Mutus is a lunar impact crater that is located in the rugged southern part of the Moon. It lies to the north-northeast of the larger crater Manzinus, and some distance to the south of Hommel. It is 78 kilometers in diameter and 3.7 kilometers deep. It is from the Pre-Nectarian period, 4.55 to 3.92 billion years ago.
The outer rim of Mutus is worn and eroded, with a pair of small but notable craters, Mutus A and Mutus V, lying across the eastern rim. A number of other tiny craters lay along the rim and the interior wall. Another crater, Mutus B, is located on the crater floor, just to the south of the midpoint. The remainder of the interior is relatively flat, and punctuated by several tiny craterlets to the north of Mutus B.
Mutus is named for Vincente Mut (Muth), a 17th-century Spanish astronomer and sailor.Autostar Suite Astronomer Edition. CD-ROM. Meade, April 2006.
Satellite craters By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Mutus.
Mutus LatitudeLongitudeDiameterA63.8° S31.8° E16 kmB63.9° S29.5° E17 kmC61.2° S27.2° E32 kmD58.4° S23.3° E22 kmE65.5° S36.1° E22 kmF66.2° S34.1° E42 kmG67.2° S35.1° E17 kmH63.6° S24.2° E21 kmJ62.7° S23.3° E8 kmK57.8° S21.5° E7 kmL61.8° S24.9° E20 kmM59.1° S24.4° E20 kmN62.4° S27.6° E11 kmO57.7° S23.8° E14 kmP59.1° S25.7° E16 kmQ62.2° S30.4° E8 kmR60.8° S23.9° E27 kmS60.5° S22.0° E25 kmT59.2° S21.2° E34 kmV62.9° S31.3° E24 kmW66.6° S40.0° E21 kmX67.1° S36.8° E21 kmY64.8° S35.0° E26 kmZ64.0° S34.5° E30 km
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