Astronomy:List of craters on the Moon: O–Q

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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.

O

Crater	Coordinates	Diameter (km)	Approval Year	Eponym	Ref
Oberth	[ ⚑ ] 62.49°N 154.84°E / 62.49; 154.84 (Oberth)	49.52	1997	Hermann Oberth (1894–1989)	WGPSN
Obruchev	[ ⚑ ] 38.67°S 162.43°E / -38.67; 162.43 (Obruchev)	72.23	1970	Vladimir Afanasyevich Obruchev (1863–1956)	WGPSN
O'Day	[ ⚑ ] 30.42°S 157.29°E / -30.42; 157.29 (O'Day)	70.41	1970	Marcus O'Day (1897–1961)	WGPSN
Oenopides	[ ⚑ ] 57.13°N 64.2°W / 57.13; -64.2 (Oenopides)	73.47	1935	Oenopides of Chios (c. 500–430 BC)	WGPSN
Oersted	[ ⚑ ] 43.09°N 47.25°E / 43.09; 47.25 (Oersted)	42.28	1935	Hans Christian Ørsted (1777–1851)	WGPSN
Ohm	[ ⚑ ] 18.32°N 113.78°W / 18.32; -113.78 (Ohm)	61.75	1970	Georg Simon Ohm (1789–1854)	WGPSN
Oken	[ ⚑ ] 43.76°S 76.09°E / -43.76; 76.09 (Oken)	78.67	1935	Lorenz Ockenfuss (1779–1851)	WGPSN
Olbers	[ ⚑ ] 7.3°N 76.14°W / 7.3; -76.14 (Olbers)	73.02	1935	Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers (1758–1840)	WGPSN
Olcott	[ ⚑ ] 20.57°N 117.79°E / 20.57; 117.79 (Olcott)	79.94	1970	William Tyler Olcott (1873–1936)	WGPSN
Olivier	[ ⚑ ] 58.72°N 138.44°E / 58.72; 138.44 (Olivier)	78.45	1979	Charles Pollard Olivier (1884–1975)	WGPSN
Omar Khayyam	[ ⚑ ] 58.21°N 102.22°W / 58.21; -102.22 (Omar Khayyam)	68.64	1970	Omar Khayyám (c. 1050–1123)	WGPSN
Onizuka	[ ⚑ ] 36.38°S 149.79°W / -36.38; -149.79 (Onizuka)	26.88	1988	Ellison Shoji Onizuka (1946–1986)	WGPSN
Opelt	[ ⚑ ] 16.32°S 17.64°W / -16.32; -17.64 (Opelt)	48.73	1935	Friedrich Wilhelm Opelt (1794–1863)	WGPSN
Oppenheimer	[ ⚑ ] 35.32°S 166.03°W / -35.32; -166.03 (Oppenheimer)	201.16	1970	J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904–1967)	WGPSN
Oppolzer	[ ⚑ ] 1.52°S 0.45°W / -1.52; -0.45 (Oppolzer)	40.87	1935	Theodor von Oppolzer (1841–1886)	WGPSN
Oresme	[ ⚑ ] 42.61°S 169.22°E / -42.61; 169.22 (Oresme)	82.05	1970	Nicole Oresme (c. 1323–1382)	WGPSN
Orlov	[ ⚑ ] 25.77°S 175.08°W / -25.77; -175.08 (Orlov)	72.93	1970	Aleksandr Yakovlevich Orlov (1880–1954) and Sergei Vladimirovich Orlov (1880–1958)	WGPSN
Orontius	[ ⚑ ] 40.37°S 3.96°W / -40.37; -3.96 (Orontius)	121.02	1935	Oronce Finé (1494–1555)	WGPSN
Osama	[ ⚑ ] 18.61°N 5.27°E / 18.61; 5.27 (Osama)	0.42	1976	(Arabic male name)	WGPSN
