Darney (crater)

Darney (crater)

Coordinates	14°30′S 23°30′W / 14.5°S 23.5°W / -14.5; -23.5Coordinates: 14°30′S 23°30′W / 14.5°S 23.5°W / -14.5; -23.5
Diameter	15 km
Depth	2.6 km
Colongitude	24° at sunrise
Eponym	Maurice Darney

Darney is a small lunar crater that is located on the region of the Moon where the Mare Nubium joins the Oceanus Procellarum. To the south is the lava-flooded crater Lubiniezky. The southern rim of Darney is attached to a series of low ridges that extend to the southwest.

This is a bowl-shaped formation with a small interior floor at the mid-point of the sloping inner walls. The crater has a relatively high albedo compared to the surrounding dark lunar mare, and the crater is at the focus of a small ray system extending for 110 kilometers.

Satellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater mid-point that is closest to Darney.

Darney	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
B	14.8° S	26.4° W	4 km
C	14.1° S	26.0° W	13 km
D	14.5° S	27.0° W	6 km
E	12.4° S	25.4° W	4 km
F	13.3° S	26.4° W	4 km
J	14.3° S	21.4° W	7 km

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