Richardson is a large lunar impact crater located on the Moon's far side, just behind the eastern limb.

It lies to the south of the huge walled plain Harkhebi, and to the east-southeast of the crater Vestine.

The northeastern rim of Maxwell reaches the approximate midpoint of Richardson, and together with the outer rampart covers nearly half the interior floor.

The rim and interior floor is covered by a number of wispy deposits from the Giordano Bruno impact, located just to the north-northeast.

[2] By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Richardson.