Louise
A lunar crater 0.6 km across, on the near side of the Moon at 28.49° N, 34.20° W. Dedicated through The Joshua Tree Crater Company and retired from our catalogue permanently.
- Diameter
- 0.6 km
- Coordinates
- 28.49° N, 34.20° W
- Hemisphere
- Near side
Why it is called Louise
French female name.
Origin: France · Approved by the IAU in 1979
How to find it
Wait for the terminator, the line between lunar day and night, to fall near 34° west. Craters throw their longest shadows there, and even modest binoculars will pick this one out.
