page_title: Alphonsus (crater)
hierarchical_section_title: Alphonsus (crater)
caption_attribution_description: Українська: Кратер Альфонс на Місяці. Мозаїка знімків космічного апарата Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, зроблених ширококутньою камерою (WAC). Розмір зображення&#160;— 170×170&#160;км, північ приблизно вгорі, освітлення зі сходу. English: Crater Alphonsus on the Moon. Mosaic of photos by Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, made with Wide Angle Camera. Size of the image is 170×170&#160;km, north is approximately up, illumination is from the east.
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: LRO image
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