List of craters on the Moon: O–Q

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

O
CraterCoordinatesDiameter
(km)		Approval
Year		EponymRef
Oberth62.49°N 154.84°E / 62.49; 154.84 (Oberth)49.521997Hermann Oberth (1894–1989)WGPSN
Obruchev38.67°S 162.43°E / -38.67; 162.43 (Obruchev)72.231970Vladimir Afanasyevich Obruchev (1863–1956)WGPSN
O'Day30.42°S 157.29°E / -30.42; 157.29 (O'Day)70.411970Marcus O'Day (1897–1961)WGPSN
Oenopides57.13°N 64.2°W / 57.13; -64.2 (Oenopides)73.471935Oenopides of Chios (c. 500–430 BC)WGPSN
Oersted43.09°N 47.25°E / 43.09; 47.25 (Oersted)42.281935Hans Christian Ørsted (1777–1851)WGPSN
Ohm18.32°N 113.78°W / 18.32; -113.78 (Ohm)61.751970Georg Simon Ohm (1789–1854)WGPSN
Oken43.76°S 76.09°E / -43.76; 76.09 (Oken)78.671935Lorenz Ockenfuss (1779–1851)WGPSN
Olbers7.3°N 76.14°W / 7.3; -76.14 (Olbers)73.021935Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers (1758–1840)WGPSN
Olcott20.57°N 117.79°E / 20.57; 117.79 (Olcott)79.941970William Tyler Olcott (1873–1936)WGPSN
Olivier58.72°N 138.44°E / 58.72; 138.44 (Olivier)78.451979Charles Pollard Olivier (1884–1975)WGPSN
Omar Khayyam58.21°N 102.22°W / 58.21; -102.22 (Omar Khayyam)68.641970Omar Khayyám (c. 1050–1123)WGPSN
Onizuka36.38°S 149.79°W / -36.38; -149.79 (Onizuka)26.881988Ellison Shoji Onizuka (1946–1986)WGPSN
Opelt16.32°S 17.64°W / -16.32; -17.64 (Opelt)48.731935Friedrich Wilhelm Opelt (1794–1863)WGPSN
Oppenheimer35.32°S 166.03°W / -35.32; -166.03 (Oppenheimer)201.161970J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904–1967)WGPSN
Oppolzer1.52°S 0.45°W / -1.52; -0.45 (Oppolzer)40.871935Theodor von Oppolzer (1841–1886)WGPSN
Oresme42.61°S 169.22°E / -42.61; 169.22 (Oresme)82.051970Nicole Oresme (c. 1323–1382)WGPSN
Orlov25.77°S 175.08°W / -25.77; -175.08 (Orlov)72.931970Aleksandr Iakovlevich Orlov (1880–1954) and Sergei Vladimirovich Orlov (1880–1958)WGPSN
Orontius40.37°S 3.96°W / -40.37; -3.96 (Orontius)121.021935Oronce Finé (1494–1555)WGPSN
Osama18.61°N 5.27°E / 18.61; 5.27 (Osama)0.421976(Arabic male name)WGPSN
Osiris18.65°N 27.65°E / 18.65; 27.65 (Osiris)0.961976Osiris (Egyptian deity)WGPSN
Osman10.98°S 6.25°W / -10.98; -6.25 (Osman)1.791976(Turkish male name)WGPSN
Ostwald10.24°N 121.95°E / 10.24; 121.95 (Ostwald)108.131970Wilhelm Ostwald (1853–1932)WGPSN

P
CraterCoordinatesDiameter
(km)		Approval
Year		EponymRef
Palisa9.47°S 7.19°W / -9.47; -7.19 (Palisa)33.471935Johann Palisa (1848–1925)WGPSN
Palitzsch28.02°S 64.39°E / -28.02; 64.39 (Palitzsch)41.871935Johann Georg Palitzsch (1723–1788)WGPSN
Pallas5.48°N 1.65°W / 5.48; -1.65 (Pallas)49.511935Peter Simon Pallas (1741–1811)WGPSN
Palmieri28.64°S 47.8°W / -28.64; -47.8 (Palmieri)39.841935Luigi Palmieri (1807–1896)WGPSN
Paneth62.6°N 94.63°W / 62.6; -94.63 (Paneth)60.921970Friedrich Adolf Paneth (1887–1958)WGPSN
Pannekoek4.2°S 140.69°E / -4.2; 140.69 (Pannekoek)67.51970Anton Pannekoek (1873–1960)WGPSN
Papaleksi10.15°N 163.95°E / 10.15; 163.95 (Papaleksi)92.031970Nikolaj Dmitrievich Papaleksi (1880–1947)WGPSN
