Horizon view
Horizon from Backlund N
17.9104° S, 103.0668° E · cell 36KDJ
- Highest horizon point
- Backlund N: 18.7° above the horizontal, 7.58 km away at azimuth 302°.
- Farthest visible point
- 62.5 km away at azimuth 128°, 1.8° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 272 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 22.8° high at azimuth 276°, 5.2° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 19:42:59 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.
True vertical scale (horizontal 4 px per degree). Eye 2 m above the ground.Scroll sideways to turn; the middle faces 302°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 22.8° high at azimuth 276°, 5.2° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 19:42:59 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
- 302° Backlund N, 7.58 km away, 18.7° high, 2,587 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.