thumb|right|240px|Oblique view of Hess (left of center) and [[Boyle (crater)|Boyle (right of center), facing west. Lunar Orbiter 5 image.]]
thumb|right|240px|Another Lunar Orbiter 5 view of Hess, facing west.
Hess is a degraded lunar impact crater that lies in the southern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon. On the lunar geologic timescale, Hess dates from the Pre-Nectarian period.
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