Horizon view
Horizon from Al-Khwarizmi
7.0219° N, 107.0062° E · cell 36NJU
- Highest horizon point
- Al-Khwarizmi: 14.1° above the horizontal, 2.84 km away at azimuth 288°.
- Farthest visible point
- 54.0 km away at azimuth 58°, 3.9° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 3,539 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 23.6° high at azimuth 265°, 11.0° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 11:06:35 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 2x (horizontal 4 px per degree). Eye 2 m above the ground.Scroll sideways to turn; the middle faces 288°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 23.6° high at azimuth 265°, 11.0° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 11:06:35 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
- 288° Al-Khwarizmi, 2.84 km away, 14.1° high, 718 m above the ground here
- 97° Al-Khwarizmi G, 27.5 km away, 5.5° high, 2,888 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.