Paracelsus22.92°S 163.44°E / -22.92; 163.44 (Paracelsus)85.881970Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim (1493–1541)WGPSN
Paraskevopoulos50.09°N 150.34°W / 50.09; -150.34 (Paraskevopoulos)98.871970John Stefanos Paraskevopoulos (1889–1951)WGPSN
Parenago25.88°N 108.91°W / 25.88; -108.91 (Parenago)94.571970Pavel Petrovich Parenago (1906–1960)WGPSN
Parkhurst33.29°S 103.69°E / -33.29; 103.69 (Parkhurst)93.081970John Adelbert Parkhurst (1861–1925)WGPSN
Parrot14.57°S 3.29°E / -14.57; 3.29 (Parrot)70.661935Johann Jacob Friedrich Wilhelm Parrot (1792–1840)WGPSN
Parry7.88°S 15.78°W / -7.88; -15.78 (Parry)47.281935William Edward Parry (1790–1855)WGPSN
Parsons37.25°N 171.16°W / 37.25; -171.16 (Parsons)41.121970John Whiteside Parsons (1914–1952)WGPSN
Pascal74.36°N 70.63°W / 74.36; -70.63 (Pascal)108.21964Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)WGPSN
Paschen14.06°S 140.53°W / -14.06; -140.53 (Paschen)127.361970Friedrich Paschen (1865–1940)WGPSN
Pasteur11.58°S 104.91°E / -11.58; 104.91 (Pasteur)232.771961Louis Pasteur (1822–1895)WGPSN
Patricia24.91°N 0.5°E / 24.91; 0.5 (Patricia)10.081976(English female name)WGPSN
Patsaev16.77°S 133.6°E / -16.77; 133.6 (Patsaev)55.251973Viktor Ivanovich Patsayev (1933–1971)WGPSN
Pauli44.76°S 137.35°E / -44.76; 137.35 (Pauli)95.281970Wolfgang Pauli (1900–1958)WGPSN
Pavlov28.28°S 142.4°E / -28.28; 142.4 (Pavlov)143.051970Ivan Petrovich Pavlov (1849–1936)WGPSN
Pawsey44.24°N 145.29°E / 44.24; 145.29 (Pawsey)59.981970Joseph Lade Pawsey (1908–1962)WGPSN
Peary88.63°N 24.4°E / 88.63; 24.4 (Peary)78.751964Robert Edwin Peary (1856–1920)WGPSN
Pease12.51°N 106.3°W / 12.51; -106.3 (Pease)40.841970Francis G. Pease (1881–1938)WGPSN
Peek2.76°N 86.96°E / 2.76; 86.96 (Peek)12.551973Bertrand Meigh Peek (1891–1965)WGPSN
Peirce18.26°N 53.35°E / 18.26; 53.35 (Peirce)18.861935Benjamin Peirce (1809–1880)WGPSN
Peirescius46.4°S 67.8°E / -46.4; 67.8 (Peirescius)61.531935Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1580–1637)WGPSN
Pentland64.57°S 11.34°E / -64.57; 11.34 (Pentland)56.451935Joseph Barclay Pentland (1797–1873)WGPSN
Perel'man24.05°S 106.01°E / -24.05; 106.01 (Perel'man)48.871970Yakov I. Perelman (1882–1942)WGPSN
Perepelkin9.99°S 128.8°E / -9.99; 128.8 (Perepelkin)88.741970Evgenij J. Perepelkin (1906–1940)WGPSN
Perkin47.02°N 175.73°W / 47.02; -175.73 (Perkin)62.481970Richard Scott Perkin (1906–1969)WGPSN
Perrine42.11°N 127.95°W / 42.11; -127.95 (Perrine)87.411970Charles Dillon Perrine (1867–1951)WGPSN
Petavius25.39°S 60.78°E / -25.39; 60.78 (Petavius)184.061935Denis Petau (1583–1652)WGPSN
Petermann74.35°N 67.89°E / 74.35; 67.89 (Petermann)76.951935August Heinrich Petermann (1822–1878)WGPSN
Peters68.07°N 29.39°E / 68.07; 29.39 (Peters)14.671935Christian August Friedrich Peters (1806–1880)WGPSN
Petit2.32°N 63.46°E / 2.32; 63.46 (Petit)5.041976Alexis Therese Petit (1771–1820)WGPSN
Petrie45.14°N 108.47°E / 45.14; 108.47 (Petrie)32.861970Robert Methven Petrie (1906–1966)WGPSN
Petropavlovskiy36.92°N 115.28°W / 36.92; -115.28 (Petropavlovskiy)64.071970Boris Sergeevich Petropavlovskiy (1898–1933)WGPSN
