Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Year | Eponym | Ref |
M. Anderson | 41°13′S 148°59′W / 41.21°S 148.99°W / -41.21; -148.99 (M. Anderson) | 16.94 | 2006 | Michael P. Anderson (1959–2003) | WGPSN |
Mach | 18°08′N 149°14′W / 18.13°N 149.24°W / 18.13; -149.24 (Mach) | 174.97 | 1970 | Ernst Mach (1838–1916) | WGPSN |
Maclaurin | 1°55′S 67°59′E / 1.92°S 67.99°E / -1.92; 67.99 (Maclaurin) | 54.33 | 1935 | Colin Maclaurin (1698–1746) | WGPSN |
Maclear | 10°31′N 20°06′E / 10.52°N 20.1°E / 10.52; 20.1 (Maclear) | 20.34 | 1961 | Thomas Maclear (1794–1879) | WGPSN |
MacMillan | 24°12′N 7°51′W / 24.2°N 7.85°W / 24.2; -7.85 (MacMillan) | 6.88 | 1976 | William Duncan MacMillan (1871–1948) | WGPSN |
Macrobius | 21°16′N 45°58′E / 21.26°N 45.97°E / 21.26; 45.97 (Macrobius) | 62.79 | 1935 | Ambrosius Aurelius Theodosius Macrobius (unknown; fl. circa 410) | WGPSN |
Mädler | 11°02′S 29°46′E / 11.04°S 29.76°E / -11.04; 29.76 (Mädler) | 27.58 | 1935 | Johann Heinrich Mädler (1794–1874) | WGPSN |
Maestlin | 4°54′N 40°43′W / 4.9°N 40.72°W / 4.9; -40.72 (Maestlin) | 6.82 | 1961 | Michael Maestlin (1550–1631) | WGPSN |
Magelhaens | 11°59′S 44°04′E / 11.98°S 44.07°E / -11.98; 44.07 (Magelhaens) | 37.2 | 1935 | Ferdinand Magellan (1480–1521) | WGPSN |
Magelhaens A | 12°44′S 44°59′E / 12.73°S 44.99°E / -12.73; 44.99 (Magelhaens B) | 29.35 | 2006 | Ferdinand Magellan (1480–1521) | WGPSN |
Maginus | 50°02′S 5°59′W / 50.03°S 5.98°W / -50.03; -5.98 (Maginus) | 155.58 | 1935 | Giovanni Antonio Magini (1555–1617) | WGPSN |
Main | 80°52′N 10°25′E / 80.87°N 10.41°E / 80.87; 10.41 (Main) | 47.43 | 1935 | Robert Main (1808–1878) | WGPSN |
Mairan | 41°36′N 43°30′W / 41.6°N 43.5°W / 41.6; -43.5 (Mairan) | 39.49 | 1935 | Jean Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan (1678–1771) | WGPSN |
Maksutov | 40°45′S 168°39′W / 40.75°S 168.65°W / -40.75; -168.65 (Maksutov) | 83.84 | 1970 | Dmitri Dmitrievich Maksutov (1896–1964) | WGPSN |
Malapert | 85°00′S 11°24′E / 85°S 11.4°E / -85; 11.4 (Malapert) | 72.38 | 1935 | Charles Malapert (1581–1630) | WGPSN |
Malinkin [es] | 87°13′S 75°56′E / 87.22°S 75.94°E / -87.22; 75.94 (Malinkin) | 8.28 | 2014 | Egor Ivanovich Malinkin [es] (1923-2008) | WGPSN |
Mallet | 45°25′S 54°03′E / 45.41°S 54.05°E / -45.41; 54.05 (Mallet) | 58.92 | 1935 | Robert Mallet (1810–1881) | WGPSN |
Malyy | 22°02′N 105°34′E / 22.03°N 105.56°E / 22.03; 105.56 (Malyy) | 41.29 | 1970 | Aleksandr L. Malyy [es] (1907–1961) | WGPSN |
Mandelʹshtam | 5°42′N 162°23′E / 5.7°N 162.39°E / 5.7; 162.39 (Mandelʹshtam) | 181.89 | 1970 | Leonid Isaakovich Mandelʹshtam (1879–1944) | WGPSN |
Manilius | 14°27′N 9°04′E / 14.45°N 9.07°E / 14.45; 9.07 (Manilius) | 38.34 | 1935 | Marcus Manilius (unknown; circa 50 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Manners | 4°34′N 19°59′E / 4.57°N 19.99°E / 4.57; 19.99 (Manners) | 15.05 | 1935 | Russell Henry Manners (1800–1870) | WGPSN |
