Horizon view
Horizon from Aristarchus U
19.7293° N, 48.6408° W · cell 17QEJ
- Highest horizon point
- Aristarchus U: 8.9° above the horizontal, 0.95 km away at azimuth 39°.
- Farthest visible point
- 2.84 km away at azimuth 215°, 5.2° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 1,928 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is 4.0° above the smooth horizon at azimuth 93° but behind terrain: the skyline there rises to 6.6°. At 2026-10-22 19:43:04 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 39°.
The Sun is 4.0° above the smooth horizon at azimuth 93° but behind terrain: the skyline there rises to 6.6°. At 2026-10-22 19:43:04 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
- 39° Aristarchus U, 0.95 km away, 8.9° high, 151 m above the ground here
- 170° Aristarchus U, 1.90 km away, 6.6° high, 222 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.