Horizon view
Horizon from Aristarchus S
19.2908° N, 46.2825° W · cell 17QGJ
- Highest horizon point
- Aristarchus S: 14.1° above the horizontal, 0.95 km away at azimuth 47°.
- Farthest visible point
- 2.84 km away at azimuth 259°, 8.3° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 2,146 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is 6.2° above the smooth horizon at azimuth 94° but behind terrain: the skyline there rises to 11.3°. At 2026-10-22 19:43:16 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 47°.
The Sun is 6.2° above the smooth horizon at azimuth 94° but behind terrain: the skyline there rises to 11.3°. At 2026-10-22 19:43:16 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
- 47° Aristarchus S, 0.95 km away, 14.1° high, 240 m above the ground here
- 332° Aristarchus S, 0.95 km away, 12.4° high, 210 m above the ground here
- 160° Aristarchus S, 1.90 km away, 11.8° high, 399 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.