The best lunar features:
     
    This feature is based on the work of Charles A. Wood, as presented in the April, 2004 issue of Sky and Telescope magazine.  The smallest object on this list is 3 kilometers in diameter and should be visible when viewed with a 3-inch telescope working at 150X to 200X.

Good luck observing all of these unique features of our neighbor.

 

Object Name Description Lat Long Dia Chart
           
Apennies Imbrium basin rim 18.9N 3.7W 400 22
Corpernicus Large complex crater 9.7N 20.1W 93 31
Tycho Large rayed crater 43.4S 11.1W 102 64
Altai Scarp Nectaris basin rim 24.3S 22.6E 425 57
Theophilus, Catharina Cyrillus Crater sequence 13.2S 24.0E 110 46,57
Clavius Large crater - lacks basin features 58.8S 14.1W 245 72
Mare Crisium Mare in large circular basin 18.0N 59.0E 540 26,27,37,38
Aristarchus Bright crater with dark bands on walls 23.7N 47.4W 40 18
Proclus Oblique-impact rays 16.1N 46.8E 28 26
Gassendi Floor-fractured crater 17.6S 40.1W 101 52
Sinus Iridum Large crater with missing rim 45.0N 32.0W 260 10
Straight Wall Best example of a lunar fault 21.8S 7.8W 130 54
Petavius Crater with domed floor 25.1S 60.4E 188 59
Schroter's Vally Sinus rille 26.2N 50.8W 168 18
Mare Serenitatis dark edges Mare areas of different compositions 17.8N 23.0E -- 24
Alpine Valley Lunar valley 49.0N 3.0E 165 4
Posidonius Floor-fractured crater 31.8N 29.9E 95 14
Fracastorius Crater with subsided floor 21.5S 33.2E 112 58
Aristarchus Plateau Uplifted region with pyroclastics 26.0N 51.0 W 150 18
Pico Isolated Imbrium basin ring fragment 45.7N 8.9W 25 11
Hyginus Rille Rille containing collapse pits 7.4N 7.8E 220 34
Messier and Messier A Oblique ricochet pair of craters 1.9S 47.6E 11 48
Mare Frigoris Mare of uncertain origin 56.0N 1.4E 1600 2,3,4,5,6
Archimedes Large crater lacking a central peak 29.7N 4.0W 83 12,22
Hipparchus Large crater 5.5S 4.8E 150 44,45
Aridaeus Rille Long, linear graben 6.4N 14.0E 250 34
Schiller Oblique impact crater 51.9S 39.0W 180 71
Taruntius Young crater; fractured crater 5.6N 46.5E 56 37
Argo Alpha and Beta Volcanic domes 6.2N 21.4E 26 35
Serpentine Ridge Basin inner-ring segment 27.3N 25.3E 155 24
Lacus Mortis Crater with rille and ridge 45.0N 27.2E 152 14
Triesnecker Rilles A family of rilles 4.3N 4.6E 215 33
Grimaldi basin Small two-ring basin 5.5S 68.3W 410 39
Bailly Barely discernible basin 66.5S 69.1W 303 71
Sabine and Ritter Possible twin impacts 1.7N 19.7 30 35
Schickard Crater floor with Orientale ejecta stripe 44.3S 55.3W 206 62
Janssen Rille Rare highland rille example 45.4S 39.3E 199 67,68
Bessel Ray Ray of uncertain origin near Bessel 21.8N 17.9E -- 24
Marius Hills Volcanic domes and hills 12.5N 54.0W 125 28,29
Wargentin Crater filled with lava or ejecta 49.6S 60.2W 84 70
Mersenius Domed floor secondary craters 21.5S 49/2W 84 51
Maurolycus Area of saturation cratering 42.0S 14.0E 114 66
Regiomontanus central peak Possible volcanic peak 28.0S 0.6W 108 55
Alphonsus dark spots Dark halo eruptions on crater floor 13.7S 3.2W 119 44
Cauchy region Fault, Rilles, and domes 10.5N 38.0E 130 36
Gruithuisen Delta, & Gamma Volcanic domes 36.3N 40.0W 20 9
