It lies to the west of the crater Aitken, and is attached to the western rim of Vertregt.

[3] It is thought that this is caused by the cooling of molten material, or possibly tectonic movement.

The crater was named in 1974 by the IAU[4] after astronomer Fritz Zwicky (1898–1974), a professor at Caltech, Pasadena, and pioneer in the study of supernovae and of galaxy clusters.

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

Zwicky N crater had the proposed name of Ibn Hayyan,[1][2] but this was not approved by the IAU.