thumb|right|240px|Oblique [[Lunar Orbiter 4 image facing northwest]]

thumb|right|240px|Another oblique Lunar Orbiter 4 image facing west

Endymion is a lunar impact crater that lies near the northeast limb of the Moon. Visibility is subject to libration, with T. W. Webb describing it as sometimes "very dark" at full Moon.

The name Endymion was formally recognized by the IAU in 1935.

Satellite craters

By convention, these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Endymion.

{| class="wikitable"

!width="25%" style="background:#eeeeee;" |Endymion

!width="25%" style="background:#eeeeee;" |Latitude

!width="25%" style="background:#eeeeee;" |Longitude

!width="25%" style="background:#eeeeee;" |Diameter

|-

|align="center"|A

|align="center"|54.7° N

|align="center"|62.8° E

|align="center"|30 km

|-

|align="center"|B

|align="center"|59.8° N

|align="center"|67.2° E

|align="center"|59 km

|-

|align="center"|C

|align="center"|58.4° N

|align="center"|60.8° E

|align="center"|32 km

|-

|align="center"|D

|align="center"|52.4° N

|align="center"|62.4° E

|align="center"|20 km

|-

|align="center"|E

|align="center"|53.6° N

|align="center"|66.2° E

|align="center"|18 km

|-

|align="center"|F

|align="center"|56.9° N

|align="center"|65.1° E

|align="center"|12 km

|-

|align="center"|G

|align="center"|56.4° N

|align="center"|55.6° E

|align="center"|15 km

|-

|align="center"|H

|align="center"|51.1° N

|align="center"|56.3° E

|align="center"|14 km

|-

|align="center"|J

|align="center"|53.5° N

|align="center"|50.7° E

|align="center"|67 km

|-

|align="center"|K

|align="center"|51.3° N

|align="center"|52.3° E

|align="center"|7 km

|-

|align="center"|L

|align="center"|55.4° N

|align="center"|71.0° E

|align="center"|9 km

|-

|align="center"|M

|align="center"|52.7° N

|align="center"|70.9° E

|align="center"|9 km

|-

|align="center"|N

|align="center"|52.4° N

|align="center"|69.6° E

|align="center"|9 km

|-

|align="center"|W

|align="center"|52.7° N

|align="center"|69.2° E

|align="center"|10 km

|-

|align="center"|X

|align="center"|52.9° N

|align="center"|50.1° E

|align="center"|6 km

|-

|align="center"|Y

|align="center"|55.8° N

|align="center"|58.0° E

|align="center"|8 km

|}

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File:Endymion B crater 4165 h1.jpg|Oblique view of Endymion B from Lunar Orbiter 4

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