Rutherford is a small lunar impact crater that lies on the Moon's far side.

It was named after New Zealand-British physicist and Nobel laureate Ernest Rutherford.

To the east of Rutherford is the equally diminutive crater Glauber, and to the west-northwest lies Hoffmeister.

This crater has a roughly pear-shaped outline, with an elongated section at the north-northwestern end.

The rim edge is well-defined and the inner walls are simple slopes that run down to the small interior floor.