Horizon view
Horizon from Abul Wáfa
0.9626° N, 116.6306° E · cell 38NAG
- Highest horizon point
- Abul Wáfa: 9.3° above the horizontal, 26.5 km away at azimuth 254°.
- Farthest visible point
- 29.4 km away at azimuth 90°, 6.0° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 1,317 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 14.4° high at azimuth 268°, 5.5° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 11:06:07 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 254°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 14.4° high at azimuth 268°, 5.5° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 11:06:07 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
- 254° Abul Wáfa, 26.5 km away, 9.3° high, 4,563 m above the ground here
- 187° Abul Wáfa, 24.6 km away, 8.2° high, 3,731 m above the ground here
- 6° Abul Wáfa, 26.5 km away, 7.7° high, 3,781 m above the ground here
- 118° Abul Wáfa, 28.4 km away, 7.3° high, 3,892 m above the ground here
- 61° Abul Wáfa, 27.5 km away, 6.8° high, 3,481 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.