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Lunar pyroclastic deposits are considered to be the results of ancient explosive volcanic eruptions and may provide some insight about the Moon’s early phases of volcanism. Improving our knowledge about their composition and surface state could lead to a better understanding of the Moon’s interior as well as the still poorly known lunar volcanic history. Earlier works on the small dark deposit located at Herschel crater (61.4°N, 36.9°W), focused on a mapping based on its spectral characteristics. We implement here a photometric approach aimed at determining the surface physical properties of this geological unit, to ascertain their consistency with an explosive volcanic origin.