Horizon view
Horizon from Balandin
18.9419° S, 152.5836° E · cell 42KFH
- Highest horizon point
- An unnamed point: 8.1° above the horizontal, 29.4 km away at azimuth 60°.
- Farthest visible point
- 30.3 km away at azimuth 57°, 7.9° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 268 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is below the horizon: 22.0° under it at azimuth 260°. At 2026-10-22 15:38:41 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 60°.
The Sun is below the horizon: 22.0° under it at azimuth 260°. At 2026-10-22 15:38:41 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
- 60° Unnamed, 29.4 km away, 8.1° high, 4,417 m above the ground here
- 216° Balandin, 5.69 km away, 7.6° high, 768 m above the ground here
- 143° Balandin, 5.69 km away, 7.1° high, 723 m above the ground here
- 293° Balandin, 7.58 km away, 6.4° high, 869 m above the ground here
- 22° Balandin, 5.69 km away, 6.1° high, 623 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.