Ibn Battuta is a small lunar crater on the Mare Fecunditatis, a lunar mare in the eastern part of the Moon's near side. Named after Ibn Battuta, the 14th Century Islamic scholar and reknowned traveller, it lies to the southwest of the Lindbergh crater, and northeast of the prominent Goclenius crater. Latitude, denoted by the Greek letter φ, gives the location of a place on Earth north or south of the Equator. ... Map of Earth showing curved lines of longitude Longitude, sometimes denoted λ, describes the location of a place on Earth east or west of a north-south line called the Prime Meridian. ... For the geometric term, see diameter. ... Look up depth in Wiktionary, the free dictionary In classical physics, depth is a distance measured vertically from top to bottom (height) or horizontally from outside to inside (thickness). ... Selenographic coordinates are coordinates that refer to locations on the surface of the Moon. ... An eponym is a person, whether real or fictitious, whose name has (or is thought to have) given rise to the name of a particular place, tribe, discovery, or other item. ... Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Battuta (Tangier, Morocco, February 24, 1304 - 1377) was a Moroccan Berber traveller and explorer. ... This is a list of the craters on the Moon. ... This is a list of the craters on the Moon. ... Lunar is an adjective that means having to do with or pertaining to the Moon, or to moons in general. ... The word crater may refer to A landform resembling a pit or depression in the topography that can be formed in several ways: speculation exists that a meteorite impact with another body can cause an impact crater, an electrical discharge on any scale tends to form circular craters, volcanic activity... Mare Fecunditatis (the sea of fecundity) is a lunar mare 909 miles in diameter. ... The Lunar maria (singular: mare, pronounced MAH-ray) are large, dark, basaltic plains on Earths Moon, formed by ancient basaltic flood eruptions caused by extremely large meteoroid impacts. ... Crust composition Oxygen 43% Silicon 21% Aluminium 10% Calcium 9% Iron 9% Magnesium 5% Titanium 2% Nickel 0. ... Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Battuta (Tangier, Morocco, February 24, 1304 - 1377) was a Moroccan Berber traveller and explorer. ... (13th century - 14th century - 15th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 14th century was that century which lasted from 1301 to 1400. ... Lindbergh is a small lunar crater that is located in the western part of the Mare Fecunditatis. ... Goclenius is a lunar crater that is located near the west edge of Mare Fecunditatis. ...

The mare to the south and west of Ibn Battuta contains a number of ghost-crater formations, consisting of crater rims that have been submerged by lava flows and now form ring-shaped projections in the surface. These are best observed under conditions of oblique lighting, when the terminator still lies on or near the Mare Fecunditatis. A palimpsest is a manuscript page, scroll, or book that has been written on, scraped off, and used again. ... Lava is molten rock that a volcano expels during an eruption. ...

The crater is circular and symmetrical, with a wide interior floor. The sloping inner walls have a slightly higher albedo than the surrounding mare, but the interior floor is the same dark shade as the exterior of the crater. There is a tiny craterlet on the floor near the western rim, but otherwise no significant markings. The albedo is a measure of reflectivity of a surface or body. ...

This crater was formerly designated 'Goclenius A' before being given its current name by the |IAU. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) unites national astronomical societies from around the world. ...