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Davy is a small lunar crater that is located on the eastern edge of the Mare Nubium. It is overlaying the lava-flooded remains of the satellite crater 'Davy Y' to the east, a formation which contains a crater chain designated Catena Davy. This linear string of tiny craters runs from the mid-point of 'Davy Y' toward Ptolemaeus walled-basin in the north-northeast. To the southeast of Davy is the prominent Alphonsus crater.

The outer rim of Davy is low, and the interior has been partly inundated by lava flows in the past. The perimeter is somewhat polygonal in shape, especially in the western half, and the southeast rim has been overlain by the 'Davy A' crater. The later is bowl-shaped with a notch in the northern rim. The interior of Davy lacks a central peak, although the rim of 'Davy Y' forms a low ridge leading from the northern outer rim.

Satellite craters

By convention these features are identified on Lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater mid-point that is closest to Davy crater.