Horizon view

Horizon from Apollo 17 S-IVB impact

4.1681° S, 12.3307° W · cell 21MKE

Highest horizon point
An unnamed point: 1.1° above the horizontal, 4.74 km away at azimuth 86°.
Farthest visible point
41.7 km away at azimuth 224°, -0.1° from the horizontal.
Observer
Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 1,197 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
Sun at the rendered time
The Sun is above the local horizon: 86.6° high at azimuth 15°, 86.1° above the skyline there. At 2026-09-27 05:47:35 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.
N30°60°E120°150°S210°240°W300°330°farthest visible, 41.7 km4.74 km, +102 m18.9 km, +446 mTurner L, 21.8 kmSun 86.6°, off the top
Vertical scale exaggerated 20x (horizontal 4 px per degree). Eye 2 m above the ground.Scroll sideways to turn; the middle faces 86°.

The Sun is above the local horizon: 86.6° high at azimuth 15°, 86.1° above the skyline there. At 2026-09-27 05:47:35 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

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.

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