Manuel | 24°28′N 11°22′E / 24.47°N 11.36°E / 24.47; 11.36 (Manuel) | 0.57 | 1976 | (Spanish male name) | WGPSN |
Manzinus | 67°31′S 26°22′E / 67.51°S 26.37°E / -67.51; 26.37 (Manzinus) | 95.97 | 1935 | Carlo Antonio Manzini (1599–1677) | WGPSN |
Maraldi | 19°22′N 34°48′E / 19.36°N 34.8°E / 19.36; 34.8 (Maraldi) | 39.62 | 1935 | Giovanni Domenico Maraldi (1709–1788) and Jacques Philippe Maraldi (1665–1729) | WGPSN |
Marci | 22°14′N 167°34′W / 22.23°N 167.57°W / 22.23; -167.57 (Marci) | 24.47 | 1970 | Jan Marek Marci von Kronland (1595–1667) | WGPSN |
Marco Polo | 15°31′N 2°03′W / 15.52°N 2.05°W / 15.52; -2.05 (Marco Polo) | 28.25 | 1961 | Marco Polo (1254–1324) | WGPSN |
Marconi | 9°29′S 145°12′E / 9.48°S 145.2°E / -9.48; 145.2 (Marconi) | 72.88 | 1970 | Guglielmo Marconi (1874–1937) | WGPSN |
Marinus | 39°23′S 76°34′E / 39.38°S 76.57°E / -39.38; 76.57 (Marinus) | 56.55 | 1935 | Marinus of Tyre (circa 70 – circa 130 A.D.) | WGPSN |
Mariotte | 28°28′S 139°04′W / 28.46°S 139.06°W / -28.46; -139.06 (Mariotte) | 70.27 | 1970 | Edme Mariotte (1620–1684) | WGPSN |
Marius | 11°54′N 50°50′W / 11.9°N 50.84°W / 11.9; -50.84 (Marius) | 40.09 | 1935 | Simon Marius (1570–1624) | WGPSN |
Markov | 53°26′N 62°50′W / 53.43°N 62.84°W / 53.43; -62.84 (Markov) | 39.92 | 1964 | Aleksandr Vladimirovich Markov (astronomer) [es] (1897–1968) and Andrei Andreevich Markov (1856–1922) | WGPSN |
Marth | 31°10′S 29°21′W / 31.16°S 29.35°W / -31.16; -29.35 (Marth) | 6.54 | 1935 | Albert Marth (1828–1897) | WGPSN |
Mary | 18°56′N 27°23′E / 18.93°N 27.39°E / 18.93; 27.39 (Mary) | 0.53 | 1976 | (English form of Hebrew female name) | WGPSN |
Maskelyne | 2°10′N 30°02′E / 2.16°N 30.04°E / 2.16; 30.04 (Maskelyne) | 22.42 | 1935 | Nevil Maskelyne (1732–1811) | WGPSN |
Mason | 42°42′N 30°31′E / 42.7°N 30.51°E / 42.7; 30.51 (Mason) | 33.33 | 1935 | Charles Mason (1730–1787) | WGPSN |
Maunder | 14°31′S 93°53′W / 14.52°S 93.88°W / -14.52; -93.88 (Maunder) | 53.8 | 1970 | Annie Scott Dill Maunder (née Russell) (1868–1947) and Edward Walter Maunder (1851–1928) | WGPSN |
Maupertuis | 49°42′N 27°17′W / 49.7°N 27.28°W / 49.7; -27.28 (Maupertuis) | 45.49 | 1935 | Pierre Louis de Maupertuis (1698–1759) | WGPSN |
Maurolycus | 41°46′S 13°55′E / 41.77°S 13.92°E / -41.77; 13.92 (Maurolycus) | 115.35 | 1935 | Francesco Maurolico (1494–1575) | WGPSN |
Maury | 37°07′N 39°41′E / 37.11°N 39.69°E / 37.11; 39.69 (Maury) | 16.58 | 1935 | Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806–1873) and Antonia Caetana Maury (1866–1952) | WGPSN |
Mavis | 29°46′N 26°22′W / 29.76°N 26.36°W / 29.76; -26.36 (Mavis) | 1.09 | 1976 | (Scottish female name) | WGPSN |
Maxwell | 29°54′N 98°32′E / 29.9°N 98.53°E / 29.9; 98.53 (Maxwell) | 109.24 | 1961 | James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879) | WGPSN |
McAdie | 2°07′N 92°13′E / 2.11°N 92.22°E / 2.11; 92.22 (McAdie) | 41 | 1973 | Alexander George McAdie (1863–1943) | WGPSN |
