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Shioli

A lunar crater 0.3 km across, on the near side of the Moon at 13.33° S, 25.23° E. Dedicated through The Joshua Tree Crater Company and retired from our catalogue permanently.

The Joshua Tree Crater Company sticker: an astronaut giving a thumbs up beside a halftone Moon, with the words Name A Crater
Diameter
0.3 km
Coordinates
13.33° S, 25.23° E
Hemisphere
Near side

Why it is called Shioli

Japanese female first name.

Origin: Japan · Approved by the IAU in Aug 12, 2019

How to find it

Wait for the terminator, the line between lunar day and night, to fall near 25° east. Craters throw their longest shadows there, and even modest binoculars will pick this one out.

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