Horizon view
Horizon from Apollo 17
20.1911° N, 30.7723° E · cell 27QDQ
- Highest horizon point
- North Massif: 13.7° above the horizontal, 6.16 km away at azimuth 0°.
- Farthest visible point
- 75.6 km away at azimuth 123°, 0.2° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 2,625 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 43.6° high at azimuth 248°, 33.3° above the skyline there. At 2026-09-27 05:46:35 UTC, when this page was served.
- Resolution
- Terrain resolution: about 474 m at this point and about 1.9 km at the farthest samples; nearby foreground relief is smoothed at the coarser tiers, 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 0°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 43.6° high at azimuth 248°, 33.3° above the skyline there. At 2026-09-27 05:46:35 UTC.
Terrain resolution: about 474 m at this point and about 1.9 km at the farthest samples; nearby foreground relief is smoothed at the coarser tiers, and the model does not include boulders or other surface hazards. How the horizon is computed
Peaks on the skyline
- 0° North Massif, 6.16 km away, 13.7° high, 1,518 m above the ground here
- 232° South Massif, 11.4 km away, 11.5° high, 2,354 m above the ground here
- 144° Mons Vitruvius, 22.0 km away, 5.5° high, 2,246 m above the ground here
- 278° Unnamed, 26.3 km away, 4.5° high, 2,246 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.