Horizon view
Horizon from Buch C
37.4720° S, 17.2492° E · cell 25HGQ
- Highest horizon point
- Buch: 4.9° above the horizontal, 17.1 km away at azimuth 178°.
- Farthest visible point
- 41.7 km away at azimuth 130°, 1.6° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 121 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 49.0° high at azimuth 33°, 46.1° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 16:15:02 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 178°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 49.0° high at azimuth 33°, 46.1° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 16:15:02 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
- 178° Buch, 17.1 km away, 4.9° high, 1,550 m above the ground here
- 296° Buch C, 13.3 km away, 3.5° high, 862 m above the ground here
- 36° Buch C, 14.2 km away, 3.1° high, 842 m above the ground here
- 85° Unnamed, 37.0 km away, 1.1° high, 1,092 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.