Osiris	[ ⚑ ] 18.65°N 27.65°E / 18.65; 27.65 (Osiris)	0.96	1976	Osiris (Egyptian deity)	WGPSN
Osman	[ ⚑ ] 10.98°S 6.25°W / -10.98; -6.25 (Osman)	1.79	1976	(Turkish male name)	WGPSN
Ostwald	[ ⚑ ] 10.24°N 121.95°E / 10.24; 121.95 (Ostwald)	108.13	1970	Wilhelm Ostwald (1853–1932)	WGPSN

P

Crater	Coordinates	Diameter (km)	Approval Year	Eponym	Ref
Palisa	[ ⚑ ] 9.47°S 7.19°W / -9.47; -7.19 (Palisa)	33.47	1935	Johann Palisa (1848–1925)	WGPSN
Palitzsch	[ ⚑ ] 28.02°S 64.39°E / -28.02; 64.39 (Palitzsch)	41.87	1935	Johann Georg Palitzsch (1723–1788)	WGPSN
Pallas	[ ⚑ ] 5.48°N 1.65°W / 5.48; -1.65 (Pallas)	49.51	1935	Peter Simon Pallas (1741–1811)	WGPSN
Palmieri	[ ⚑ ] 28.64°S 47.8°W / -28.64; -47.8 (Palmieri)	39.84	1935	Luigi Palmieri (1807–1896)	WGPSN
Paneth	[ ⚑ ] 62.6°N 94.63°W / 62.6; -94.63 (Paneth)	60.92	1970	Friedrich Adolf Paneth (1887–1958)	WGPSN
Pannekoek	[ ⚑ ] 4.2°S 140.69°E / -4.2; 140.69 (Pannekoek)	67.5	1970	Anton Pannekoek (1873–1960)	WGPSN
Papaleksi	[ ⚑ ] 10.15°N 163.95°E / 10.15; 163.95 (Papaleksi)	92.03	1970	Nikolaj Dmitrievich Papaleksi (1880–1947)	WGPSN
Paracelsus	[ ⚑ ] 22.92°S 163.44°E / -22.92; 163.44 (Paracelsus)	85.88	1970	Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim (1493–1541)	WGPSN
Paraskevopoulos	[ ⚑ ] 50.09°N 150.34°W / 50.09; -150.34 (Paraskevopoulos)	98.87	1970	John Stefanos Paraskevopoulos (1889–1951)	WGPSN
Parenago	[ ⚑ ] 25.88°N 108.91°W / 25.88; -108.91 (Parenago)	94.57	1970	Pavel Petrovich Parenago (1906–1960)	WGPSN
Parkhurst	[ ⚑ ] 33.29°S 103.69°E / -33.29; 103.69 (Parkhurst)	93.08	1970	John Adelbert Parkhurst (1861–1925)	WGPSN
Parrot	[ ⚑ ] 14.57°S 3.29°E / -14.57; 3.29 (Parrot)	70.66	1935	Johann Jacob Friedrich Wilhelm Parrot (1792–1840)	WGPSN
Parry	[ ⚑ ] 7.88°S 15.78°W / -7.88; -15.78 (Parry)	47.28	1935	William Edward Parry (1790–1855)	WGPSN
Parsons	[ ⚑ ] 37.25°N 171.16°W / 37.25; -171.16 (Parsons)	41.12	1970	John Whiteside Parsons (1914–1952)	WGPSN
Pascal	[ ⚑ ] 74.36°N 70.63°W / 74.36; -70.63 (Pascal)	108.2	1964	Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)	WGPSN
Paschen	[ ⚑ ] 14.06°S 140.53°W / -14.06; -140.53 (Paschen)	127.36	1970	Friedrich Paschen (1865–1940)	WGPSN
Pasteur	[ ⚑ ] 11.58°S 104.91°E / -11.58; 104.91 (Pasteur)	232.77	1961	Louis Pasteur (1822–1895)	WGPSN
