List of craters on the Moon: G–K

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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G Crater Coordinates Diameter(km) ApprovalYear Eponym Ref G. Bond 19.05 1935 George Phillips Bond (1826–1865) Gadomski 65.66 1970 Jan Gadomski (1889–1966) Gagarin 261.83 1970 Yuri Gagarin (1934–1968) Galen 9.18 1973 Claudius Galen (c. 129–200) Galilaei 15.99 1935 Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) Galimov 33.00 2024 Erik Galimov (1936–1920) Galle 20.96 1935 Johann Gottfried Galle (1812–1910) Galois 231.97 1970 Évariste Galois (1811–1832) Galvani 76.83 1961 Luigi Galvani (1737–1798) Gambart 24.68 1935 Jean Félix Adolphe Gambart (1800–1836) Gamow 113.92 1970 George Gamow (1904–1968) Ganskiy 42.11 1970 Aleksey Pavlovitch Hansky (1870–1908) Ganswindt 77.52 1970 Hermann Ganswindt (1856–1934) Garavito 81.05 1970 Julio Garavito Armero (1865–1920) Gardner 17.62 1976 Irvine Clifton Gardner (1889–1972) Gärtner 101.79 1935 Christian Gärtner (c. 1750–1813) Gassendi 111.39 1935 Pierre Gassendi (1592–1655) Gaston 2.02 1979 (French male name) Gaudibert 33.14 1935 Casimir Marie Gaudibert (1823–1901) Gauricus 79.64 1935 Luca Gaurico (1476–1558) Gauss 170.72 1935 Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855) Gavrilov 61.62 1970 (1884–1955) and (1928–1982) Gay-Lussac 25.4 1935 Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac (1778–1850) Geber 44.68 1935 Jabir ibn Aflah (1100–1150) Geiger 36.63 1970 Johannes Hans Wilhelm Geiger (1882–1945) Geissler 17.39 1976 Heinrich Geissler (1814–1879) Geminus 81.98 1935 Geminus (unknown-circa 70 BC) Gemma Frisius 88.54 1935 Gemma Frisius (1508–1555) Gena 0.2 2012 Russian male name Gerard 98.78 1935 Alexander Gerard (1792–1839) Gerasimovich 90.19 1970 Boris P. Gerasimovich (1889–1937) Gernsback 47.2 1970 Hugo Gernsback (1884–1967) Gibbs 78.76 1964 Josiah Willard Gibbs (1839–1903) Gilbert 100.25 1964 Grove Karl Gilbert (1843–1918) and William Gilbert (1544–1603) Gill 63.9 1964 David Gill (astronomer) (1843–1914) Ginzel 53.23 1970 Friedrich Karl Ginzel (1850–1926) Gioja 42.47 1935 Flavio Gioja (flourished 1302) Giordano Bruno 22.13 1961 Giordano Bruno (1548–1600) Glaisher 15.92 1935 James Glaisher (1809–1903) Glauber 15.24 1976 Johann Rudolf Glauber (c. 1603–1670) Glazenap 38.96 1970 Sergej Pavlovich von Glazenap (1848–1937) Glushko 40.1 1994 Valentin Petrovitch Glushko (1908–1989) Goclenius 73.04 1935 Rudolf Goclenius, Jr. (1572–1621) Goddard 93.18 1964 Robert H. Goddard (1882–1945) Godin 34.25 1935 Louis Godin (1704–1760) Goldschmidt 115.26 1935 Hermann Goldschmidt (1802–1866) Golgi 5.58 1976 Camillo Golgi (1843–1926) Golitsyn 35.47 1970 Boris Borisovich Golitsyn (1862–1916) Golovin 37.86 1970 (1912–1969) Goodacre 44.09 1935 Walter Goodacre (1856–1938) Gore 9.41 2009 John Ellard Gore (1845–1910) Gould 32.99 1935 Benjamin Apthorp Gould (1824–1896) Grace 1.49 1979 (English female name) Grachev 34.98 1970 (1900–1964) Graff 36.16 1970 Kasimir Romuald Graff (1878–1950) Grave 36.95 1976 Dmitry Aleksandrovich Grave (1863–1939) and Ivan Platonovich Grave (1874–1960) Greaves 14.27 1976 William Michael Herbert Greaves (1897–1955) Green 68.28 1970 George Green (1793–1841) Gregory 63.9 1970 James Gregory (1638–1675) Grigg 36.72 1970 John Grigg (1838–1920) Grimaldi 173.49 1935 Francesco Maria Grimaldi (1618–1663) Grignard 12.95 2009 Victor Grignard (1871–1935) Grissom 59.82 1970 Virgil "Gus" I. Grissom (1926–1967) Grotrian 36.78 1970 Walter Grotrian (1890–1954) Grove 28.55 1935 Sir William Robert Grove (1811–1896) Gruemberger 91.5 1935 Christoph Grienberger (1561–1636) Gruithuisen 14.98 1935 Franz von Paula Gruithuisen (1774–1852) Guericke 60.75 1935 Otto von Guericke (1602–1686) Guest 19.79 2017 John E. Guest (1938–2012) Guillaume 56.75 1979 Charles Édouard Guillaume (1861–1938) Gullstrand 45.05 1970 Allvar Gullstrand (1862–1930) Gum 54.55 1970 Colin Stanley Gum (1924–1960) Gutenberg 70.65 1935 Johann Gutenberg (c. 1398–1468) Guthnick 37.03 1970 Paul Guthnick (1879–1947) Guyot 98.28 1970 Arnold Henry Guyot (1807–1884) Gyldén 48.15 1935 Hugo Gyldén (1841–1896)

H Crater Coordinates Diameter(km) ApprovalYear Eponym Ref H. G. Wells 108.9 1970 H. G. Wells, writer (1866–1946) Haber 56.79 2009 Fritz Haber (1868–1934) Hagecius 79.55 1935 Tadeáš Hájek (1525–1600) Hagen 57.52 1970 Johann Georg Hagen (1847–1930) Hahn 87.49 1935 Friedrich von Hahn (1741–1805) and Otto Hahn (1879–1968) Haidinger 21.33 1935 Wilhelm Karl von Haidinger (1795–1871) Hainzel 70.56 1935 Paul Hainzel (flourished 1570) Haldane 40.26 1973 John Burdon Sanderson Haldane (1892–1964) Hale 84.42 1964 George Ellery Hale (1868–1938) and William Hale (1797–1870) Hall 31.77 1935 Asaph Hall (1829–1907) Halley 34.59 1935 Edmond Halley (1656–1742) Hamilton 57.45 1964 William Rowan Hamilton (1805–1865) Hanno 59.54 1935 Hanno the Navigator (circa 500 BC) Hansen 41.18 1935 Peter Andreas Hansen (1795–1874) Hansteen 44.99 1935 Christopher Hansteen (1784–1873) Harden 14.98 1976 Arthur Harden (1865–1940) Harding 22.57 1935 Karl Ludwig Harding (1765–1834) Haret 29.77 1970 Spiru Haret (1851–1912) Hargreaves 18 1979 Frederick James Hargreaves (1891–1970) Harkhebi 337.14 1979 Harkhebi (circa 300 BC) Harlan 63.45 2000 Harlan James Smith (1924–1991) Harold 1.43 1976 (Scandinavian male name) Harpalus 39.77 1935 Harpalus (unknown-circa 460 BC) Harriot 52.77 1970 Thomas Harriot (1560–1621) Hartmann 63.29 1970 Johannes Franz Hartmann (1865–1936) Hartwig 78.46 1964 Carl Ernst Albrecht Hartwig (1851–1923) Harvey 59.98 1970 William Harvey (1578–1657) Hase 82.08 1935 Johann Matthias Hase (1684–1742) Haskin 66.57 2009 (1934–2005) Hatanaka 30.15 1970 Takeo Hatanaka (1914–1963) Hausen 163.24 1961 Christian August Hausen (1693–1743) Haworth 51.42 2008 Walter Norman Haworth (1883–1950) Hayford 28.15 