Horizon view
Horizon from Buch
38.8990° S, 17.6786° E · cell 25HGN
- Highest horizon point
- Buch: 4.2° above the horizontal, 24.6 km away at azimuth 341°.
- Farthest visible point
- 31.3 km away at azimuth 261°, 2.0° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 548 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 46.8° high at azimuth 35°, 44.0° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 11:05:13 UTC, when this page was served.
- Resolution
- Terrain resolution: about 1.9 km, the global LOLA terrain tier of 16 pixels per degree; relief smaller than that, near or far, is smoothed, and the model does not include boulders or other surface hazards.
Vertical scale exaggerated 5x (horizontal 4 px per degree). Eye 2 m above the ground.Scroll sideways to turn; the middle faces 341°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 46.8° high at azimuth 35°, 44.0° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 11:05:13 UTC.
Terrain resolution: about 1.9 km, the global LOLA terrain tier of 16 pixels per degree; relief smaller than that, near or far, is smoothed, and the model does not include boulders or other surface hazards. How the horizon is computed
Peaks on the skyline
- 341° Buch, 24.6 km away, 4.2° high, 1,982 m above the ground here
- 56° Buch, 26.5 km away, 4.1° high, 2,114 m above the ground here
- 191° Buch, 25.6 km away, 2.3° high, 1,217 m above the ground here
- 214° Buch, 27.5 km away, 2.2° high, 1,283 m above the ground here
- 169° Buch, 25.6 km away, 2.1° high, 1,140 m above the ground here
A ray every 0.5 degrees out to 200 km across the NASA LRO LOLA terrain, the curvature of the Moon included; each peak is named only when an IAU feature's mapped footprint lies over the point that forms it. Smooth terrain between samples, no boulders.