# List of craters on the Moon: O–Q

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.

## O

| Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Year | Eponym | Ref |
| Oberth | 62°29′N 154°50′E﻿ / ﻿62.49°N 154.84°E﻿ / 62.49; 154.84﻿ (Oberth) | 49.52 | 1997 | Hermann Oberth (1894–1989) | WGPSN |
| Obruchev | 38°40′S 162°26′E﻿ / ﻿38.67°S 162.43°E﻿ / -38.67; 162.43﻿ (Obruchev) | 72.23 | 1970 | Vladimir Afanasyevich Obruchev (1863–1956) | WGPSN |
| O'Day | 30°25′S 157°17′E﻿ / ﻿30.42°S 157.29°E﻿ / -30.42; 157.29﻿ (O'Day) | 70.41 | 1970 | Marcus O'Day (1897–1961) | WGPSN |
| Oenopides | 57°08′N 64°12′W﻿ / ﻿57.13°N 64.2°W﻿ / 57.13; -64.2﻿ (Oenopides) | 73.47 | 1935 | Oenopides of Chios (c. 500–430 BC) | WGPSN |
| Oersted | 43°05′N 47°15′E﻿ / ﻿43.09°N 47.25°E﻿ / 43.09; 47.25﻿ (Oersted) | 42.28 | 1935 | Hans Christian Ørsted (1777–1851) | WGPSN |
| Ohm | 18°19′N 113°47′W﻿ / ﻿18.32°N 113.78°W﻿ / 18.32; -113.78﻿ (Ohm) | 61.75 | 1970 | Georg Simon Ohm (1789–1854) | WGPSN |
| Oken | 43°46′S 76°05′E﻿ / ﻿43.76°S 76.09°E﻿ / -43.76; 76.09﻿ (Oken) | 78.67 | 1935 | Lorenz Ockenfuss (1779–1851) | WGPSN |
| Olbers | 7°18′N 76°08′W﻿ / ﻿7.3°N 76.14°W﻿ / 7.3; -76.14﻿ (Olbers) | 73.02 | 1935 | Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers (1758–1840) | WGPSN |
| Olcott | 20°34′N 117°47′E﻿ / ﻿20.57°N 117.79°E﻿ / 20.57; 117.79﻿ (Olcott) | 79.94 | 1970 | William Tyler Olcott (1873–1936) | WGPSN |
| Olivier | 58°43′N 138°26′E﻿ / ﻿58.72°N 138.44°E﻿ / 58.72; 138.44﻿ (Olivier) | 78.45 | 1979 | Charles Pollard Olivier (1884–1975) | WGPSN |
| Omar Khayyam | 58°13′N 102°13′W﻿ / ﻿58.21°N 102.22°W﻿ / 58.21; -102.22﻿ (Omar Khayyam) | 68.64 | 1970 | Omar Khayyám (c. 1050–1123) | WGPSN |
| Onizuka | 36°23′S 149°47′W﻿ / ﻿36.38°S 149.79°W﻿ / -36.38; -149.79﻿ (Onizuka) | 26.88 | 1988 | Ellison Shoji Onizuka (1946–1986) | WGPSN |
| Opelt | 16°19′S 17°38′W﻿ / ﻿16.32°S 17.64°W﻿ / -16.32; -17.64﻿ (Opelt) | 48.73 | 1935 | Friedrich Wilhelm Opelt (1794–1863) | WGPSN |
| Oppenheimer | 35°19′S 166°02′W﻿ / ﻿35.32°S 166.03°W﻿ / -35.32; -166.03﻿ (Oppenheimer) | 201.16 | 1970 | J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904–1967) | WGPSN |
| Oppolzer | 1°31′S 0°27′W﻿ / ﻿1.52°S 0.45°W﻿ / -1.52; -0.45﻿ (Oppolzer) | 40.87 | 1935 | Theodor von Oppolzer (1841–1886) | WGPSN |
| Oresme | 42°37′S 169°13′E﻿ / ﻿42.61°S 169.22°E﻿ / -42.61; 169.22﻿ (Oresme) | 82.05 | 1970 | Nicole Oresme (c. 1323–1382) | WGPSN |
