Tags: Crater.
Lyapunov is a lunar crater named for Aleksandr Lyapunov that is located along the east-northeastern limb of the Moon and is viewed from the side by observers on Earth. The eastern rim of this crater just falls into the section of the Moon called the far side and visibility of this formation is affected by libration.This crater is attached to the south-southeastern rim of the larger walled plain Rayleigh.