Patricia	[ ⚑ ] 24.91°N 0.5°E / 24.91; 0.5 (Patricia)	10.08	1976	(English female name)	WGPSN
Patsaev	[ ⚑ ] 16.77°S 133.6°E / -16.77; 133.6 (Patsaev)	55.25	1973	Viktor Ivanovich Patsayev (1933–1971)	WGPSN
Pauli	[ ⚑ ] 44.76°S 137.35°E / -44.76; 137.35 (Pauli)	95.28	1970	Wolfgang Pauli (1900–1958)	WGPSN
Pavlov	[ ⚑ ] 28.28°S 142.4°E / -28.28; 142.4 (Pavlov)	143.05	1970	Ivan Petrovich Pavlov (1849–1936)	WGPSN
Pawsey	[ ⚑ ] 44.24°N 145.29°E / 44.24; 145.29 (Pawsey)	59.98	1970	Joseph Lade Pawsey (1908–1962)	WGPSN
Peary	[ ⚑ ] 88.63°N 24.4°E / 88.63; 24.4 (Peary)	78.75	1964	Robert Edwin Peary (1856–1920)	WGPSN
Pease	[ ⚑ ] 12.51°N 106.3°W / 12.51; -106.3 (Pease)	40.84	1970	Francis G. Pease (1881–1938)	WGPSN
Peek	[ ⚑ ] 2.76°N 86.96°E / 2.76; 86.96 (Peek)	12.55	1973	Bertrand Meigh Peek (1891–1965)	WGPSN
Peirce	[ ⚑ ] 18.26°N 53.35°E / 18.26; 53.35 (Peirce)	18.86	1935	Benjamin Peirce (1809–1880)	WGPSN
Peirescius	[ ⚑ ] 46.4°S 67.8°E / -46.4; 67.8 (Peirescius)	61.53	1935	Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1580–1637)	WGPSN
Pentland	[ ⚑ ] 64.57°S 11.34°E / -64.57; 11.34 (Pentland)	56.45	1935	Joseph Barclay Pentland (1797–1873)	WGPSN
Perelʹman	[ ⚑ ] 24.05°S 106.01°E / -24.05; 106.01 (Perelʹman)	48.87	1970	Yakov I. Perelman (1882–1942)	WGPSN
Perepelkin	[ ⚑ ] 9.99°S 128.8°E / -9.99; 128.8 (Perepelkin)	88.74	1970	Yevgeny Perepyolkin (1906–1938)	WGPSN
Perkin	[ ⚑ ] 47.02°N 175.73°W / 47.02; -175.73 (Perkin)	62.48	1970	Richard Scott Perkin (1906–1969)	WGPSN
Perrine	[ ⚑ ] 42.11°N 127.95°W / 42.11; -127.95 (Perrine)	87.41	1970	Charles Dillon Perrine (1867–1951)	WGPSN
Petavius	[ ⚑ ] 25.39°S 60.78°E / -25.39; 60.78 (Petavius)	184.06	1935	Denis Petau (1583–1652)	WGPSN
Petermann	[ ⚑ ] 74.35°N 67.89°E / 74.35; 67.89 (Petermann)	76.95	1935	August Heinrich Petermann (1822–1878)	WGPSN
Peters	[ ⚑ ] 68.07°N 29.39°E / 68.07; 29.39 (Peters)	14.67	1935	Christian August Friedrich Peters (1806–1880)	WGPSN
Petit	[ ⚑ ] 2.32°N 63.46°E / 2.32; 63.46 (Petit)	5.04	1976	Alexis Therese Petit (1771–1820)	WGPSN
Petrie	[ ⚑ ] 45.14°N 108.47°E / 45.14; 108.47 (Petrie)	32.86	1970	Robert Methven Petrie (1906–1966)	WGPSN
Petropavlovskiy	[ ⚑ ] 36.92°N 115.28°W / 36.92; -115.28 (Petropavlovskiy)	64.07	1970	Boris Sergeevich Petropavlovskiy (es) (1898–1933)	WGPSN
