Elbow (lunar crater)

Astronauts David Scott and James Irwin visited the east rim of it in 1971, on the Apollo 15 mission, during EVA 1.

Geology Station 2 was to the southwest of the crater, up the slope of Mons Hadley Delta.

Elbow is approximately 0.5 km north of the foot of the Hadley Delta slope.

The surface material is composed of fine-grained soil with sparse to common pebble-size and larger fragments.

[1] The following samples were collected from Elbow Crater (Station 1), as listed in Table 5-II of the Apollo 15 Preliminary Science Report.

Planimetric map of Station 1 from the Apollo 15 Preliminary Science Report . X indicates sample locations, 5-digit numbers are LRL sample numbers, rectangle is lunar rover (dot indicates TV camera), black spots are large rocks, dashed lines are crater rims or other topographic features, and triangles are panorama stations.
Panorama showing most of Elbow crater, taken at station 1. Hadley Rille is behind Elbow, and Bennett Hill is on the central horizon. Facing west at center.