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Ansgarius is a lunar
Moon

The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite and the List of natural satellites by diameter satellite in the Solar System. The average centre-to-centre distance from the Earth to the Moon is km, about thirty times the diameter of the Earth....
 impact crater
Impact crater

In the broadest sense, the term impact crater can be applied to any depression, natural or manmade, resulting from the high velocity impact of a projectile with larger body....
 that is located near the eastern limb of the Moon
Moon

The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite and the List of natural satellites by diameter satellite in the Solar System. The average centre-to-centre distance from the Earth to the Moon is km, about thirty times the diameter of the Earth....
. When viewed from the Earth
Earth

Earth is the third planet from the Sun. Earth is the largest of the terrestrial planets in the Solar System in diameter, mass and density. It is also referred to as the World and Wiktionary:Terra.Note that by International Astronomical Union convention, the term "Terra" is used for naming extensive land masses, rather...
, the crater has a highly oval shape due to foreshortening, but the rim is actually nearly circular. To the northwest of Ansgarius is the crater La Pérouse
La Pérouse (crater)

La P?rouse is a Moon impact crater that is located near the eastern limb of the Moon. It lies northwest of the larger crater Ansgarius , and to the east of Kapteyn ....
, and south is Behaim
Behaim (crater)

Behaim is a moon impact crater that is located near the eastern limb of the Moon, just to the south of the crater Ansgarius . To the south of Behaim is the crater Hecataeus , and to the east-southeast is Gibbs ....
.

The rim of Ansgarius is not significantly worn, and has a terraced interior surface. The southwest rim appears somewhat flattened rather than round, and intrudes into an older formation of which little remains except the western rim.






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Ansgarius is a lunar
Moon

The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite and the List of natural satellites by diameter satellite in the Solar System. The average centre-to-centre distance from the Earth to the Moon is km, about thirty times the diameter of the Earth....
 impact crater
Impact crater

In the broadest sense, the term impact crater can be applied to any depression, natural or manmade, resulting from the high velocity impact of a projectile with larger body....
 that is located near the eastern limb of the Moon
Moon

The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite and the List of natural satellites by diameter satellite in the Solar System. The average centre-to-centre distance from the Earth to the Moon is km, about thirty times the diameter of the Earth....
. When viewed from the Earth
Earth

Earth is the third planet from the Sun. Earth is the largest of the terrestrial planets in the Solar System in diameter, mass and density. It is also referred to as the World and Wiktionary:Terra.Note that by International Astronomical Union convention, the term "Terra" is used for naming extensive land masses, rather...
, the crater has a highly oval shape due to foreshortening, but the rim is actually nearly circular. To the northwest of Ansgarius is the crater La Pérouse
La Pérouse (crater)

La P?rouse is a Moon impact crater that is located near the eastern limb of the Moon. It lies northwest of the larger crater Ansgarius , and to the east of Kapteyn ....
, and south is Behaim
Behaim (crater)

Behaim is a moon impact crater that is located near the eastern limb of the Moon, just to the south of the crater Ansgarius . To the south of Behaim is the crater Hecataeus , and to the east-southeast is Gibbs ....
.

The rim of Ansgarius is not significantly worn, and has a terraced interior surface. The southwest rim appears somewhat flattened rather than round, and intrudes into an older formation of which little remains except the western rim. There is an outward notch in the north-northeastern wall. The interior floor of Ansgarius is relatively flat, with only tiny craterlets to mark the surface.

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 Ansgarius.

AnsgariusLatitudeLongitudeDiameter
B11.9° S83.8° E29 km
C14.8° S74.8° E14 km
M11.3° S78.8° E7 km
N11.9° S81.2° E10 km
P13.0° S75.9° E10 km