Zucchius is a prominent lunar

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 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 southwestern limb. Because of its location the crater appears oblong-shaped due to foreshortening. It lies just to the south-southwest of the crater Segner

Segner (crater)

Segner is a lunar crater located near the southwestern limb of the Moon, to the northeast of the giant walled plain Bailly. The crater Zucchius is a few kilometers to the south-southwest of the rim, and to the north east lies the unusual formation Schiller...

, and northeast of the much larger walled plain Bailly

Bailly (crater)

Bailly is a lunar impact crater that is located near the south-west limb of the Moon. The oblique viewing angle gives the crater a foreshortened appearance, and the location near the limb can limit visibility due to libration...

. To the southeast is Bettinus

Bettinus (crater)

Bettinus is a lunar impact crater located near the southwest limb. Due to its location, the crater has a distinctly oval shape because of foreshortening. To the south of the rim is the similar-sized crater Kircher, and to the northwest is the slightly smaller Zucchius...

, a formation only slightly larger than Zucchius.

The crater rim is symmetrical and shows little significant wear from impacts. The inner wall is terraced, and there is a group of small central peaks that forms a curving arc around the middle of the floor. This crater is believed to have formed during the Copernician

Copernician

The Copernican Period in the lunar geologic timescale runs from approximately 1.1 billion years ago to the present day. The base of the Copernican period is defined by impact craters that possess bright optically immature ray systems. The crater Copernicus is a prominent example of rayed crater,...

period, within the last 1.2 thousand million years.

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 Zucchius.

Zucchius	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter
A	61.8° S	56.0° W	28 km
B	61.8° S	54.3° W	25 km
C	60.8° S	45.2° W	22 km
D	61.4° S	58.7° W	26 km
E	61.3° S	60.6° W	21 km
F	60.1° S	56.5° W	8 km
G	60.5° S	57.2° W	25 km
H	61.0° S	59.7° W	14 km
K	64.3° S	58.0° W	10 km