Horizon view
Horizon from Balboa C
19.5872° N, 79.1685° W · cell 13QFD
- Highest horizon point
- Balboa C: 2.0° above the horizontal, 13.3 km away at azimuth 76°.
- Farthest visible point
- 52.1 km away at azimuth 341°, 0.3° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 1,531 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is below the horizon: 27.7° under it at azimuth 81°. At 2026-10-22 13:31:00 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 10x (horizontal 4 px per degree). Eye 2 m above the ground.Scroll sideways to turn; the middle faces 76°.
The Sun is below the horizon: 27.7° under it at azimuth 81°. At 2026-10-22 13:31:00 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
- 76° Balboa C, 13.3 km away, 2.0° high, 511 m above the ground here
- 12° Unnamed, 27.5 km away, 1.6° high, 976 m above the ground here
- 146° Balboa C, 13.3 km away, 1.4° high, 371 m above the ground here
- 239° Balboa C, 14.2 km away, 1.1° high, 322 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.