Bruce (crater)

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Bruce is a small impact craters in the Sinus Medii, an almost crater- free basalt plain in the middle of the visible moon half. It is located west-northwest of the irregularly shaped crater Rhaeticus and slightly west of the even smaller crater Blagg. The crater is bowl-shaped and symmetrical, and both rim and inner surface are free of noticeable impact record. The interior generally has a higher albedo than the surroundings, except for a strip of darker material, which passes through the center from west to east. The area is formed by Maria and has only a few tiny divots in the east.

About 35 km to the south lies the origin of the coordinate system selenographic, so that from the bottom of this crater the soil is at its zenith. The two lunar probes 4 and Surveyor Surveyor 6 landed about 50 kilometers west of Bruce in the smooth lava plain.