Raman is a small lunar crater that lies on the western edge of a plateau feature in the expansive lunar mare named Oceanus Procellarum. It shares this plateau with the lava-flooded Herodotus and the Aristarchus craters to the southeast. To the northeast of Raman is the small peak named Mons Herodotus, named after the crater.

One of the lesser-known Ayanamsas used to convert the tropical positions to the sidereal in Indian Astrology. It has a current arc of 21° 00' 52".