Leibnitz is a huge lunar

Moon

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 crater

Impact crater

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 that is located in the southern hemisphere

Sphere

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 on the far side of the Moon

Moon

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. This formation is the same size as Clavius

Clavius (crater)

Clavius is one of the largest crater formations on the Moon, and it is the third largest crater on the visible near side. It is located in the rugged southern highlands of the Moon, to the south of the prominent ray crater Tycho.- Description :...

 on the near side. It is located to the east-southeast of Mare Ingenii

Mare Ingenii

Mare Ingenii is one of the few lunar mare features on the far side of the Moon. The mare sits in the Ingenii basin. This basin material is of the Pre-Nectarian epoch. The mare material located in Ingenii and the surrounding craters is of the Upper Imbrian epoch...

, and is joined to the northeast rim of Von Kármán

Von Kármán (lunar crater)

Von Kármán is a lunar crater that is located in the southern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon. The northern third of this formation is overlain by the rim and outer rampart of the walled plain Leibnitz, forming a deep indentation in the formation...

. Attached to the eastern rim of Leibnitz is Davisson

Davisson (crater)

Davisson is a lunar impact crater that is located on the far side of the Moon from the Earth. This crater lies across the eastern rim of the huge walled plain Leibnitz, and the rim and outer rampart intrudes into the interior floor of Leibnitz...

, and intruding into the southeast rim is Finsen

Finsen (crater)

Finsen is a lunar impact crater that is located in the southern hemisphere, on the Moon's far side. It is attached to the southeastern exterior of the walled plain Leibnitz, and the ejecta from Finsen covers the southeastern part of Leibnitz's interior floor...

. Farther to the west is the large Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer (crater)

Oppenheimer is a large lunar crater that lies on the Far side of the Moon. It lies along the western outer ampart of the immense walled plain Apollo. Nearby features of note include the dark-floored crater Maksutov to the southwest, and Davisson to the west-southwest...

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The outer rim of Leibnitz is roughly circular, with a prominent outward bulge along the southern face. It has received some impact erosion and wear, with several tiny craters lying along the edge and the inner wall. The rim to the east and southeast has been somewhat modified by the craters Davisson and Finsen.

Much of the interior floor of this walled plain has been resurfaced by lava

Lava

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, leaving a level, nearly featureless surface with the same low albedo

Albedo

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 as the dark lunar mare

Lunar mare

The lunar maria are large, dark, basaltic plains on Earth's Moon, formed by ancient volcanic eruptions. They were dubbed maria, Latin for "seas", by early astronomers who mistook them for actual seas. They are less reflective than the "highlands" as a result of their iron-rich compositions, and...

 to the northwest. However the southeastern part of the floor is more irregular, and the albedo matches the surrounding terrain

Terrain

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. The dark floor is covered in places by streaks of ray material

Ray system

A ray system comprises radial streaks of fine ejecta thrown out during the formation of an impact crater, looking a bit like many thin spokes coming from the hub of a wheel. The rays can extend for lengths up to several times the diameter of their originating crater, and are often accompanied by...

, and several tiny craterlets. The small crater Leibnitz X near the northwest inner wall has been flooded by lava, leaving only a roughly circular rim projecting above 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 Leibnitz.

Leibnitz	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
R	39.3° S	176.3° E	19 km
S	39.6° S	171.8° E	28 km
X	36.5° S	177.3° E	19 km