Stiborius is a lunar impact crater that lies to the south-southwest of the crater Piccolomini, in the southeastern quadrant of the Moon's near side. To the south-southwest of Stiborius is the smaller Wöhler. Stiborius is 44 kilometers in diameter and 3.7 kilometers deep.

The rim of this crater is well-defined with little appearance of erosion. It is roughly circular in form, but has a prominent outward bulge to the northeast where the side has slumped into the interior. There is a terrace-like shelf along the southeastern and northern inner walls. The interior floor is somewhat irregular, and there is a low central peak at the midpoint that is connected to the northeastern wall by a low ridge. It is from the Upper Imbrian period, 3.8 to 3.2 billion years ago.

It is named after Andreas Stöberl, a 15th-century philosopher, theologian, and astronomer.

Satellite craters

thumb|right|Stiborius crater and its satellite craters taken from Earth in 2012 at the University of Hertfordshire's [[Bayfordbury Observatory with the telescopes Meade LX200 14" and Lumenera Skynyx 2-1]]

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

{| class="wikitable"

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

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

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

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

|-

|align="center"|A

|align="center"|36.9° S

|align="center"|35.5° E

|align="center"|32 km

|-

|align="center"|B

|align="center"|37.3° S

|align="center"|33.5° E

|align="center"|9 km

|-

|align="center"|C

|align="center"|33.9° S

|align="center"|33.3° E

|align="center"|22 km

|-

|align="center"|D

|align="center"|33.4° S

|align="center"|35.7° E

|align="center"|18 km

|-

|align="center"|E

|align="center"|34.8° S

|align="center"|34.1° E

|align="center"|15 km

|-

|align="center"|F

|align="center"|35.7° S

|align="center"|32.4° E

|align="center"|8 km

|-

|align="center"|G

|align="center"|37.3° S

|align="center"|35.7° E

|align="center"|10 km

|-

|align="center"|J

|align="center"|36.1° S

|align="center"|35.6° E

|align="center"|10 km

|-

|align="center"|K

|align="center"|35.5° S

|align="center"|34.6° E

|align="center"|16 km

|-

|align="center"|L

|align="center"|35.0° S

|align="center"|33.5° E

|align="center"|10 km

|-

|align="center"|M

|align="center"|35.5° S

|align="center"|32.8° E

|align="center"|7 km

|-

|align="center"|N

|align="center"|36.3° S

|align="center"|32.9° E

|align="center"|9 km

|-

|align="center"|P

|align="center"|33.2° S

|align="center"|34.0° E

|align="center"|6 km

|}

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