Petrov61.36°S 88.18°E / -61.36; 88.18 (Petrov)55.441970Evgenij S. Petrov (1900–1942)WGPSN
Pettit27.52°S 86.75°W / -27.52; -86.75 (Pettit)36.671970Edison Pettit (1889–1962)WGPSN
Petzval62.73°S 110.83°W / -62.73; -110.83 (Petzval)93.471970Joseph von Petzval (1807–1891)WGPSN
Phillips26.57°S 75.67°E / -26.57; 75.67 (Phillips)104.211935John Phillips (1800–1874)WGPSN
Philolaus72.22°N 32.88°W / 72.22; -32.88 (Philolaus)71.441935Philolaus of Croton (flourished 400 BC)WGPSN
Phocylides52.79°S 57.31°W / -52.79; -57.31 (Phocylides)115.181935Johannes Phocylides Holwarda (Jan Fokker) (1618–1651)WGPSN
Piazzi36.16°S 68.01°W / -36.16; -68.01 (Piazzi)102.571935Giuseppe Piazzi (1746–1826)WGPSN
Piazzi Smyth41.91°N 3.24°W / 41.91; -3.24 (Piazzi Smyth)12.961935Charles Piazzi Smyth (1819–1900)WGPSN
Picard14.57°N 54.72°E / 14.57; 54.72 (Picard)22.351935Jean-Felix Picard (1620–1682)WGPSN
Piccolomini29.7°S 32.2°E / -29.7; 32.2 (Piccolomini)87.581935Alessandro Piccolomini (1508–1578)WGPSN
Pickering2.88°S 6.99°E / -2.88; 6.99 (Pickering)15.41935Edward Charles Pickering (1846–1919) and William Henry Pickering (1858–1938)WGPSN
Pictet43.56°S 7.49°W / -43.56; -7.49 (Pictet)59.951935Marc-Auguste Pictet-Turretin (1752–1825)WGPSN
Pierazzo3.3°N 100.24°W / 3.3; -100.24 (Pierazzo)9.292015Elisabetta Pierazzo (1963–2011)WGPSN
Pikel'ner48.37°S 124.25°E / -48.37; 124.25 (Pikel'ner)40.961979Solomon Borisovich Pikelner (1921–1975)WGPSN
Pilâtre60.17°S 86.7°W / -60.17; -86.7 (Pilâtre)64.371991Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier (1756–1785)WGPSN
Pingré58.64°S 73.95°W / -58.64; -73.95 (Pingré)88.431961Alexandre Guy Pingré (1711–1796)WGPSN
Pirquet20.34°S 139.93°E / -20.34; 139.93 (Pirquet)62.141970Baron Guido von Pirquet (1880–1966)WGPSN
Pitatus29.88°S 13.53°W / -29.88; -13.53 (Pitatus)100.631935Pietro Pitati (flourished c. 1500)WGPSN
Pitiscus50.61°S 30.57°E / -50.61; 30.57 (Pitiscus)79.851935Bartholemaeus Pitiscus (1561–1613)WGPSN
Pizzetti35.06°S 119.29°E / -35.06; 119.29 (Pizzetti)53.471970Paolo Pizzetti (1860–1918)WGPSN
Plana42.25°N 28.22°E / 42.25; 28.22 (Plana)42.971935Baron Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana (1781–1864)WGPSN
Planck57.27°S 135.34°E / -57.27; 135.34 (Planck)319.461970Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck (1858–1947)WGPSN
Planté10.22°S 163.26°E / -10.22; 163.26 (Planté)36.81979Gaston Planté (1834–1889)WGPSN
Plaskett81.63°N 176.71°E / 81.63; 176.71 (Plaskett)114.341976John Stanley Plaskett (1865–1941)WGPSN
Plato51.62°N 9.38°W / 51.62; -9.38 (Plato)100.681935Plato (c. 428–347 BC)WGPSN
Playfair23.56°S 8.45°E / -23.56; 8.45 (Playfair)49.881935John Playfair (1748–1819)WGPSN
Plinius15.36°N 23.61°E / 15.36; 23.61 (Plinius)41.311935Pliny the Elder (23–79)WGPSN
Plummer24.62°S 154.86°W / -24.62; -154.86 (Plummer)75.71970Henry Crozier Keating Plummer (1875–1946)WGPSN
Plutarch24.18°N 79.05°E / 24.18; 79.05 (Plutarch)69.591935Plutarch (c. 46–120)WGPSN
Poczobutt57.27°N 99.23°W / 57.27; -99.23 (Poczobutt)212.361979Martin Odlanicky Poczobutt (1728–1810)WGPSN
Pogson42.38°S 111.11°E / -42.38; 111.11 (Pogson)40.871970Norman Robert Pogson (1829–1891)WGPSN