1970 John Fillmore Hayford (1868–1925) Hayn 86.21 1964 Friedrich Hayn (1863–1928) Haynes 17.00 2025 Euphemia Haynes (1890–1980) Healy 37.98 1970 Roy Healy (1915–1968) Heaviside 164.46 1970 Oliver Heaviside (1850–1925) Hecataeus 133.67 1935 Hecataeus of Miletus (unknown-circa 476 BC) Hédervári 74.14 1994 Peter Hédervári (1931–1984) Hedin 157.38 1964 Sven Hedin (1865–1952) Heinrich 6.86 1979 (1884–1965) Heinsius 64.87 1935 Gottfried Heinsius (1709–1769) Heis 13.69 1935 Eduard Heis (1806–1877) Helberg 61.93 1970 Robert J. Helberg (1906–1967) Helicon 23.74 1935 Helicon of Cyzicus (unknown-circa 400 BC) Hell 33.31 1935 Maximilian Hell (1720–1792) Helmert 26.72 1973 Friedrich Robert Helmert (1843–1917) Helmholtz 110.16 1935 Hermann von Helmholtz (1821–1894) Henderson 43.49 1970 Thomas Henderson (1798–1844) Hendrix 16.63 1970 Don Osgood Hendrix (1905–1961) Henry 39.06 1970 Joseph Henry (1792–1878) Henry Frères 41.73 1961 Paul Henry and Prosper Henry (1848–1905, 1849–1903) Henyey 68.74 1970 Louis G. Henyey (1910–1970) Heraclitus 85.74 1935 Heraclitus (c. 540–480 BC) Hercules 68.32 1935 Hercules Herigonius 14.86 1935 Pierre Herigone (flourished 1644) Hermann 15.92 1935 Jacob Hermann (1678–1733) Hermite 108.64 1964 Charles Hermite (1822–1901) Herodotus 35.87 1935 Herodotus (c. 484–408 BC) Heron 28.1 1976 Heron (Hero) (unknown-circa 100 BC) Herschel 39.09 1935 William Herschel (1738–1822) Hertz 82.94 1961 Heinrich Rudolf Hertz (1857–1894) Hertzsprung 536.37 1970 Ejnar Hertzsprung (1873–1967) Hesiodus 43.24 1935 Hesiod (circa 735 BC) Hess 90.44 1970 Victor Franz Hess (1883–1964) and Harry Hammond Hess (1906–1969) Hevelius 113.87 1935 Johannes Hevelius (1611–1687) Hevesy 49.99 2009 George de Hevesy (1885–1966) Heymans 46.45 1970 Corneille Jean François Heymans (1892–1968) Heyrovsky 16.66 1985 Jaroslav Heyrovský (1890–1967) Hilbert 173.24 1970 David Hilbert (1862–1943) Hildegard 122 2016 Hildegard von Bingen (1098–1179) Hill 15.86 1973 George William Hill (1838–1914) Hind 28.5 1935 John Russell Hind (1823–1895) Hinshelwood 13.35 2009 Cyril Norman Hinshelwood (1897–1967) Hippalus 57.36 1935 Hippalus (unknown-circa 120) Hipparchus 143.95 1935 Hipparchus (flourished 140 BC) Hippocrates 59.24 1970 Hippocrates (c. 460–377 BC) Hirayama 145.21 1970 Kiyotsugu Hirayama (1874–1943) and Shin Hirayama (1867–1945) Hoffmeister 44.46 1970 Cuno Hoffmeister (1892–1968) Hogg 38.39 1970 Arthur Robert Hogg (1903–1966) and Frank Scott Hogg (1904–1951) Hohmann 16.81 1970 Walter Hohmann (1880–1945) Holden 47.6 1935 Edward Singleton Holden (1846–1914) Holetschek 37.77 1970 Johann Holetschek (1846–1923) Hommel 113.6 1935 Johann Hommel (1518–1562) Hooke 34.35 1935 Robert Hooke (1635–1703) Hopmann 87.84 1979 Josef Hopmann (1890–1975) Hornsby 2.85 1973 Thomas Hornsby (1733–1810) Horrebow 24.98 1935 Peder Horrebow (1679–1764) Horrocks 29.65 1935 Jeremiah Horrocks (1619–1641) Hortensius 14.16 1935 Martin