McAuliffe | 33°14′S 149°46′W / 33.24°S 149.77°W / -33.24; -149.77 (McAuliffe) | 19.11 | 1988 | Christa McAuliffe (1948–1986) | WGPSN |
McClure | 15°19′S 50°14′E / 15.32°S 50.24°E / -15.32; 50.24 (McClure) | 23.96 | 1935 | Robert Le Mesurier McClure (1807–1873) | WGPSN |
McCool | 41°17′S 146°16′W / 41.28°S 146.26°W / -41.28; -146.26 (McCool) | 20.47 | 2006 | William Cameron McCool (1961–2003) | WGPSN |
McDonald | 30°23′N 20°53′W / 30.39°N 20.88°W / 30.39; -20.88 (McDonald) | 6.97 | 1973 | William Johnson McDonald (1844–1926) and Thomas Logie McDonald (1901–1973) | WGPSN |
McKellar | 15°43′S 170°52′W / 15.72°S 170.86°W / -15.72; -170.86 (McKellar) | 50.16 | 1970 | Andrew McKellar (1910–1960) | WGPSN |
McLaughlin | 47°01′N 92°50′W / 47.01°N 92.83°W / 47.01; -92.83 (McLaughlin) | 75.29 | 1970 | Dean Benjamin McLaughlin (1901–1965) | WGPSN |
McMath | 16°38′N 166°05′W / 16.63°N 166.09°W / 16.63; -166.09 (McMath) | 88.58 | 1970 | Francis Charles McMath (1867–1938) and Robert Raynolds McMath (1891–1962) | WGPSN |
McNair | 35°56′S 147°57′W / 35.93°S 147.95°W / -35.93; -147.95 (McNair) | 32.02 | 1988 | Ronald Erwin McNair (1950–1986) | WGPSN |
McNally | 22°30′N 127°39′W / 22.5°N 127.65°W / 22.5; -127.65 (McNally) | 47.03 | 1970 | Paul A. McNally (1890–1955) | WGPSN |
Mechnikov | 10°28′S 148°59′W / 10.47°S 148.99°W / -10.47; -148.99 (Mechnikov) | 58.83 | 1970 | Ilʹya Ilʹich Mechnikov (1845–1916) | WGPSN |
Mee | 43°38′S 35°11′W / 43.63°S 35.19°W / -43.63; -35.19 (Mee) | 134.11 | 1935 | Arthur Butler Phillips Mee (1860–1926) | WGPSN |
Mees | 13°34′N 96°11′W / 13.57°N 96.18°W / 13.57; -96.18 (Mees) | 51.55 | 1970 | Charles Edward Kenneth Mees (1882–1960) | WGPSN |
Meggers | 24°18′N 122°56′E / 24.3°N 122.94°E / 24.3; 122.94 (Meggers) | 51.16 | 1970 | William F. Meggers (1888–1968) | WGPSN |
Meitner | 10°52′S 113°06′E / 10.87°S 113.1°E / -10.87; 113.1 (Meitner) | 87.27 | 1970 | Lise Meitner (1878–1968) | WGPSN |
Melissa | 8°07′N 121°47′E / 8.12°N 121.78°E / 8.12; 121.78 (Melissa) | 17.21 | 1979 | (Greek female name) | WGPSN |
Mendel | 48°50′S 109°52′W / 48.83°S 109.86°W / -48.83; -109.86 (Mendel) | 139.65 | 1970 | Gregor Mendel (1822–1884) | WGPSN |
Mendeleev | 5°23′N 141°10′E / 5.38°N 141.17°E / 5.38; 141.17 (Mendeleev) | 325.13 | 1961 | Dmitry Mendeleev (1834–1907) | WGPSN |
Menelaus | 16°16′N 15°56′E / 16.26°N 15.93°E / 16.26; 15.93 (Menelaus) | 27.13 | 1935 | Menelaus of Alexandria (circa A.D. 98) | WGPSN |
Menzel | 3°25′N 36°56′E / 3.41°N 36.94°E / 3.41; 36.94 (Menzel) | 3.44 | 1979 | Donald Howard Menzel (1901–1976) | WGPSN |
Mercator | 29°15′S 26°07′W / 29.25°S 26.11°W / -29.25; -26.11 (Mercator) | 46.32 | 1935 | Gerardus Mercator (1512–1594) | WGPSN |
Mercurius | 46°40′N 66°04′E / 46.66°N 66.07°E / 46.66; 66.07 (Mercurius) | 64.3 | 1935 | Mercury | WGPSN |
