Geological Chronicle
Located among the rugged highlands in the southeastern part of the Moon's near side, Rabbi Levi spans 82.44 kilometers in diameter and dates to the Pre-Nectarian epoch on the lunar geologic timescale. It is a heavily worn and eroded crater formation, with several smaller craters lying along the incised rim and clusters of craters across its eastern and southwestern sections.
Across the interior floor, a group of smaller craters forms a cluster in the western section, consisting of satellite craters A, L, M, and D, alongside lesser craterlets trailing away to the south-southeast. The largest member of this group is Rabbi Levi L, a bowl-shaped formation situated just northwest of the midpoint, while the remainder of the floor is relatively level and nearly featureless.
Attached to the northeast is the remnant of an old, unnamed formation that intrudes into Rabbi Levi, producing a straightened section of rim along that face. This pre-existing formation has been almost completely obliterated, overlain in the northwest by Lindenau and along the outer northeast side by Rothmann. The crater is named for Levi ben Gershon, the medieval French Jewish philosopher, mathematician, and astronomer also known by his Graecized name, Gersonides.