Dale is a small lunar impact crater located in the far eastern part of the Moon's near side, to the south of the Mare Smythii.

It lies to the southeast of the larger crater Kastner and northeast of Ansgarius.

The crater is located in a part of the lunar surface that is subject to libration, which can hide it from view for periods of time.

A smaller crater lies across the south-southwestern rim, creating a break into the interior.

The crater was named by the IAU in 1976 after British physiologist and Nobel laureate Sir Henry Hallett Dale.