page_title: Alphonsus (crater)
hierarchical_section_title: Alphonsus (crater)
caption_attribution_description: English: This is the first image of the Moon from a US spacecraft which was taken by Ranger 7 on July 31, 1964 at 13:09 UTC, about 17 minutes before impact. The large crater at center right is Alphonsus.
context_page_description: Alphonsus is an ancient impact crater on the Moon that dates from the pre-Nectarian era. It is located on the lunar highlands on the eastern end of Mare Nubium, west of the Imbrian Highlands, and slightly overlaps the crater Ptolemaeus to the north. To the southwest is the smaller Alpetragius.
context_section_description: Alphonsus is an ancient impact crater on the Moon that dates from the pre-Nectarian era. It is located on the lunar highlands on the eastern end of Mare Nubium, west of the Imbrian Highlands, and slightly overlaps the crater Ptolemaeus to the north. To the southwest is the smaller Alpetragius.
caption: Alphonsus crater appears in the right half of this image taken by Ranger 7. NASA photo.
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