| Orlov | 25°46′S 175°05′W﻿ / ﻿25.77°S 175.08°W﻿ / -25.77; -175.08﻿ (Orlov) | 72.93 | 1970 | Aleksandr Yakovlevich Orlov (1880–1954) and Sergei Vladimirovich Orlov (1880–1958) | WGPSN |
| Orontius | 40°22′S 3°58′W﻿ / ﻿40.37°S 3.96°W﻿ / -40.37; -3.96﻿ (Orontius) | 121.02 | 1935 | Oronce Finé (1494–1555) | WGPSN |
| Osama | 18°37′N 5°16′E﻿ / ﻿18.61°N 5.27°E﻿ / 18.61; 5.27﻿ (Osama) | 0.42 | 1976 | (Arabic male name) | WGPSN |
| Osiris | 18°39′N 27°39′E﻿ / ﻿18.65°N 27.65°E﻿ / 18.65; 27.65﻿ (Osiris) | 0.96 | 1976 | Osiris (Egyptian deity) | WGPSN |
| Osman | 10°59′S 6°15′W﻿ / ﻿10.98°S 6.25°W﻿ / -10.98; -6.25﻿ (Osman) | 1.79 | 1976 | (Turkish male name) | WGPSN |
| Ostwald | 10°14′N 121°57′E﻿ / ﻿10.24°N 121.95°E﻿ / 10.24; 121.95﻿ (Ostwald) | 108.13 | 1970 | Wilhelm Ostwald (1853–1932) | WGPSN |

## P

| Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Year | Eponym | Ref |
| Palisa | 9°28′S 7°11′W﻿ / ﻿9.47°S 7.19°W﻿ / -9.47; -7.19﻿ (Palisa) | 33.47 | 1935 | Johann Palisa (1848–1925) | WGPSN |
| Palitzsch | 28°01′S 64°23′E﻿ / ﻿28.02°S 64.39°E﻿ / -28.02; 64.39﻿ (Palitzsch) | 41.87 | 1935 | Johann Georg Palitzsch (1723–1788) | WGPSN |
| Pallas | 5°29′N 1°39′W﻿ / ﻿5.48°N 1.65°W﻿ / 5.48; -1.65﻿ (Pallas) | 49.51 | 1935 | Peter Simon Pallas (1741–1811) | WGPSN |
| Palmieri | 28°38′S 47°48′W﻿ / ﻿28.64°S 47.8°W﻿ / -28.64; -47.8﻿ (Palmieri) | 39.84 | 1935 | Luigi Palmieri (1807–1896) | WGPSN |
| Paneth | 62°36′N 94°38′W﻿ / ﻿62.6°N 94.63°W﻿ / 62.6; -94.63﻿ (Paneth) | 60.92 | 1970 | Friedrich Adolf Paneth (1887–1958) | WGPSN |
| Pannekoek | 4°12′S 140°41′E﻿ / ﻿4.2°S 140.69°E﻿ / -4.2; 140.69﻿ (Pannekoek) | 67.5 | 1970 | Anton Pannekoek (1873–1960) | WGPSN |
| Papaleksi | 10°09′N 163°57′E﻿ / ﻿10.15°N 163.95°E﻿ / 10.15; 163.95﻿ (Papaleksi) | 92.03 | 1970 | Nikolaj Dmitrievich Papaleksi (1880–1947) | WGPSN |
| Paracelsus | 22°55′S 163°26′E﻿ / ﻿22.92°S 163.44°E﻿ / -22.92; 163.44﻿ (Paracelsus) | 85.88 | 1970 | Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim (1493–1541) | WGPSN |
| Paraskevopoulos | 50°05′N 150°20′W﻿ / ﻿50.09°N 150.34°W﻿ / 50.09; -150.34﻿ (Paraskevopoulos) | 98.87 | 1970 | John Stefanos Paraskevopoulos (1889–1951) | WGPSN |
| Parenago | 25°53′N 108°55′W﻿ / ﻿25.88°N 108.91°W﻿ / 25.88; -108.91﻿ (Parenago) | 94.57 | 1970 | Pavel Petrovich Parenago (1906–1960) | WGPSN |
| Parkhurst | 33°17′S 103°41′E﻿ / ﻿33.29°S 103.69°E﻿ / -33.29; 103.69﻿ (Parkhurst) | 93.08 | 1970 | John Adelbert Parkhurst (1861–1925) | WGPSN |
