Horizon view
Horizon from Beaumont
18.0807° S, 28.8229° E · cell 27KBJ
- Highest horizon point
- Beaumont: 6.6° above the horizontal, 26.5 km away at azimuth 226°.
- Farthest visible point
- 33.2 km away at azimuth 47°, 0.7° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 2,423 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 69.4° high at azimuth 37°, 68.2° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 11:05:43 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 226°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 69.4° high at azimuth 37°, 68.2° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 11:05:43 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
- 226° Beaumont, 26.5 km away, 6.6° high, 3,258 m above the ground here
- 341° Beaumont, 25.6 km away, 1.9° high, 1,045 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.