Capella (crater)

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Capella is an impact crater on the Moon's front north of Mare Nectaris, just east of the crater Isidorus, whose eastern wall is covered by Capella, and northwest of Gaudibert. The crater is heavily eroded, the interior is uneven and has a central mountain on.

In a north-westerly and south-easterly direction the Moon Valley of the Vallis Capella, whose central part was overshadowed by Capella runs.

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 by the late ancient Roman encyclopedist Martianus Capella.