| Parrot | 14°34′S 3°17′E﻿ / ﻿14.57°S 3.29°E﻿ / -14.57; 3.29﻿ (Parrot) | 70.66 | 1935 | Johann Jacob Friedrich Wilhelm Parrot (1792–1840) | WGPSN |
| Parry | 7°53′S 15°47′W﻿ / ﻿7.88°S 15.78°W﻿ / -7.88; -15.78﻿ (Parry) | 47.28 | 1935 | William Edward Parry (1790–1855) | WGPSN |
| Parsons | 37°15′N 171°10′W﻿ / ﻿37.25°N 171.16°W﻿ / 37.25; -171.16﻿ (Parsons) | 41.12 | 1970 | John Whiteside Parsons (1914–1952) | WGPSN |
| Pascal | 74°22′N 70°38′W﻿ / ﻿74.36°N 70.63°W﻿ / 74.36; -70.63﻿ (Pascal) | 108.2 | 1964 | Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) | WGPSN |
| Paschen | 14°04′S 140°32′W﻿ / ﻿14.06°S 140.53°W﻿ / -14.06; -140.53﻿ (Paschen) | 127.36 | 1970 | Friedrich Paschen (1865–1940) | WGPSN |
| Pasteur | 11°35′S 104°55′E﻿ / ﻿11.58°S 104.91°E﻿ / -11.58; 104.91﻿ (Pasteur) | 232.77 | 1961 | Louis Pasteur (1822–1895) | WGPSN |
| Patricia | 24°55′N 0°30′E﻿ / ﻿24.91°N 0.5°E﻿ / 24.91; 0.5﻿ (Patricia) | 10.08 | 1976 | (English female name) | WGPSN |
| Patsaev | 16°46′S 133°36′E﻿ / ﻿16.77°S 133.6°E﻿ / -16.77; 133.6﻿ (Patsaev) | 55.25 | 1973 | Viktor Ivanovich Patsayev (1933–1971) | WGPSN |
| Pauli | 44°46′S 137°21′E﻿ / ﻿44.76°S 137.35°E﻿ / -44.76; 137.35﻿ (Pauli) | 95.28 | 1970 | Wolfgang Pauli (1900–1958) | WGPSN |
| Pavlov | 28°17′S 142°24′E﻿ / ﻿28.28°S 142.4°E﻿ / -28.28; 142.4﻿ (Pavlov) | 143.05 | 1970 | Ivan Petrovich Pavlov (1849–1936) | WGPSN |
| Pawsey | 44°14′N 145°17′E﻿ / ﻿44.24°N 145.29°E﻿ / 44.24; 145.29﻿ (Pawsey) | 59.98 | 1970 | Joseph Lade Pawsey (1908–1962) | WGPSN |
| Peary | 88°38′N 24°24′E﻿ / ﻿88.63°N 24.4°E﻿ / 88.63; 24.4﻿ (Peary) | 78.75 | 1964 | Robert Edwin Peary (1856–1920) | WGPSN |
| Pease | 12°31′N 106°18′W﻿ / ﻿12.51°N 106.3°W﻿ / 12.51; -106.3﻿ (Pease) | 40.84 | 1970 | Francis G. Pease (1881–1938) | WGPSN |
| Peek | 2°46′N 86°58′E﻿ / ﻿2.76°N 86.96°E﻿ / 2.76; 86.96﻿ (Peek) | 12.55 | 1973 | Bertrand Meigh Peek (1891–1965) | WGPSN |
| Peirce | 18°16′N 53°21′E﻿ / ﻿18.26°N 53.35°E﻿ / 18.26; 53.35﻿ (Peirce) | 18.86 | 1935 | Benjamin Peirce (1809–1880) | WGPSN |
| Peirescius | 46°24′S 67°48′E﻿ / ﻿46.4°S 67.8°E﻿ / -46.4; 67.8﻿ (Peirescius) | 61.53 | 1935 | Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1580–1637) | WGPSN |
| Pentland | 64°34′S 11°20′E﻿ / ﻿64.57°S 11.34°E﻿ / -64.57; 11.34﻿ (Pentland) | 56.45 | 1935 | Joseph Barclay Pentland (1797–1873) | WGPSN |
| Perelʹman | 24°03′S 106°01′E﻿ / ﻿24.05°S 106.01°E﻿ / -24.05; 106.01﻿ (Perelʹman) | 48.87 | 1970 | Yakov I. Perelman (1882–1942) | WGPSN |
