List of craters on the Moon: L–N

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.

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L Crater Coordinates Diameter(km) ApprovalYear Eponym Ref L. Clark 15.3 2006 Laurel Blair Salton Clark (1961–2003) La Caille 67.22 1935 Nicolas Louis de Lacaille (1713–1762) La Condamine 37.83 1935 Charles Marie de La Condamine (1701–1774) La Pérouse 80.4 1935 Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse (1741–1788) Lacchini 57.95 1970 Giovanni Lacchini (1884–1967) Lacroix 36.07 1935 Sylvestre Francois de Lacroix (1765–1843) Lade 58.11 1935 Heinrich Eduard von Lade (1817–1904) Lagalla 88.78 1935 Giulio Cesare Lagalla (1571–1624) Lagrange 162.21 1935 Joseph Louis Lagrange (1736–1813) Lalande 23.54 1935 Joseph Jérôme Le François de Lalande (1732–1807) Lallemand 16.69 1985 André Lallemand (1904–1978) Lamarck 114.65 1964 Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, Chevalier de Lamarck (1744–1829) Lamb 103.55 1970 Sir Horace Lamb (1849–1934) Lambert 30.12 1935 Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728–1777) Lamé 84.28 1964 Gabriel Lamé (1795–1870) Lamèch 12.41 1935 Félix Chemla Lamèch (1894–1962) Lamont 83.23 1935 Johann von Lamont (1805–1879) Lampland 63.04 1970 Carl Otto Lampland (1873–1951) Landau 218.15 1970 Lev Davidovich Landau (1908–1968) Lander 40.05 1976 Richard Lemon Lander (1804–1834) Landsteiner 6.11 1976 Karl Landsteiner (1868–1943) Lane 53.76 1970 Jonathan Homer Lane (1819–1880) Langemak 104.76 1970 Georgy Erikhovich Langemak (1898–1938) Langevin 57.8 1970 Paul Langevin (1872–1946) Langley 59.17 1964 Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834–1906) Langmuir 91.5 1970 Irving Langmuir (1881–1957) Langrenus 131.98 1935 Michel van Langren (circa 1600–1675) Lansberg 38.75 1935 Philippe van Lansberg (1561–1632) Larmor 99.49 1970 Sir Joseph Larmor (1857–1942) Lassell 21.82 1935 William Lassell (1799–1880) Laue 89.17 1970 Max von Laue (1879–1960) Lauritsen 51.24 1970 Charles Christian Lauritsen (1892–1968) Laveran 12.52 2009 Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran (1845–1922) Lavoisier 71.01 1935 Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier (1743–1794) Lawrence 24.02 1973 Ernest Orlando Lawrence (1901–1958) and Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr. (1935–1993) Le Gentil 125.38 1935 Guillaume Hyacinthe Le Gentil (1725–1792) Le Monnier 68.4 1935 Pierre Charles Lemonnier (1715–1799) Le Verrier 20.52 1935 Urbain Jean Le Verrier (1811–1877) Leakey 12.48 1976 Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903–1972) Leavitt 69.31 1970 Henrietta Swan Leavitt (1868–1921) Lebedev 121.8 1970 Pyotr Nikolaevich Lebedev (1866–1912) Lebedinskiy 63.39 1970 (1913–1967) Lebesgue 11.39 1976 Henri Léon Lebesgue (1875–1941) Lee 41.17 1935 John Lee (1783–1866) Leeuwenhoek 125 1970 Antony van Leeuwenhoek (1632–1723) Legendre 78.08 1935 Adrien Marie Legendre (1752–1833) Lehmann 53.85 1935 Jacob Heinrich Wilhelm Lehmann (1800–1863) Leibnitz 236.67 1970 Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz (1646–1716) Lemaître 93.7 1970 