Horizon view
Horizon from Balboa A
17.4170° N, 82.0201° W · cell 13QCB
- Highest horizon point
- Balboa A: 11.9° above the horizontal, 2.84 km away at azimuth 219°.
- Farthest visible point
- 26.5 km away at azimuth 279°, 6.1° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 3,131 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is below the horizon: 30.7° under it at azimuth 81°. At 2026-10-22 13:31:03 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 2x (horizontal 4 px per degree). Eye 2 m above the ground.Scroll sideways to turn; the middle faces 219°.
The Sun is below the horizon: 30.7° under it at azimuth 81°. At 2026-10-22 13:31:03 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
- 219° Balboa A, 2.84 km away, 11.9° high, 603 m above the ground here
- 331° Balboa A, 25.6 km away, 8.9° high, 4,212 m above the ground here
- 10° Balboa A, 22.7 km away, 8.4° high, 3,517 m above the ground here
- 150° Balboa A, 24.6 km away, 7.5° high, 3,442 m above the ground here
- 110° Balboa A, 22.7 km away, 7.0° high, 2,960 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.