Gutenberg est un cratère de 74 Km et profond de 2280 m, situé le long du bord occidental de la mer de la fécondité (Mare Fecunditatis). Au sud-est on trouve le cratère Goclenius (54x72 Km) dont part un faisceau de rainures vers le nord ouest appelé Rimae Goclenius longues de 240 Km et qui traverse en partie Gutemberg. La muraille de Gutenberg est impacté et érodée, avec notamment à l'est le cratère Gutenberg E (28 Km) et au sud Gutenberg C (45 Km). Le fond de Gutenberg et Gutenberg E ont été inondés par la lave avec leurs  planchers qui communique sur la mer environnante. L'élévation centrale du cratère de Gutenberg est une formation semi-circulaire de collines qui sont plus élevées dans le sud. Au Nord-ouest de Gutemberg un autre faisceau de rainures irradie vers le Nord-ouest pour formé Rimae Gutemberg longues de 330 km.

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Gutenberg 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.