McDonald is a small lunar impact crater located in the central
Mare Imbrium
Mare Imbrium (Latin ''imbrium'', the "Sea of Showers" or "Sea of Rains", "Sea of Tears") is a vast lava plain within the Imbrium Basin on the Moon and is one of the larger craters in the Solar System. The Imbrium Basin formed from the colli ...
. It was named after American benefactor
William Johnson McDonald and Scottish selenographer
Thomas Logie MacDonald.
This crater is a cup-shaped feature with a circular rim, and has not been significantly eroded. It lies to the southeast of the slightly larger crater
Carlini, in an isolated part of the
mare
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.
This feature was identified as 'Carlini B' prior to being renamed by the
IAU
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.
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External links
LTO-40A2 McDonald— L&PI
topographic map
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Impact craters on the Moon
Mare Imbrium