Diameter 6.5 km Colongitude 336° at sunrise | Depth 1.3 km | |
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Eponym Helmuth Graf von Moltke | ||
Moltke is a lunar impact crater located near the southern edge of the Mare Tranquillitatis. This is a small, bowl-shaped crater surrounded by a bright halo of higher-albedo material. Just to the south lies the rille system named Rimae Hypatia. These follow a course running roughly east-southeast to west-northwest, and have a length of approximately 180 kilometers.
About 50 kilometers to the northeast of this crater is the landing site of Apollo 11.
The crater is named after Helmuth von Moltke the Elder.
Satellite craters
By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Moltke.
References
Moltke (crater) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA