Mouchez (crater)

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Crater characteristics
Coordinates	78.3° N, 26.6° W
Diameter	81 km
Depth	Unknown
Colongitude	32° at sunrise
Eponym	Ernest A. B. Mouchez

Mouchez is the remnant of a lunar crater that is located near the northern limb of the Moon, to the north of Philolaus crater and northwest of Anaxagoras crater.

Almost the entire eastern rim of this crater is missing, and the remaining arc is heavily worn and eroded. This surviving rim forms a curving arc that runs from the south clockwise to the north-northeast. Near the southern terminus is the small crater 'Mouchez C'. The interior of the crater forms a level plain that is marked only by a number of tiny craters, and the small crater 'Mouchez B'.

Attached to the exterior of the southern rim is a smaller replica of the Mouchez crater, forming a curving ridge. Attached to the northern exterior is the flooded crater 'Mouchez A', which has a nearly intact rim with gaps along the northwest side.

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By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater mid-point that is closest to Mouchez crater.

Mouchez	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
A	80.8° N	29.9° W	51 km
B	78.2° N	22.8° W	8 km
C	77.4° N	26.0° W	13 km
J	79.4° N	38.2° W	17 km
L	78.6° N	40.3° W	20 km
M	80.2° N	49.3° W	17 km

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