Georges Lemaître (1894–1966) Lenard 47.65 2008 Philipp Eduard Anton von Lénárd (1862–1947) Lents 21.98 1970 Heinrich Friedrich Emil Lenz (1804–1865) Leonid 0.1 2012 Russian male name Leonov 34.04 1970 Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov (1934-2019) Lepaute 16.36 1935 Nicole-Reine Etable de la Briere Lepaute (1723–1788) Letronne 117.59 1935 Jean Antoine Letronne (1787–1848) Leucippus 57.03 1970 Leucippus (flourished circa 440 B.C.) Leuschner 50.14 1970 Armin Otto Leuschner (1868–1953) Lev 0.06 2012 Russian male name Levi-Civita 108.23 1970 Tullio Levi-Civita (1873–1941) Lewis 40.32 1970 Gilbert Newton Lewis (1875–1946) Lexell 63.7 1935 Anders Johan Lexell (1740–1784) Ley 81.05 1970 Willy Ley (1906–1969) Licetus 75.42 1935 Fortunio Liceti (1577–1657) Lichtenberg 19.53 1935 Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742–1799) Lick 31.63 1935 James Lick (1796–1876) Liebig 38.96 1935 Freiherr Justus von Liebig (1803–1873) Lilius 61.18 1935 Luigi Giglio (died 1576) Linda 1.11 1979 (Spanish female name) Lindbergh 13.34 1976 Charles Augustus Lindbergh (1902–1974) Lindblad 59.37 1970 Bertil Lindblad (1895–1965) Lindenau 53.08 1935 Bernhard von Lindenau (1780–1854) Lindsay 32.23 1979 Eric Mervyn Lindsay (1907–1974) Linné 2.23 1935 Carl von Linné (1707–1778) Liouville 16.12 1973 Joseph Liouville (1809–1882) Lippershey 6.74 1935 Hans Lippershey (died 1619) Lippmann 160.07 1979 Gabriel Lippmann (1845–1921) Lipskiy 91.15 1979 (1909–1978) Litke 38.18 1970 Fyodor Petrovich Litke (Lütke) (1797–1882) Littrow 28.52 1935 Johann Josef von Littrow (1781–1840) Lobachevskiy 87.26 1961 Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky (1793–1856) Lockyer 35.08 1935 Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer (1836–1920) Lodygin 56.11 1970 Alexander Nikolayevich Lodygin (1847–1923) Loewy 22.45 1935 Moritz Loewy (1833–1907) Lohrmann 31.25 1935 Wilhelm Gotthelf Lohrmann (1796–1840) Lohse 43.34 1935 Oswald Lohse (1845–1915) Lomonosov 90.69 1961 Mikhail Lomonosov (1711–1765) Longomontanus 145.5 1935 Christian Sørensen Longomontanus (1562–1647) Lorentz 378.42 1970 Hendrik Antoon Lorentz (1853–1928) Louise 0.64 1979 (French female name) Louville 34.81 1935 Jacques D'Allonville, Chevalier de Louville (1671–1732) Love 90.08 1970 Augustus Edward Hough Love (1863–1940) Lovelace 57.06 1970 William Randolph Lovelace II (1907–1965) Lovell 35.1 1970 James Lovell (1928-live) Lowell 62.65 1970 Percival Lowell (1855–1916) Lubbock 14.09 1935 John William Lubbock (1803–1865) Lubiniezky 42.97 1935 Stanislaus Lubiniezky (1623–1675) Lucian 6.85 1973 Lucian of Samosata (125–190) Lucretius 64.61 1970 Lucretius (circa 95-55 B.C.) Ludwig 23.29 1973 Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig (1816–1895) Lundmark 103.44 1970 Knut Emil Lundmark (1889–1958) Luther 9.29 1935 Robert Luther (1822–1900) Lyapunov 67.58 1964 Aleksandr Mikhailovich Lyapunov (1857–1918) Lyell 31.17 1935 Sir Charles Lyell (1797–1875) Lyman 83.25 1970 Theodore Lyman (1874–1954) Lyot 150.6 1964 Bernard Ferdinand Lyot (1897–1952)

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