron Wrottesley (1798–1867) Wurzelbauer 86.77 1935 Johann Philipp von Wurzelbauer (1651–1725) Wyld 103.4 1970 James Hart Wyld (1913–1953)

X Crater Coordinates Diameter(km) ApprovalYear Eponym Ref Xenophanes 117.57 1935 Xenophanes (570–480 BC) Xenophon 25.5 1976 Xenophon (427–355 BC)

Y Crater Coordinates Diameter(km) ApprovalYear Eponym Ref Yablochkov 101.49 1970 Pavel Nikolayevich Yablochkov (1847–1894) Yakovkin 35.92 1985 Avenir Aleksandrovich Yakovkin (1887–1974) Yamamoto 77.46 1970 Issei Yamamoto (1889–1959) Yangel 7.87 1973 Mikhail Kuzmich Yangel (1911–1971) Yerkes 34.94 1935 Charles Tyson Yerkes (1837–1905) Yoshi 0.5 1976 Japanese male name Young 71.44 1935 Thomas Young (1773–1829)

Z Crater Coordinates Diameter(km) ApprovalYear Eponym Ref Zach 68.54 1935 Franz Xaver von Zach (1754–1832) Zagut 78.92 1935 Abraham Ben Samuel Zagut (c. 1450–c. 1522) Zähringer 11.19 1976 Joseph Zähringer (1929–1970) Zanstra 39.5 1973 Herman Zanstra (1894–1972) Zasyadko 10.27 1976 Alexander Dmitrievich Zasyadko (1779–1837) Zeeman 186.56 1970 Pieter Zeeman (1865–1943) Zelinskiy 53.95 1970 Nikolay Dimitrievich Zelinskiy (1860–1953) Zeno 66.78 1935 Zeno of Citium (c. 335–263 BC) Zernike 50.68 1970 Frits Zernike (1888–1966) Zhang Yuzhe 38 2010 Zhang Yuzhe (1902–1986) Zhiritskiy 33.36 1970 Georgiy Sergeevich Zhiritskiy (1893–1966) Zhukovskiy 82.07 1970 Nikolay Egorovich Zhukovskiy (1847–1921) Zinner 4.56 1973 Ernst Zinner (1886–1970) Zi Wei 0.42 2015 Ziwei enclosure (location on ancient Chinese star map) Zöllner 47.69 1935 Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner (1834–1882) Zsigmondy 66.88 1976 Richard Adolf Zsigmondy (1865–1929) Zucchius 63.18 1935 Niccolò Zucchi (1586–1670) Zupus 35.29 1935 Giovanni Battista Zupi (c. 1590–1650) Zwicky 126.06 1979 Fritz Zwicky (1898–1974)

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