Horizon view
Horizon from Aston
32.7658° N, 87.6848° W · cell 12SFK
- Highest horizon point
- Aston: 6.2° above the horizontal, 22.7 km away at azimuth 291°.
- Farthest visible point
- 24.6 km away at azimuth 322°, 4.9° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 1,459 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is below the horizon: 29.9° under it at azimuth 70°. At 2026-10-22 17:57:22 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 5x (horizontal 4 px per degree). Eye 2 m above the ground.Scroll sideways to turn; the middle faces 291°.
The Sun is below the horizon: 29.9° under it at azimuth 70°. At 2026-10-22 17:57:22 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
- 291° Aston, 22.7 km away, 6.2° high, 2,613 m above the ground here
- 263° Aston, 21.8 km away, 5.7° high, 2,298 m above the ground here
- 178° Aston, 22.7 km away, 5.5° high, 2,331 m above the ground here
- 61° Aston, 20.9 km away, 3.6° high, 1,457 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.