Petrov	[ ⚑ ] 61.36°S 88.18°E / -61.36; 88.18 (Petrov)	55.44	1970	Evgenij S. Petrov (es) (1900–1942)	WGPSN
Pettit	[ ⚑ ] 27.52°S 86.75°W / -27.52; -86.75 (Pettit)	36.67	1970	Edison Pettit (1889–1962)	WGPSN
Petzval	[ ⚑ ] 62.73°S 110.83°W / -62.73; -110.83 (Petzval)	93.47	1970	Joseph von Petzval (1807–1891)	WGPSN
Phillips	[ ⚑ ] 26.57°S 75.67°E / -26.57; 75.67 (Phillips)	104.21	1935	John Phillips (1800–1874)	WGPSN
Philolaus	[ ⚑ ] 72.22°N 32.88°W / 72.22; -32.88 (Philolaus)	71.44	1935	Philolaus of Croton (flourished 400 BC)	WGPSN
Phocylides	[ ⚑ ] 52.79°S 57.31°W / -52.79; -57.31 (Phocylides)	115.18	1935	Johannes Phocylides Holwarda (Jan Fokker) (1618–1651)	WGPSN
Piazzi	[ ⚑ ] 36.16°S 68.01°W / -36.16; -68.01 (Piazzi)	102.57	1935	Giuseppe Piazzi (1746–1826)	WGPSN
Piazzi Smyth	[ ⚑ ] 41.91°N 3.24°W / 41.91; -3.24 (Piazzi Smyth)	12.96	1935	Charles Piazzi Smyth (1819–1900)	WGPSN
Picard	[ ⚑ ] 14.57°N 54.72°E / 14.57; 54.72 (Picard)	22.35	1935	Jean-Felix Picard (1620–1682)	WGPSN
Piccolomini	[ ⚑ ] 29.7°S 32.2°E / -29.7; 32.2 (Piccolomini)	87.58	1935	Alessandro Piccolomini (1508–1578)	WGPSN
Pickering	[ ⚑ ] 2.88°S 6.99°E / -2.88; 6.99 (Pickering)	15.4	1935	Edward Charles Pickering (1846–1919) and William Henry Pickering (1858–1938)	WGPSN
Pictet	[ ⚑ ] 43.56°S 7.49°W / -43.56; -7.49 (Pictet)	59.95	1935	Marc-Auguste Pictet-Turretin (1752–1825)	WGPSN
Pierazzo	[ ⚑ ] 3.3°N 100.24°W / 3.3; -100.24 (Pierazzo)	9.29	2015	Elisabetta Pierazzo (1963–2011)	WGPSN
Pikelʹner	[ ⚑ ] 48.37°S 124.25°E / -48.37; 124.25 (Pikelʹner)	40.96	1979	Solomon Borisovich Pikelner (1921–1975)	WGPSN
Pilâtre	[ ⚑ ] 60.17°S 86.7°W / -60.17; -86.7 (Pilâtre)	64.37	1991	Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier (1756–1785)	WGPSN
Pingré	[ ⚑ ] 58.64°S 73.95°W / -58.64; -73.95 (Pingré)	88.43	1961	Alexandre Guy Pingré (1711–1796)	WGPSN
Pirquet	[ ⚑ ] 20.34°S 139.93°E / -20.34; 139.93 (Pirquet)	62.14	1970	Baron Guido von Pirquet (1880–1966)	WGPSN
Pitatus	[ ⚑ ] 29.88°S 13.53°W / -29.88; -13.53 (Pitatus)	100.63	1935	Pietro Pitati (flourished c. 1500)	WGPSN
Pitiscus	[ ⚑ ] 50.61°S 30.57°E / -50.61; 30.57 (Pitiscus)	79.85	1935	Bartholemaeus Pitiscus (1561–1613)	WGPSN
Pizzetti	[ ⚑ ] 35.06°S 119.29°E / -35.06; 119.29 (Pizzetti)	53.47	1970	Paolo Pizzetti (1860–1918)	WGPSN
