&sq=&lang=&file=File:Sirsalis_crater_4161_h2.jpg) Lunar Orbiter 4 image showing Sirsalis at right of center, Sirsalis A at left of center, and Sirsalis F and J in lower right | |
| Coordinates | 12°30′S 60°24′W / 12.5°S 60.4°W |
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| Diameter | 42 km |
| Depth | 3.0 km |
| Colongitude | 61° at sunrise |
| Eponym | Gerolamo Sersale |
Sirsalis is a relatively young lunar impact crater located near the western lunar limb, to the southwest of the Oceanus Procellarum. The crater lies across a ridge that runs in a north–south direction. It has a sharp edge and a low central peak. The crater overlaps the slightly larger and older Sirsalis A to the west-southwest, and the two form a distinctive feature.
To the east is a rille system named the Rimae Sirsalis. The longest of these rilles follows a line running approximately north-northeast to south-southwest, just clearing the southeastern rim of Sirsalis by about 10 kilometers. This long rille runs 330 kilometers from the shore of Oceanus Procellarum until it crosses the crater Darwin A and intersects the Rimae Darwin to the east of Darwin.