Tags: Crater.
Phocylides is a lunar crater located near the southwest rim of the Moon. It overlays the south rim of the crater Nasmyth to the north. To the northwest is the unusual plateau formation of Wargentin. Eastward is the merged formation Schiller and in the southwest lies Pingré.The outer wall of Phocylides is worn and eroded especially along the western edge. The northern edge of the rim is notched and irregular with a rise of ground joining the south rim of Wargentin.