Babcock is a lunar impact crater that is located on the far side of the Moon.

To the south of Babcock is the crater Purkynĕ, and to the east-northeast lies Erro.

Babcock is located in a region of the Moon's surface that is occasionally brought into view during favorable librations, although it is seen from the edge and so little detail can be discerned from an observer on the Earth.

The area about Babcock has been subject to past inundations by basaltic lava flows, leaving the surface relatively flat and the remnants of ghost craters visible as curved ridges in the ground.

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