The Crater Möbius

Feature Profile & Selenographic Data

Feature type

crater

Coordinates

15.63° N · 101.13° E

Diameter

48.96 km

IAU approval

1970/01/01 00:00:00

LAC quadrangle

LAC-64 · Babcock

Geological Chronicle

Möbius is a lunar impact crater that is located on the Moon's far side, beyond the eastern limb and northeast of the Mare Marginis. The formation spans an official diameter of 48.96 kilometers.

It lies less than one crater diameter to the northwest of the larger, 90-km-diameter Hertz, and just to the southeast of Popov. It is recorded in the IAU Gazetteer under quadrangle LAC-64.

Chronology & Exploration

1. IAU Name Adopted

   The International Astronomical Union officially approves the crater name.

Scientific Sources & References

• IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature — August Ferdinand; German mathematician, astronomer (1790-1868).
• Wikipedia (en) — Möbius (crater)

Name Origin

August Ferdinand; German mathematician, astronomer (1790-1868).