New Craters Shapefile

Vector file of new craters, which impacted during the LRO mission, in IAU MOON2000 geographic reference system. These craters were identified in NAC temporal ('before and after') image pairs.

When citing this product, use the following reference:

Speyerer, E., Povilaitis, R., Robinson, M., Thomas, P., and Wagner, R. Quantifying crater production and regolith overturn on the Moon with temporal imaging. Nature 538, 215–218 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature19829.

Column Descriptions:

• lat: Latitude in degrees (-90 to 90)
• lon: Longitude in degrees (either -180 to 180 or 0 to 360, depending on projection)
• before_img: NAC image taken before the crater impacted
• after_img: NAC image taken after the crater impacted where the light matches the before_img
• diam_m: Crater diameter measured from the NAC images in meters

Last updated February 25, 2025.

New Craters Shapefile