Plana	[ ⚑ ] 42.25°N 28.22°E / 42.25; 28.22 (Plana)	42.97	1935	Baron Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana (1781–1864)	WGPSN
Planck	[ ⚑ ] 57.27°S 135.34°E / -57.27; 135.34 (Planck)	319.46	1970	Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck (1858–1947)	WGPSN
Planté	[ ⚑ ] 10.22°S 163.26°E / -10.22; 163.26 (Planté)	36.8	1979	Gaston Planté (1834–1889)	WGPSN
Plaskett	[ ⚑ ] 81.63°N 176.71°E / 81.63; 176.71 (Plaskett)	114.34	1976	John Stanley Plaskett (1865–1941)	WGPSN
Plato	[ ⚑ ] 51.62°N 9.38°W / 51.62; -9.38 (Plato)	100.68	1935	Plato (c. 428–347 BC)	WGPSN
Playfair	[ ⚑ ] 23.56°S 8.45°E / -23.56; 8.45 (Playfair)	49.88	1935	John Playfair (1748–1819)	WGPSN
Plinius	[ ⚑ ] 15.36°N 23.61°E / 15.36; 23.61 (Plinius)	41.31	1935	Pliny the Elder (23–79)	WGPSN
Plummer	[ ⚑ ] 24.62°S 154.86°W / -24.62; -154.86 (Plummer)	75.7	1970	Henry Crozier Keating Plummer (1875–1946)	WGPSN
Plutarch	[ ⚑ ] 24.18°N 79.05°E / 24.18; 79.05 (Plutarch)	69.59	1935	Plutarch (c. 46–120)	WGPSN
Poczobutt	[ ⚑ ] 57.27°N 99.23°W / 57.27; -99.23 (Poczobutt)	212.36	1979	Martin Odlanicky Poczobutt (1728–1810)	WGPSN
Pogson	[ ⚑ ] 42.38°S 111.11°E / -42.38; 111.11 (Pogson)	40.87	1970	Norman Robert Pogson (1829–1891)	WGPSN
Poincaré	[ ⚑ ] 56.86°S 163.99°E / -56.86; 163.99 (Poincaré)	345.99	1970	Jules Henri Poincaré (1854–1912)	WGPSN
Poinsot	[ ⚑ ] 78.9°N 146.21°W / 78.9; -146.21 (Poinsot)	65.11	1970	Louis Poinsot (1777–1859)	WGPSN
Poisson	[ ⚑ ] 30.34°S 10.56°E / -30.34; 10.56 (Poisson)	41.4	1935	Siméon Denis Poisson (1781–1840)	WGPSN
Polybius	[ ⚑ ] 22.46°S 25.63°E / -22.46; 25.63 (Polybius)	40.81	1935	Polybius (c. 204–122 BC)	WGPSN
Polzunov	[ ⚑ ] 25.57°N 115.01°E / 25.57; 115.01 (Polzunov)	66.53	1970	Ivan Ivanovich Polzunov (1728–1766)	WGPSN
Pomortsev	[ ⚑ ] 0.74°N 66.91°E / 0.74; 66.91 (Pomortsev)	25.51	1976	Mikhail Mikhailovich Pomortsev (1851–1916)	WGPSN
Poncelet	[ ⚑ ] 75.91°N 54.57°W / 75.91; -54.57 (Poncelet)	67.57	1964	Jean-Victor Poncelet (1788–1867)	WGPSN
Pons	[ ⚑ ] 25.43°S 21.55°E / -25.43; 21.55 (Pons)	39.7	1935	Jean-Louis Pons (1761–1831)	WGPSN
Pontanus	[ ⚑ ] 28.42°S 14.36°E / -28.42; 14.36 (Pontanus)	55.66	1935	Giovanni Gioviani Pontano (1427–1503)	WGPSN
Pontécoulant	[ ⚑ ] 58.78°S 66.07°E / -58.78; 66.07 (Pontécoulant)	91.4	1935	Philippe Gustave Doulcet, Comte De Pontécoulant (1795–1874)	WGPSN