Merrill | 74°50′N 117°27′W / 74.83°N 117.45°W / 74.83; -117.45 (Merrill) | 56.99 | 1970 | Paul Merrill (1887–1961) | WGPSN |
Mersenius | 21°29′S 49°20′W / 21.49°S 49.34°W / -21.49; -49.34 (Mersenius) | 84.46 | 1935 | Marin Mersenne (1588–1648) | WGPSN |
Meshcherskiy | 12°07′N 125°32′E / 12.11°N 125.53°E / 12.11; 125.53 (Meshcherskiy) | 65.94 | 1970 | Ivan Vsevolodovich Meshcherskiy (1859–1935) | WGPSN |
Messala | 39°19′N 60°04′E / 39.31°N 60.06°E / 39.31; 60.06 (Messala) | 122.4 | 1935 | Mashallah ibn Athari (unknown; circa 815) | WGPSN |
Messier | 1°54′S 47°39′E / 1.9°S 47.65°E / -1.9; 47.65 (Messier) | 13.8 | 1935 | Charles Messier (1730–1817) | WGPSN |
Metius | 40°25′S 43°22′E / 40.42°S 43.37°E / -40.42; 43.37 (Metius) | 83.81 | 1935 | Adriaan Adriaanszoon (known as Metius) (1571–1635) | WGPSN |
Meton | 73°34′N 19°38′E / 73.57°N 19.63°E / 73.57; 19.63 (Meton) | 124.7 | 1935 | Meton (unknown; fl. 432 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Mezentsev | 71°46′N 129°38′W / 71.77°N 129.64°W / 71.77; -129.64 (Mezentsev) | 84.51 | 1970 | Yurij B. Mezentsev [es] (1929–1965) | WGPSN |
Michael | 25°03′N 0°13′E / 25.05°N 0.21°E / 25.05; 0.21 (Michael) | 3.46 | 1976 | (English male name) | WGPSN |
Michelson | 6°43′N 121°33′W / 6.72°N 121.55°W / 6.72; -121.55 (Michelson) | 123.14 | 1970 | Albert A. Michelson (1852–1931) | WGPSN |
Milankovič | 76°32′N 171°21′E / 76.53°N 171.35°E / 76.53; 171.35 (Milankovič) | 94.21 | 1970 | Milutin Milanković (1879–1958) | WGPSN |
Milichius | 10°01′N 30°14′W / 10.01°N 30.23°W / 10.01; -30.23 (Milichius) | 12.19 | 1935 | Jacob Milich (1501–1559) | WGPSN |
Miller | 39°22′S 0°47′E / 39.37°S 0.78°E / -39.37; 0.78 (Miller) | 61.37 | 1935 | William Allen Miller (1817–1870) | WGPSN |
Millikan | 46°46′N 121°31′E / 46.76°N 121.52°E / 46.76; 121.52 (Millikan) | 93.97 | 1970 | Robert Millikan (1868–1953) | WGPSN |
Mills | 8°32′N 155°44′E / 8.54°N 155.74°E / 8.54; 155.74 (Mills) | 35.65 | 1970 | Mark Muir Mills (1917–1958) | WGPSN |
Milne | 31°00′S 112°47′E / 31°S 112.78°E / -31; 112.78 (Milne) | 259.97 | 1970 | E. Arthur Milne (1896–1950) | WGPSN |
Mineur | 24°40′N 161°44′W / 24.67°N 161.73°W / 24.67; -161.73 (Mineur) | 72.28 | 1970 | Henri Mineur (1899–1954) | WGPSN |
Minkowski | 56°08′S 145°48′W / 56.13°S 145.8°W / -56.13; -145.8 (Minkowski) | 107.51 | 1970 | Hermann Minkowski (1864–1909) and Rudolph Minkowski (1895–1976) | WGPSN |
Minnaert | 67°32′S 178°34′E / 67.54°S 178.57°E / -67.54; 178.57 (Minnaert) | 137.31 | 1970 | Marcel Minnaert (1893–1970) | WGPSN |
Mitchell | 49°46′N 20°10′E / 49.77°N 20.17°E / 49.77; 20.17 (Mitchell) | 32.15 | 1935 | Maria Mitchell (1818–1889) | WGPSN |
Mitra | 17°46′N 154°39′W / 17.76°N 154.65°W / 17.76; -154.65 (Mitra) | 97.1 | 1970 | Sisir Kumar Mitra (1890–1963) | WGPSN |
Möbius | 15°38′N 101°08′E / 15.63°N 101.13°E / 15.63; 101.13 (Möbius) | 48.96 | 1970 | August Möbius (1790–1868) | WGPSN |