van den Hove (1605–1639) Houssay 31.41 2009 Bernardo Houssay (1887–1971) Houtermans 42.68 1973 Friedrich Georg Houtermans (1903–1966) Houzeau 76.84 1970 Jean Charles Houzeau (de Lehaie) (1820–1888) Hubble 81.84 1964 Edwin Powell Hubble (1889–1953) Huggins 65.79 1935 Sir William Huggins (1824–1910) Humason 4.34 1973 Milton Lasell Humason (1891–1972) Humboldt 199.46 1935 Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767–1835) Hume 22.3 1976 David Hume (1711–1776) Husband 31.26 2006 Rick Husband (1957–2003) Hutton 45.17 1970 James Hutton (1726–1797) Huxley 3.48 1973 Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895) Hyginus 8.7 1935 Gaius Julius Hyginus (flourished first century BC) Hypatia 38.82 1935 Hypatia of Alexandria (415 AD)

I Crater Coordinates Diameter(km) ApprovalYear Eponym Ref Ian 1.51 1976 (Scottish male name) Ibn Bajja 11.98 2009 Ibn Bajjah (1095–1138) Ibn Battuta 11.51 1976 Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta (1304–1377) Ibn Firnas 88.29 1976 Abbas Ibn Firnas (circa AD 887) Ibn Yunus 59.69 1970 Abul al-Hasan ben Ahmad (950–1009) Ibn-Rushd 31.08 1976 Averroës (1126–1198) Icarus 93.73 1970 Icarus (mythology) Ideler 37.77 1935 Christian Ludwig Ideler (1766–1846) Idelson 59.82 1970 Naum Ilich Idelson (1885–1951) Igor 0.1 2012 Russian male name Ilin 12.42 1985 (1901–1937) Ina 2.98 1979 (Latin female name) Ingalls 37.23 1970 Albert Graham Ingalls (1888–1958) Inghirami 94.6 1935 Giovanni Inghirami (1779–1851) Innes 42.83 1970 Robert Thorburn Ayton Innes (1861–1933) Ioffe 83.95 1970 Abram Fedorovich Ioffe (1880–1960) Isabel 1.22 1979 (Spanish female name) Isaev 94.1 1976 Aleksei Mihailovich Isaev (1908–1971) Isidorus 41.39 1935 St. Isidore of Seville (c. 570–636) Isis 0.61 1976 Isis (Egyptian goddess) Ivan 3.84 1976 (Russian male name) Izsak 30.83 1970 Imre Izsak (1929–1965)

J Crater Coordinates Diameter(km) ApprovalYear Eponym Ref J. Herschel 154.44 1935 John Herschel (1792–1871) Jackson 71.38 1970 John Jackson (1887–1958) Jacobi 66.28 1935 Karl Gustav Jacob Jacobi (1804–1851) Jansen 24.21 1935 Zacharias Janssen (1580–circa 1638) Jansky 73.77 1964 Karl Jansky (1905–1950) Janssen 200.65 1935 Pierre Jules César Janssen (1824–1907) Jarvis 41.22 1988 Gregory Bruce Jarvis (1944–1986) Jeans 81.13 1964 Sir James Hopwood Jeans (1877–1946) Jehan 4.46 1976 (Persian male name) Jenkins 37.77 1982 Louise Freeland Jenkins (1888–1970) Jenner 73.66 1970 Edward Jenner (1749–1823) Jerik 0.63 1976 (Scandinavian male name) Joliot 172.79 1961 Frédéric Joliot-Curie (1900–1958) Jomo 7.36 1979 (African male name) José 1.22 1976 (Spanish male name) Joule 97.52 1970 James Prescott Joule (1818–1889) Joy 5.12 1973 Alfred Harrison Joy (1882–1973) Jules Verne 145.54 1961 Jules Verne (1828–1905) Julienne 1.8 1976 (French female name) Julius Caesar 84.72 1935 Julius Caesar (circa 102–44 BC)

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