Horizon view
Horizon from Bessarion A
17.0741° N, 39.8298° W · cell 18QFL
- Highest horizon point
- Bessarion A: 18.3° above the horizontal, 5.69 km away at azimuth 40°.
- Farthest visible point
- 6.63 km away at azimuth 178°, 15.2° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 3,036 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is 12.9° above the smooth horizon at azimuth 95° but behind terrain: the skyline there rises to 16.2°. At 2026-10-22 20:30:46 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 40°.
The Sun is 12.9° above the smooth horizon at azimuth 95° but behind terrain: the skyline there rises to 16.2°. At 2026-10-22 20:30:46 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
- 40° Bessarion A, 5.69 km away, 18.3° high, 1,894 m above the ground here
- 63° Bessarion A, 5.69 km away, 18.0° high, 1,859 m above the ground here
- 265° Bessarion A, 5.69 km away, 17.0° high, 1,745 m above the ground here
- 118° Bessarion A, 5.69 km away, 16.7° high, 1,717 m above the ground here
- 154° Bessarion A, 5.69 km away, 16.6° high, 1,706 m above the ground here
- 207° Bessarion A, 5.69 km away, 16.4° high, 1,688 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.