IAU Lunar Nomenclature
8 Homeward
8 Homeward is an officially adopted crater, craters on the Moon. Explore its selenographic position and surrounding terrain in 3D.
Feature Profile
- Feature type
- Crater, craters
- Coordinates
- 12.02° S · 97.09° E
- Diameter
- 12.524255 km
- IAU approval
- 2018/10/05 00:00:00
- LAC quadrangle
- LAC-82 · Pasteur
Name origin
Crater visible in the iconic “Earthrise” colour photograph, taken aboard Apollo 8 by W. A. Anders on December 24, 1968, symbolizes the safe return to Earth of Apollo 8. The crater was previously designated Ganskiy (Hansky) M.