Purbach (crater)

The crater area(bottom) in a Selenochromatic format Image (Si)
Purbach
Coordinates25°30′S 1°54′W / 25.5°S 1.9°W / -25.5; -1.9
Diameter118 km
Depth3.0 km
Colongitude3° at sunrise
EponymGeorg von Peuerbach

Purbach is a large lunar impact crater in the rugged southern highlands of the Moon. The distorted crater Regiomontanus is attached to the southern rim. To the northwest is Thebit and just to the northeast lies La Caille.

The moon's terminator at Purbach and the surroundings craters, on Earth, it is the first quarter