is a
Lunar Crater that lies along the west edge of
Mare Fecunditatis , in the eastern part of the visible
Moon . To the southeast is the
Goclenius Crater , and to the southeast are
Magelhaens and
Colombo craters.
The rim of Gutenberg is worn and eroded, most notably in the east where it is broken by overlapping crater 'Gutenberg E'. This crater in turn has gaps in its southeast and southwest rims, forming a passage to the
Lunar Mare to the east. There are also clefts and valleys in the southern rim where it joins 'Gutenberg C'. Craterlet 'Gutenberg A' is intruding into the southwest rim.
The floor of Gutenberg and 'Gutenberg E' have been flooded in the past by
Lava , forming a relatively flat plain across the bottom. This surface is broken across the northeast by a pair of clefts that form a part of the Rimae Goclenius. These extend northwest from the Goclenius crater region. The central rise of Gutenberg crater is a semi-circular range of hills that are the most prominent in the south, and the concave part lies open to the east. The floor is otherwise not marred by any significant craterlets.
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 Gutenberg crater.