| Perepelkin | 9°59′S 128°48′E﻿ / ﻿9.99°S 128.8°E﻿ / -9.99; 128.8﻿ (Perepelkin) | 88.74 | 1970 | Yevgeny Perepyolkin (1906–1938) | WGPSN |
| Perkin | 47°01′N 175°44′W﻿ / ﻿47.02°N 175.73°W﻿ / 47.02; -175.73﻿ (Perkin) | 62.48 | 1970 | Richard Scott Perkin (1906–1969) | WGPSN |
| Perrine | 42°07′N 127°57′W﻿ / ﻿42.11°N 127.95°W﻿ / 42.11; -127.95﻿ (Perrine) | 87.41 | 1970 | Charles Dillon Perrine (1867–1951) | WGPSN |
| Petavius | 25°23′S 60°47′E﻿ / ﻿25.39°S 60.78°E﻿ / -25.39; 60.78﻿ (Petavius) | 184.06 | 1935 | Denis Petau (1583–1652) | WGPSN |
| Petermann | 74°21′N 67°53′E﻿ / ﻿74.35°N 67.89°E﻿ / 74.35; 67.89﻿ (Petermann) | 76.95 | 1935 | August Heinrich Petermann (1822–1878) | WGPSN |
| Peters | 68°04′N 29°23′E﻿ / ﻿68.07°N 29.39°E﻿ / 68.07; 29.39﻿ (Peters) | 14.67 | 1935 | Christian August Friedrich Peters (1806–1880) | WGPSN |
| Petit | 2°19′N 63°28′E﻿ / ﻿2.32°N 63.46°E﻿ / 2.32; 63.46﻿ (Petit) | 5.04 | 1976 | Alexis Therese Petit (1771–1820) | WGPSN |
| Petrie | 45°08′N 108°28′E﻿ / ﻿45.14°N 108.47°E﻿ / 45.14; 108.47﻿ (Petrie) | 32.86 | 1970 | Robert Methven Petrie (1906–1966) | WGPSN |
| Petropavlovskiy | 36°55′N 115°17′W﻿ / ﻿36.92°N 115.28°W﻿ / 36.92; -115.28﻿ (Petropavlovskiy) | 64.07 | 1970 | Boris Sergeevich Petropavlovskiy [es] (1898–1933) | WGPSN |
| Petrov | 61°22′S 88°11′E﻿ / ﻿61.36°S 88.18°E﻿ / -61.36; 88.18﻿ (Petrov) | 55.44 | 1970 | Evgenij S. Petrov [es] (1900–1942) | WGPSN |
| Pettit | 27°31′S 86°45′W﻿ / ﻿27.52°S 86.75°W﻿ / -27.52; -86.75﻿ (Pettit) | 36.67 | 1970 | Edison Pettit (1889–1962) | WGPSN |
| Petzval | 62°44′S 110°50′W﻿ / ﻿62.73°S 110.83°W﻿ / -62.73; -110.83﻿ (Petzval) | 93.47 | 1970 | Joseph von Petzval (1807–1891) | WGPSN |
| Phillips | 26°34′S 75°40′E﻿ / ﻿26.57°S 75.67°E﻿ / -26.57; 75.67﻿ (Phillips) | 104.21 | 1935 | John Phillips (1800–1874) | WGPSN |
| Philolaus | 72°13′N 32°53′W﻿ / ﻿72.22°N 32.88°W﻿ / 72.22; -32.88﻿ (Philolaus) | 71.44 | 1935 | Philolaus of Croton (flourished 400 BC) | WGPSN |
| Phocylides | 52°47′S 57°19′W﻿ / ﻿52.79°S 57.31°W﻿ / -52.79; -57.31﻿ (Phocylides) | 115.18 | 1935 | Johannes Phocylides Holwarda (Jan Fokker) (1618–1651) | WGPSN |
| Piazzi | 36°10′S 68°01′W﻿ / ﻿36.16°S 68.01°W﻿ / -36.16; -68.01﻿ (Piazzi) | 102.57 | 1935 | Giuseppe Piazzi (1746–1826) | WGPSN |
| Piazzi Smyth | 41°55′N 3°14′W﻿ / ﻿41.91°N 3.24°W﻿ / 41.91; -3.24﻿ (Piazzi Smyth) | 12.96 | 1935 | Charles Piazzi Smyth (1819–1900) | WGPSN |
| Picard | 14°34′N 54°43′E﻿ / ﻿14.57°N 54.72°E﻿ / 14.57; 54.72﻿ (Picard) | 22.35 | 1935 | Jean-Felix Picard (1620–1682) | WGPSN |
