List of quadrangles on the Moon

The Moon has been divided into 30 quadrangles by the United States Geological Survey at the 1:2,500,000 map scale.^[1] At the 1:1,000,000 scale it's divided into 144 quadrangles.^[2]

The quadrangles are numbered in bands from north to south. Each band is then divided into a latitude-dependent number of quadrangles. At the poles, the bands consist of a single quadrangle, so LQ01 is a circle around the north pole.

Quadrangles at the 1:2,500,000 scale
Name	Number	Latitude	Longitude
	LQ01	65° to 90°	−180° to 180°
	LQ02	30° to 65°	−180° to −120°
	LQ03		−120° to −60°
	LQ04		−60° to 0°
	LQ05		0° to 60°
	LQ06		60° to 120°
	LQ07		120° to 180°
	LQ08	0° to 30°	−180° to −135°
	LQ09		−135° to −90°
Marius^[3]	LQ10		−90° to −45°
Copernicus^[3]	LQ11		−45° to 0°
	LQ12		0° to 45°
	LQ13		45° to 90°
	LQ14		90° to 135°
	LQ15		135° to 180°
	LQ16	−30° to 0°	−180° to −135°
	LQ17		−135° to −90°
	LQ18		−90° to −45°
	LQ19		−45° to 0°
	LQ20		0° to 45°
	LQ21		45° to 90°
	LQ22		90° to 135°
	LQ23		135° to 180°
	LQ24	−65° to −30°	−180° to −120°
	LQ25		−120° to −60°
	LQ26		−60° to 0°
	LQ27		0° to 60°
	LQ28		60° to 120°
	LQ29		120° to 180°
	LQ30	−90° to −65°	−180° to 180°

Farside			Nearside						Farside
LQ01
LQ02		LQ03		LQ04		LQ05		LQ06		LQ07
LQ08	LQ09		LQ10		LQ11	LQ12	LQ13		LQ14		LQ15
LQ16	LQ17		LQ18		LQ19	LQ20	LQ21		LQ22		LQ23
LQ24		LQ25		LQ26		LQ27		LQ28		LQ29
LQ30

At the 1:1,000,000 scale, there are 12 latitude bands, 6 in each hemisphere. The bands nearest the equator are 16° high, and the first and last bands are 10° radius circles around the poles. The bands are then divided into quadrangles, but unlike the 1:2,500,000 system, the seam is placed at +10° longitude (so 0° longitude is in the middle of a quadrangle), and the numbering within a band starts between −80° and −90°:

(±90° to ±80°) 1 quadrangle of 360°, beginning at −80°
(±80° to ±64°) 8 quadrangles of 45°, beginning at −80°
(±64° to ±48°) 12 quadrangles of 30°, beginning at −80°
(±48° to ±32°) 15 quadrangles of 24°, beginning at −86°
(±32° to ±16°) 18 quadrangles of 20°, beginning at −90°
(±16° to 0°) 18 quadrangles of 20°, beginning at −90°

References

^ "Lunar Geologic Mapping". NASA/USGS Planetary Geologic Mapping Program. 2007-09-19. Retrieved 2007-12-09.
^ USGS Astrogeology: Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature - USGS Digital Atlas of the Moon
^ ^a ^b "Lunar Geologic Mapping: Mapping Scheme and Layout". NASA/USGS Planetary Geologic Mapping Program. 2006-04-21. Retrieved 2009-11-08.

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[1] "Lunar Geologic Mapping". NASA/USGS Planetary Geologic Mapping Program. 2007-09-19. Retrieved 2007-12-09.

[2] USGS Astrogeology: Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature - USGS Digital Atlas of the Moon

[mapping_program-3] "Lunar Geologic Mapping: Mapping Scheme and Layout". NASA/USGS Planetary Geologic Mapping Program. 2006-04-21. Retrieved 2009-11-08.

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