Tags: Crater.
Maclear is a lava-flooded crater on the northwest part of the Mare Tranquillitatis a lunar mare in the eastern half of the Moon. The crater is located to the southeast of the slightly larger Ross. To the southwest of Maclear is Sosigenes while farther to the south-southeast is Arago.With most of its interior submerged in deposits of basaltic lava all that remains of this crater is a narrow rim projecting above the surrounding mare.