Horizon view
Horizon from Buch A
41.0607° S, 17.5803° E · cell 25GGL
- Highest horizon point
- Buch A: 7.1° above the horizontal, 9.48 km away at azimuth 205°.
- Farthest visible point
- 19.9 km away at azimuth 262°, 5.1° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 883 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 46.1° high at azimuth 31°, 42.0° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 16:15:29 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 3x (horizontal 4 px per degree). Eye 2 m above the ground.Scroll sideways to turn; the middle faces 205°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 46.1° high at azimuth 31°, 42.0° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 16:15:29 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
- 205° Buch A, 9.48 km away, 7.1° high, 1,208 m above the ground here
- 71° Buch A, 8.53 km away, 6.9° high, 1,052 m above the ground here
- 343° Buch A, 8.53 km away, 6.4° high, 985 m above the ground here
- 299° Buch A, 9.48 km away, 5.8° high, 992 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.