| Piccolomini | 29°42′S 32°12′E﻿ / ﻿29.7°S 32.2°E﻿ / -29.7; 32.2﻿ (Piccolomini) | 87.58 | 1935 | Alessandro Piccolomini (1508–1578) | WGPSN |
| Pickering | 2°53′S 6°59′E﻿ / ﻿2.88°S 6.99°E﻿ / -2.88; 6.99﻿ (Pickering) | 15.4 | 1935 | Edward Charles Pickering (1846–1919) and William Henry Pickering (1858–1938) | WGPSN |
| Pictet | 43°34′S 7°29′W﻿ / ﻿43.56°S 7.49°W﻿ / -43.56; -7.49﻿ (Pictet) | 59.95 | 1935 | Marc-Auguste Pictet-Turretin (1752–1825) | WGPSN |
| Pierazzo | 3°18′N 100°14′W﻿ / ﻿3.3°N 100.24°W﻿ / 3.3; -100.24﻿ (Pierazzo) | 9.29 | 2015 | Elisabetta Pierazzo (1963–2011) | WGPSN |
| Pikelʹner | 48°22′S 124°15′E﻿ / ﻿48.37°S 124.25°E﻿ / -48.37; 124.25﻿ (Pikelʹner) | 40.96 | 1979 | Solomon Borisovich Pikelner (1921–1975) | WGPSN |
| Pilâtre | 60°10′S 86°42′W﻿ / ﻿60.17°S 86.7°W﻿ / -60.17; -86.7﻿ (Pilâtre) | 64.37 | 1991 | Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier (1756–1785) | WGPSN |
| Pingré | 58°38′S 73°57′W﻿ / ﻿58.64°S 73.95°W﻿ / -58.64; -73.95﻿ (Pingré) | 88.43 | 1961 | Alexandre Guy Pingré (1711–1796) | WGPSN |
| Pirquet | 20°20′S 139°56′E﻿ / ﻿20.34°S 139.93°E﻿ / -20.34; 139.93﻿ (Pirquet) | 62.14 | 1970 | Baron Guido von Pirquet (1880–1966) | WGPSN |
| Pitatus | 29°53′S 13°32′W﻿ / ﻿29.88°S 13.53°W﻿ / -29.88; -13.53﻿ (Pitatus) | 100.63 | 1935 | Pietro Pitati (flourished c. 1500) | WGPSN |
| Pitiscus | 50°37′S 30°34′E﻿ / ﻿50.61°S 30.57°E﻿ / -50.61; 30.57﻿ (Pitiscus) | 79.85 | 1935 | Bartholemaeus Pitiscus (1561–1613) | WGPSN |
| Pizzetti | 35°04′S 119°17′E﻿ / ﻿35.06°S 119.29°E﻿ / -35.06; 119.29﻿ (Pizzetti) | 53.47 | 1970 | Paolo Pizzetti (1860–1918) | WGPSN |
| Plana | 42°15′N 28°13′E﻿ / ﻿42.25°N 28.22°E﻿ / 42.25; 28.22﻿ (Plana) | 42.97 | 1935 | Baron Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana (1781–1864) | WGPSN |
| Planck | 57°16′S 135°20′E﻿ / ﻿57.27°S 135.34°E﻿ / -57.27; 135.34﻿ (Planck) | 319.46 | 1970 | Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck (1858–1947) | WGPSN |
| Planté | 10°13′S 163°16′E﻿ / ﻿10.22°S 163.26°E﻿ / -10.22; 163.26﻿ (Planté) | 36.8 | 1979 | Gaston Planté (1834–1889) | WGPSN |
| Plaskett | 81°38′N 176°43′E﻿ / ﻿81.63°N 176.71°E﻿ / 81.63; 176.71﻿ (Plaskett) | 114.34 | 1976 | John Stanley Plaskett (1865–1941) | WGPSN |
| Plato | 51°37′N 9°23′W﻿ / ﻿51.62°N 9.38°W﻿ / 51.62; -9.38﻿ (Plato) | 100.68 | 1935 | Plato (c. 428–347 BC) | WGPSN |
| Playfair | 23°34′S 8°27′E﻿ / ﻿23.56°S 8.45°E﻿ / -23.56; 8.45﻿ (Playfair) | 49.88 | 1935 | John Playfair (1748–1819) | WGPSN |