Mohorovičić | 18°44′S 164°50′W / 18.73°S 164.83°W / -18.73; -164.83 (Mohorovičić) | 49.97 | 1970 | Andrija Mohorovičić (1857–1936) | WGPSN |
Moigno | 66°16′N 28°48′E / 66.27°N 28.8°E / 66.27; 28.8 (Moigno) | 36.83 | 1935 | François Napoléon Marie Moigno (1804–1884) | WGPSN |
Moiseev | 9°26′N 103°16′E / 9.44°N 103.26°E / 9.44; 103.26 (Moiseev) | 61.56 | 1970 | Nikolai Dmitrievich Moiseev | WGPSN |
Moissan | 4°46′N 137°27′E / 4.77°N 137.45°E / 4.77; 137.45 (Moissan) | 22.45 | 1976 | Henri Moissan (1902–1955) | WGPSN |
Moltke | 0°35′S 24°10′E / 0.59°S 24.16°E / -0.59; 24.16 (Moltke) | 6.15 | 1935 | Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke (1800–1891) | WGPSN |
Monge | 19°14′S 47°32′E / 19.24°S 47.54°E / -19.24; 47.54 (Monge) | 36.6 | 1935 | Gaspard Monge (1746–1818) | WGPSN |
Monira | 12°32′S 1°44′W / 12.54°S 1.73°W / -12.54; -1.73 (Monira) | 1.07 | 1976 | (Arabic female name) | WGPSN |
Montanari | 45°50′S 20°46′W / 45.83°S 20.76°W / -45.83; -20.76 (Montanari) | 77.05 | 1935 | Geminiano Montanari (1633–1687) | WGPSN |
Montgolfier | 47°04′N 160°05′W / 47.06°N 160.08°W / 47.06; -160.08 (Montgolfier) | 83.71 | 1970 | Montgolfier brothers (Jacques E.: 1745–1799, Joseph M.: 1740–1810 | WGPSN |
Moore | 37°15′N 177°33′W / 37.25°N 177.55°W / 37.25; -177.55 (Moore) | 52.66 | 1970 | Joseph Haines Moore (1878–1949) | WGPSN |
Moretus | 70°38′S 5°57′W / 70.63°S 5.95°W / -70.63; -5.95 (Moretus) | 114.45 | 1935 | Theodorus Moretus (1602–1667) | WGPSN |
Morley | 2°49′S 64°37′E / 2.82°S 64.62°E / -2.82; 64.62 (Morley) | 13.71 | 1976 | Edward W. Morley (1838–1923) | WGPSN |
Morozov | 4°37′N 127°20′E / 4.62°N 127.33°E / 4.62; 127.33 (Morozov) | 41.01 | 1970 | Nikolai Alexandrovich Morozov (1854–1945) | WGPSN |
Morse | 21°54′N 175°17′W / 21.9°N 175.29°W / 21.9; -175.29 (Morse) | 72.77 | 1970 | Samuel Finley Breese Morse (1791–1872) | WGPSN |
Moseley | 20°57′N 90°12′W / 20.95°N 90.2°W / 20.95; -90.2 (Moseley) | 88.89 | 1964 | Henry Gwyn Jeffreys Moseley (1887–1915) | WGPSN |
Mösting | 0°42′S 5°53′W / 0.7°S 5.88°W / -0.7; -5.88 (Mösting) | 24.38 | 1935 | Johan Sigismund von Mösting (1759–1843) | WGPSN |
Mouchez | 78°23′N 26°49′W / 78.38°N 26.82°W / 78.38; -26.82 (Mouchez) | 82.78 | 1935 | Amédée Ernest Barthélemy Mouchez (1821–1892) | WGPSN |
Moulton | 60°55′S 97°34′E / 60.91°S 97.57°E / -60.91; 97.57 (Moulton) | 54.7 | 1970 | Forest Ray Moulton (1872–1952) | WGPSN |
Müller | 7°38′S 2°02′E / 7.64°S 2.04°E / -7.64; 2.04 (Müller) | 23.4 | 1935 | Karl Müller (1866–1942) | WGPSN |
Murakami | 23°23′S 140°58′W / 23.38°S 140.97°W / -23.38; -140.97 (Murakami) | 44.52 | 1991 | Harutaro Murakami (1872–1947) | WGPSN |
Murchison | 5°04′N 0°13′W / 5.07°N 0.21°W / 5.07; -0.21 (Murchison) | 57.83 | 1935 | Roderick Impey Murchison (1792–1871) | WGPSN |
Mutus | 63°39′S 29°56′E / 63.65°S 29.93°E / -63.65; 29.93 (Mutus) | 76.33 | 1935 | Vicente Mut Armengol, also Mut i Armengol (circa 1614–1687)[2][3] | WGPSN |