Horizon view
Horizon from Abbot
5.5562° N, 54.7431° E · cell 30NDS
- Highest horizon point
- Abbot: 20.0° above the horizontal, 4.74 km away at azimuth 2°.
- Farthest visible point
- 4.74 km away at azimuth 0°, 19.9° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 2,752 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 72.7° high at azimuth 247°, 56.6° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 15:17:11 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.
True vertical scale (horizontal 4 px per degree). Eye 2 m above the ground.Scroll sideways to turn; the middle faces 2°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 72.7° high at azimuth 247°, 56.6° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 15:17:11 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
- 2° Abbot, 4.74 km away, 20.0° high, 1,728 m above the ground here
- 84° Abbot, 4.74 km away, 18.1° high, 1,555 m above the ground here
- 197° Abbot, 4.74 km away, 16.9° high, 1,443 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.