Horizon view
Horizon from Buch D
39.6795° S, 16.4769° E · cell 25HFM
- Highest horizon point
- Buch D: 10.2° above the horizontal, 2.84 km away at azimuth 259°.
- Farthest visible point
- 3.79 km away at azimuth 38°, 8.9° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 234 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 46.2° high at azimuth 35°, 37.4° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 13:38:56 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 259°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 46.2° high at azimuth 35°, 37.4° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 13:38:56 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
- 259° Buch D, 2.84 km away, 10.2° high, 514 m above the ground here
- 46° Buch D, 3.79 km away, 9.7° high, 651 m above the ground here
- 107° Buch D, 2.84 km away, 9.6° high, 483 m above the ground here
- 164° Buch D, 2.84 km away, 9.1° high, 460 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.