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| Coordinates | 29°18′S 178°42′W / 29.3°S 178.7°W |
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| Diameter | 125 km |
| Depth | 2.4 km |
| Colongitude | 180° at sunrise |
| Eponym | Antony van Leeuwenhoek |
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Leeuwenhoek is a lunar impact crater that lies in the Moon's southern hemisphere, on the far side from the Earth. It is located to the east of the crater Birkeland and the unusual double crater Van de Graaff. To the northeast of Leeuwenhoek is Orlov and to the south is the large walled plain Leibnitz. It is named after Antonie van Leeuwenhoek.
The outer rim of Leeuwenhoek is worn and eroded, forming an irregular mountainous ring about the relatively level interior floor. The inner wall is wider along the western and southern sides, offsetting the floor to the northeast. At the midpoint of the interior is a central peak formation. There are a pair of small craterlets on the floor and several tiny craters. Leeuwenhoek partly overlaps the satellite crater Leeuwenhoek E to the northeast.