Cabeus (crater)
Cabeus Crater (left) as imaged by the Diviner instrument on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. | |
| Coordinates | 84°54′S 35°30′W / 84.9°S 35.5°W |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 98 km (61 mi) |
| Depth | 4 km |
| Colongitude | 45° at sunrise |
| Eponym | Niccolò Cabeo |
Cabeus is a lunar impact crater that is located about 100 km (62 mi) from the south pole of the Moon. At this location the crater is seen obliquely from Earth, and it is almost perpetually in deep shadow due to lack of sunlight. Hence, not much detail can be seen of this crater, even from orbit. Through a telescope, this crater appears near the southern limb of the Moon, to the west of the crater Malapert and to the south-southwest of Newton.