Horizon view
Horizon from Birmingham G
64.5828° N, 10.2331° W · cell 22WDU
- Highest horizon point
- Birmingham: 16.4° above the horizontal, 1.90 km away at azimuth 245°.
- Farthest visible point
- 2.84 km away at azimuth 5°, 9.8° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 2,504 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 14.8° high at azimuth 128°, 2.7° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 13:45:02 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 245°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 14.8° high at azimuth 128°, 2.7° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 13:45:02 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
- 245° Birmingham, 1.90 km away, 16.4° high, 559 m above the ground here
- 107° Birmingham, 1.90 km away, 12.7° high, 429 m above the ground here
- 40° Birmingham, 2.84 km away, 12.1° high, 613 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.