Popov	[ ⚑ ] 16.93°N 99.38°E / 16.93; 99.38 (Popov)	71.4	1961	Aleksander Stepanovich Popov (1859–1905) and C. Popov (1880–1966)	WGPSN
Porter	[ ⚑ ] 56.15°S 10.18°W / -56.15; -10.18 (Porter)	51.46	1970	Russell Williams Porter (1871–1949)	WGPSN
Posidonius	[ ⚑ ] 31.88°N 29.99°E / 31.88; 29.99 (Posidonius)	95.06	1935	Posidonius (c. 135–51 BC)	WGPSN
Poynting	[ ⚑ ] 17.5°N 133.38°W / 17.5; -133.38 (Poynting)	127.55	1970	John Henry Poynting (1852–1914)	WGPSN
Prager	[ ⚑ ] 3.99°S 130.78°E / -3.99; 130.78 (Prager)	53.9	1971	Richard A. Prager (1884–1945)	WGPSN
Prandtl	[ ⚑ ] 59.62°S 141.54°E / -59.62; 141.54 (Prandtl)	87.53	1970	Ludwig Prandtl (1875–1953)	WGPSN
Priestley	[ ⚑ ] 56.71°S 108.47°E / -56.71; 108.47 (Priestley)	54.88	1970	Joseph Priestley (1733–1804)	WGPSN
Prinz	[ ⚑ ] 25.49°N 44.14°W / 25.49; -44.14 (Prinz)	46.13	1935	Wilhelm Prinz (es) (1857–1910)	WGPSN
Priscilla	[ ⚑ ] 10.96°S 6.21°W / -10.96; -6.21 (Priscilla)	1.5	1976	(Latin female name)	WGPSN
Proclus	[ ⚑ ] 16.09°N 46.89°E / 16.09; 46.89 (Proclus)	26.91	1935	Proclus Diadochus (410–485)	WGPSN
Proctor	[ ⚑ ] 46.43°S 5.04°W / -46.43; -5.04 (Proctor)	47.64	1935	Mary Proctor (1862–1957)	WGPSN
Protagoras	[ ⚑ ] 56.02°N 7.34°E / 56.02; 7.34 (Protagoras)	21.05	1935	Protagoras (c. 481–411 BC)	WGPSN
Ptolemaeus	[ ⚑ ] 9.16°S 1.84°W / -9.16; -1.84 (Ptolemaeus)	153.67	1935	Ptolemy (c. 87–150)	WGPSN
Puiseux	[ ⚑ ] 27.82°S 39.19°W / -27.82; -39.19 (Puiseux)	24.95	1935	Pierre Puiseux (1855–1928)	WGPSN
Pupin	[ ⚑ ] 23.87°N 11°W / 23.87; -11 (Pupin)	2.17	1976	Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin (1858–1935)	WGPSN
Purbach	[ ⚑ ] 25.51°S 2.03°W / -25.51; -2.03 (Purbach)	114.97	1935	Georg Purbach (1423–1461)	WGPSN
Purkyně	[ ⚑ ] 1.54°S 94.86°E / -1.54; 94.86 (Purkyně)	50.29	1970	Jan Evangelista Purkyně (1787–1869)	WGPSN
Pythagoras	[ ⚑ ] 63.68°N 62.98°W / 63.68; -62.98 (Pythagoras)	144.55	1935	Pythagoras (flourished c. 532 BC)	WGPSN
Pytheas	[ ⚑ ] 20.57°N 20.59°W / 20.57; -20.59 (Pytheas)	18.81	1935	Pytheas (born c. 308 BC)	WGPSN

Q

Crater	Coordinates	Diameter (km)	Approval Year	Eponym	Ref
Quetelet	[ ⚑ ] 42.66°N 135.3°W / 42.66; -135.3 (Quetelet)	54.77	1970	Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quételet (1796–1874)	WGPSN

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