Möbius is a

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that is located on the

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, beyond the eastern limb and northeast of the

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. It lies less than one crater diameter to the northwest of the larger, 90-km-diameter

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, and just to the southeast of

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. To the north of Mobius is the crater chain designated Catena Dziewulski, which takes its name from the crater Dziewulski to the north-northwest. This is a moderately worn crater formation, with a smaller crater intruding into the western rim and a small crater cutting across the rim at the southern end. The rim is relatively low and the interior is marked only by a few tiny craterlets and some higher-

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markings in the southwestern quadrant. Prior to naming in 1970 by the

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, this crater was known as ''Crater 196''.Lunar Farside Chart (LFC-1A)
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