| Plinius | 15°22′N 23°37′E﻿ / ﻿15.36°N 23.61°E﻿ / 15.36; 23.61﻿ (Plinius) | 41.31 | 1935 | Pliny the Elder (23–79) | WGPSN |
| Plummer | 24°37′S 154°52′W﻿ / ﻿24.62°S 154.86°W﻿ / -24.62; -154.86﻿ (Plummer) | 75.7 | 1970 | Henry Crozier Keating Plummer (1875–1946) | WGPSN |
| Plutarch | 24°11′N 79°03′E﻿ / ﻿24.18°N 79.05°E﻿ / 24.18; 79.05﻿ (Plutarch) | 69.59 | 1935 | Plutarch (c. 46–120) | WGPSN |
| Poczobutt | 57°16′N 99°14′W﻿ / ﻿57.27°N 99.23°W﻿ / 57.27; -99.23﻿ (Poczobutt) | 212.36 | 1979 | Martin Odlanicky Poczobutt (1728–1810) | WGPSN |
| Pogson | 42°23′S 111°07′E﻿ / ﻿42.38°S 111.11°E﻿ / -42.38; 111.11﻿ (Pogson) | 40.87 | 1970 | Norman Robert Pogson (1829–1891) | WGPSN |
| Poincaré | 56°52′S 163°59′E﻿ / ﻿56.86°S 163.99°E﻿ / -56.86; 163.99﻿ (Poincaré) | 345.99 | 1970 | Jules Henri Poincaré (1854–1912) | WGPSN |
| Poinsot | 78°54′N 146°13′W﻿ / ﻿78.9°N 146.21°W﻿ / 78.9; -146.21﻿ (Poinsot) | 65.11 | 1970 | Louis Poinsot (1777–1859) | WGPSN |
| Poisson | 30°20′S 10°34′E﻿ / ﻿30.34°S 10.56°E﻿ / -30.34; 10.56﻿ (Poisson) | 41.4 | 1935 | Siméon Denis Poisson (1781–1840) | WGPSN |
| Polybius | 22°28′S 25°38′E﻿ / ﻿22.46°S 25.63°E﻿ / -22.46; 25.63﻿ (Polybius) | 40.81 | 1935 | Polybius (c. 204–122 BC) | WGPSN |
| Polzunov | 25°34′N 115°01′E﻿ / ﻿25.57°N 115.01°E﻿ / 25.57; 115.01﻿ (Polzunov) | 66.53 | 1970 | Ivan Ivanovich Polzunov (1728–1766) | WGPSN |
| Pomortsev | 0°44′N 66°55′E﻿ / ﻿0.74°N 66.91°E﻿ / 0.74; 66.91﻿ (Pomortsev) | 25.51 | 1976 | Mikhail Mikhailovich Pomortsev (1851–1916) | WGPSN |
| Poncelet | 75°55′N 54°34′W﻿ / ﻿75.91°N 54.57°W﻿ / 75.91; -54.57﻿ (Poncelet) | 67.57 | 1964 | Jean-Victor Poncelet (1788–1867) | WGPSN |
| Pons | 25°26′S 21°33′E﻿ / ﻿25.43°S 21.55°E﻿ / -25.43; 21.55﻿ (Pons) | 39.7 | 1935 | Jean-Louis Pons (1761–1831) | WGPSN |
| Pontanus | 28°25′S 14°22′E﻿ / ﻿28.42°S 14.36°E﻿ / -28.42; 14.36﻿ (Pontanus) | 55.66 | 1935 | Giovanni Gioviani Pontano (1427–1503) | WGPSN |
| Pontécoulant | 58°47′S 66°04′E﻿ / ﻿58.78°S 66.07°E﻿ / -58.78; 66.07﻿ (Pontécoulant) | 91.4 | 1935 | Philippe Gustave Doulcet, Comte De Pontécoulant (1795–1874) | WGPSN |
| Popov | 16°56′N 99°23′E﻿ / ﻿16.93°N 99.38°E﻿ / 16.93; 99.38﻿ (Popov) | 71.4 | 1961 | Aleksander Stepanovich Popov (1859–1905) and C. Popov (1880–1966) | WGPSN |
| Porter | 56°09′S 10°11′W﻿ / ﻿56.15°S 10.18°W﻿ / -56.15; -10.18﻿ (Porter) | 51.46 | 1970 | Russell Williams Porter (1871–1949) | WGPSN |
