Lichtenberg is an isolated lunar impact crater located in the western part of the Oceanus Procellarum.

[3] Lunar scientist Paul Spudis advocates an unmanned sample-return mission to the young mare to obtain an absolute radiometric date that would constrain the time period of the formation of the maria on the moon.

Both the rim and the interior floor exhibit a relatively high albedo, which is usually an indication of a younger crater that has not been darkened by space weathering.

Lichtenberg overlies a larger, ring-shaped ghost crater to the northwest, which has a low central rise.

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