Holden (lunar crater)

This article is about the crater on the Moon. For the crater on Mars, see Holden (Martian crater).
Holden
Oblique Lunar Orbiter 4 image
Coordinates19°11′S 62°32′E / 19.19°S 62.53°E / -19.19; 62.53
Diameter48 km
Depth4.0 km
Colongitude298° at sunrise
EponymEdward S. Holden
Oblique view from Apollo 15

Holden is a lunar impact crater attached to the southeast rim of the much larger crater Vendelinus. The crater rim is impacted by a craterlet on the north-northwest, and it possesses a terrace along the northeast interior wall. The floor of the crater is flat with no central peak. There is a small crater on the floor just to the south of the midpoint. It is named after Edward Singleton Holden. A crater with the same name exists on Mars.