Cayley Plains Smooth plains of uncertain origin 4.0N 15.1E 14 34
Davy crater chain Comet fragment impacts 11.1S 6.6W 34 43
Cruger Possible volcanic caldera 16.7S 66.8W 45 50
Lamont Buried basin 4.4N 23.7E 106 35
Hippalus Rilles Rilles concentric to Humorum basin 24.5S 29.0W 240 52,53
Baco Unusually smooth crater floor and plains 51.0S 19.1E 69 74
Mare Australe Partially flooded basin 49.8S 84.5E 132 76
Reiner Gamma Conspicous swirl and magnetic anomaly 7.7N 59.2W 70 28
Rheita Valley Basin secondary crater chain 42.5S 51.5E 445 68
Schiller-Zucchius basin Badly degraded basin 56.0S 45.0W 335 70,71
Kies Pi Volcanic Dome 26.9S 24.2W 45 53
Mosting A Simple crater close to center of near side 3.2S 5.2W 13 43
Rumker Hills Large volcanic hills 40.8N 58.1W 70 8
Imbrium sculpture Basin ejecta 11.0N 12.0E -- 74
Descartes Apollo 16 landing site; highland volcanism 11.7S 15.7E -- 45
Hortensius domes Dome field north of Hortensius 7.6N 27.9W 10 30
Hadley Rille Apollo 15 landing site; Lava channel 25.0N 3.0E -- 22
Fra Maro Apollo 14 landing site on Imbrium ejecta 3.6S 17.5W -- 42
Flamsteed P Young volcanic crater; Surveyor 1 landing 3.0S 44.0W -- 40
Copernicus secondary craters Rays and craterlets near Pytheas 19.6N 19.1W 4 20
Humboldtianum basin Multi-ring impact basin 57.0N 80.0W 650 7
Sulpicius Gallus dark mantle Ash eruptins northwest of crater 19.6N 11.6E 12 23
Atlas dark halo craters Volcanic pits on floor of Atlas crater 46.7N 44.4E 87 15
Smythii basin Difficult to observe basin scarp 2.0S 87.0E 740 38,49
Copernicus H Dark halo impact crater 6.9N 18.3W 5 31
Ptolemaeus B Saucerlike depression on floor or crater 8.0S 0.8W 164 44
W. Bond Large crater degraded by Imbrium ejecta 65.3N 3.7W 158 4
Sirsalis Rille Procellarum basin rilles 15.7S 61.7W 425 39,50
Lambert R Buried crater 23.8N 20.6W 54 20
Sinus Aestuum Eastern dark mantle volcanic deposit 12.0N 3.5W 90 33
Orentiale basin Youngest impact basin 19.0S 95.0W 930 50
Hesiodus A Concentric crater 30.1S 17.0W 15 54
Linne Small crater  thought to have disappeared 27.7N 11.8E 2.4 23
Plato craterlets Crater pits at limit of detection 51.6N 9.4W 109 3,4
Pitatus Crater with concentric rilles 29.8S 13.5W 97 54
Langrenus rays Aged ray system 8.9S 60.9E 132 49
Prinz rilles Rille system near crater Prinz 27.0N 43.0W 46 19
Humboldt Crater with central peaks and dark spots 27.0S 80.9E 189 60
Peary Difficult to see polar crater 88.6N 95.3E 104 4,11
Valentine dome Volcanic dome 30.5N 10.1E 30 13
Armstron, Aldrin, and Collins Small craters near Apollo 11 landing site 1.3N 23.7E 3 35
De Gasparis Rilles Area with may rilles 25.9S 50.7W 30 51
Gylden Vallet Part of Imbrium radial sculpture 5.1S 0.7E 47 44
Dionysius rays Unusual and rare dark rays 2.8N 17.3E 18 35
Drygalski Large south pole region crater 79.3S 84.9W 149 72
Leibnitz Mountains Rim of South Pole Aitken basin 85.0S 30.0E -- 73
Inghirami Valley Orientale basin ejecta 44.0S 73.0W 140 61
Imbrium lava flows lava flow boundries 32.8N 22.0W -- 10
Ina caldera D-shaped young volcanic caldera 18.6N 5.3E 3 22
Mare Marginis Possible magnetic field deposits 18.5N 88.0E -- 27