| Posidonius | 31°53′N 29°59′E﻿ / ﻿31.88°N 29.99°E﻿ / 31.88; 29.99﻿ (Posidonius) | 95.06 | 1935 | Posidonius (c. 135–51 BC) | WGPSN |
| Poynting | 17°30′N 133°23′W﻿ / ﻿17.5°N 133.38°W﻿ / 17.5; -133.38﻿ (Poynting) | 127.55 | 1970 | John Henry Poynting (1852–1914) | WGPSN |
| Prager | 3°59′S 130°47′E﻿ / ﻿3.99°S 130.78°E﻿ / -3.99; 130.78﻿ (Prager) | 53.9 | 1971 | Richard A. Prager (1884–1945) | WGPSN |
| Prandtl | 59°37′S 141°32′E﻿ / ﻿59.62°S 141.54°E﻿ / -59.62; 141.54﻿ (Prandtl) | 87.53 | 1970 | Ludwig Prandtl (1875–1953) | WGPSN |
| Priestley | 56°43′S 108°28′E﻿ / ﻿56.71°S 108.47°E﻿ / -56.71; 108.47﻿ (Priestley) | 54.88 | 1970 | Joseph Priestley (1733–1804) | WGPSN |
| Prinz | 25°29′N 44°08′W﻿ / ﻿25.49°N 44.14°W﻿ / 25.49; -44.14﻿ (Prinz) | 46.13 | 1935 | Wilhelm Prinz [es] (1857–1910) | WGPSN |
| Priscilla | 10°58′S 6°13′W﻿ / ﻿10.96°S 6.21°W﻿ / -10.96; -6.21﻿ (Priscilla) | 1.5 | 1976 | (Latin female name) | WGPSN |
| Proclus | 16°05′N 46°53′E﻿ / ﻿16.09°N 46.89°E﻿ / 16.09; 46.89﻿ (Proclus) | 26.91 | 1935 | Proclus Diadochus (410–485) | WGPSN |
| Proctor | 46°26′S 5°02′W﻿ / ﻿46.43°S 5.04°W﻿ / -46.43; -5.04﻿ (Proctor) | 47.64 | 1935 | Mary Proctor (1862–1957) | WGPSN |
| Protagoras | 56°01′N 7°20′E﻿ / ﻿56.02°N 7.34°E﻿ / 56.02; 7.34﻿ (Protagoras) | 21.05 | 1935 | Protagoras (c. 481–411 BC) | WGPSN |
| Ptolemaeus | 9°10′S 1°50′W﻿ / ﻿9.16°S 1.84°W﻿ / -9.16; -1.84﻿ (Ptolemaeus) | 153.67 | 1935 | Ptolemy (c. 87–150) | WGPSN |
| Puiseux | 27°49′S 39°11′W﻿ / ﻿27.82°S 39.19°W﻿ / -27.82; -39.19﻿ (Puiseux) | 24.95 | 1935 | Pierre Puiseux (1855–1928) | WGPSN |
| Pupin | 23°52′N 11°00′W﻿ / ﻿23.87°N 11°W﻿ / 23.87; -11﻿ (Pupin) | 2.17 | 1976 | Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin (1858–1935) | WGPSN |
| Purbach | 25°31′S 2°02′W﻿ / ﻿25.51°S 2.03°W﻿ / -25.51; -2.03﻿ (Purbach) | 114.97 | 1935 | Georg Purbach (1423–1461) | WGPSN |
| Purkyně | 1°32′S 94°52′E﻿ / ﻿1.54°S 94.86°E﻿ / -1.54; 94.86﻿ (Purkyně) | 50.29 | 1970 | Jan Evangelista Purkyně (1787–1869) | WGPSN |
| Pythagoras | 63°41′N 62°59′W﻿ / ﻿63.68°N 62.98°W﻿ / 63.68; -62.98﻿ (Pythagoras) | 144.55 | 1935 | Pythagoras (flourished c. 532 BC) | WGPSN |
| Pytheas | 20°34′N 20°35′W﻿ / ﻿20.57°N 20.59°W﻿ / 20.57; -20.59﻿ (Pytheas) | 18.81 | 1935 | Pytheas (born c. 308 BC) | WGPSN |

## Q

| Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Year | Eponym | Ref |
| Quetelet | 42°40′N 135°18′W﻿ / ﻿42.66°N 135.3°W﻿ / 42.66; -135.3﻿ (Quetelet) | 54.77 | 1970 | Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quételet (1796–1874) | WGPSN |