Baade is a lunar impact crater that is located near the southwest limb of the Moon on the near side, to the southwest of the enormous Mare Orientale impact basin.

Both valleys radiate away from the impact basin to the north.

The outer wall of Baade remains sharp-edged, with little appearance of erosion due to subsequent impacts.

The crater interior is rough and irregular, with a generally bowl-shaped appearance that lacks a sharply defined floor.

There is no central peak at the midpoint of the interior, and no craterlets of note mark the surface.