Poincaré56.86°S 163.99°E / -56.86; 163.99 (Poincaré)345.991970Jules Henri Poincaré (1854–1912)WGPSN
Poinsot78.9°N 146.21°W / 78.9; -146.21 (Poinsot)65.111970Louis Poinsot (1777–1859)WGPSN
Poisson30.34°S 10.56°E / -30.34; 10.56 (Poisson)41.41935Siméon Denis Poisson (1781–1840)WGPSN
Polybius22.46°S 25.63°E / -22.46; 25.63 (Polybius)40.811935Polybius (c. 204–122 BC)WGPSN
Polzunov25.57°N 115.01°E / 25.57; 115.01 (Polzunov)66.531970Ivan Ivanovich Polzunov (1728–1766)WGPSN
Pomortsev0.74°N 66.91°E / 0.74; 66.91 (Pomortsev)25.511976Mikhail Mikhailovich Pomortsev (1851–1916)WGPSN
Poncelet75.91°N 54.57°W / 75.91; -54.57 (Poncelet)67.571964Jean-Victor Poncelet (1788–1867)WGPSN
Pons25.43°S 21.55°E / -25.43; 21.55 (Pons)39.71935Jean-Louis Pons (1761–1831)WGPSN
Pontanus28.42°S 14.36°E / -28.42; 14.36 (Pontanus)55.661935Giovanni Gioviani Pontano (1427–1503)WGPSN
Pontécoulant58.78°S 66.07°E / -58.78; 66.07 (Pontécoulant)91.41935Philippe Gustave Doulcet, Comte De Pontécoulant (1795–1874)WGPSN
Popov16.93°N 99.38°E / 16.93; 99.38 (Popov)71.41961Aleksander Stepanovich Popov (1859–1905) and C. Popov (1880–1966)WGPSN
Porter56.15°S 10.18°W / -56.15; -10.18 (Porter)51.461970Russell Williams Porter (1871–1949)WGPSN
Posidonius31.88°N 29.99°E / 31.88; 29.99 (Posidonius)95.061935Posidonius (c. 135–51 BC)WGPSN
Poynting17.5°N 133.38°W / 17.5; -133.38 (Poynting)127.551970John Henry Poynting (1852–1914)WGPSN
Prager3.99°S 130.78°E / -3.99; 130.78 (Prager)53.91971Richard A. Prager (1884–1945)WGPSN
Prandtl59.62°S 141.54°E / -59.62; 141.54 (Prandtl)87.531970Ludwig Prandtl (1875–1953)WGPSN
Priestley56.71°S 108.47°E / -56.71; 108.47 (Priestley)54.881970Joseph Priestley (1733–1804)WGPSN
Prinz25.49°N 44.14°W / 25.49; -44.14 (Prinz)46.131935Wilhelm Prinz (1857–1910)WGPSN
Priscilla10.96°S 6.21°W / -10.96; -6.21 (Priscilla)1.51976(Latin female name)WGPSN
Proclus16.09°N 46.89°E / 16.09; 46.89 (Proclus)26.911935Proclus Diadochus (410–485)WGPSN
Proctor46.43°S 5.04°W / -46.43; -5.04 (Proctor)47.641935Mary Proctor (1862–1957)WGPSN
Protagoras56.02°N 7.34°E / 56.02; 7.34 (Protagoras)21.051935Protagoras (c. 481–411 BC)WGPSN
Ptolemaeus9.16°S 1.84°W / -9.16; -1.84 (Ptolemaeus)153.671935Ptolemy (c. 87–150)WGPSN
Puiseux27.82°S 39.19°W / -27.82; -39.19 (Puiseux)24.951935Pierre Puiseux (1855–1928)WGPSN
Pupin23.87°N 11°W / 23.87; -11 (Pupin)2.171976Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin (1858–1935)WGPSN
Purbach25.51°S 2.03°W / -25.51; -2.03 (Purbach)114.971935Georg Purbach (1423–1461)WGPSN
Purkyně1.54°S 94.86°E / -1.54; 94.86 (Purkyně)50.291970Jan Evangelista Purkyně (1787–1869)WGPSN
Pythagoras63.68°N 62.98°W / 63.68; -62.98 (Pythagoras)144.551935Pythagoras (flourished c. 532 BC)WGPSN
Pytheas20.57°N 20.59°W / 20.57; -20.59 (Pytheas)18.811935Pytheas (born c. 308 BC)WGPSN

Q
CraterCoordinatesDiameter
(km)		Approval
Year		EponymRef
Quetelet42.66°N 135.3°W / 42.66; -135.3 (Quetelet)54.771970Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quételet (1796–1874)WGPSN

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