Horizon view
Horizon from Babcock H
3.1092° N, 96.5080° E · cell 35NFJ
- Highest horizon point
- Babcock H: 4.5° above the horizontal, 29.4 km away at azimuth 312°.
- Farthest visible point
- 73.0 km away at azimuth 103°, 1.3° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 2,034 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 33.6° high at azimuth 266°, 30.0° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 12:43:11 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 312°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 33.6° high at azimuth 266°, 30.0° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 12:43:11 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
- 312° Babcock H, 29.4 km away, 4.5° high, 2,567 m above the ground here
- 220° Babcock H, 0.95 km away, 3.0° high, 52 m above the ground here
- 84° Babcock H, 31.3 km away, 2.4° high, 1,564 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.