Krafft is a prominent lunar 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 a larger body...

 located near the western edge of the Oceanus Procellarum

Oceanus Procellarum

Oceanus Procellarum is a vast lunar mare on the western edge of the near side of the Earth's Moon. Its name derives from the old superstition that its appearance during the second quarter heralded bad weather...

. To the north is the lava-flooded walled plain Eddington

Eddington (crater)

Eddington is the lava-flooded remnant of a lunar impact crater, located on the western part of Oceanus Procellarum. The western rim is attached to the wall of the walled plain Struve. To the east-southeast is the smaller but prominent crater Seleucus...

. Almost due south is the crater Cardanus

Cardanus (crater)

Cardanus is a lunar impact crater that is located in the western part of the Moon, in the western part of the Oceanus Procellarum. Due to its location the crater appears very oval because of foreshortening, and it is viewed almost from the side....

, and the two are connected by a 60-kilometer-long chain of craters known as the Catena Krafft.

Krafft has a sharp, circular rim with a rampart on the exterior, and no central peak. There are several associated craters near the southern rim that are notable for their size in relation to the dimensions of Krafft.

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 Krafft.

Krafft	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
C	16.4° N	72.3° W	13 km
D	15.1° N	73.3° W	12 km
E	15.9° N	71.7° W	10 km
H	17.0° N	77.8° W	15 km
K	16.5° N	74.5° W	11 km
L	16.0° N	76.3° W	20 km
M	17.8° N	75.5° W	10 km
U	17.2° N	64.7° W	3 km