Gibbs (crater)
Apollo 15 image | |
| Coordinates | 18°22′S 84°16′E / 18.37°S 84.27°E |
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| Diameter | 78.76 km (48.94 mi) |
| Depth | Unknown |
| Colongitude | 277° at sunrise |
| Eponym | Josiah W. Gibbs |
Gibbs is a lunar impact crater that lies near the eastern limb of the Moon. It is situated less than a crater diameter to the northeast of the larger crater Hecataeus. The crater chain Catena Humboldt passes to the south of Gibbs, following a line to the northeast. Due to its proximity to the limb, this crater appears foreshortened when viewed from the Earth, and visibility is subject to libration.