Horizon view
Horizon from Bjerknes
38.4952° S, 113.6885° E · cell 37HGP
- Highest horizon point
- Bjerknes: 9.7° above the horizontal, 22.7 km away at azimuth 165°.
- Farthest visible point
- 24.6 km away at azimuth 111°, 7.8° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 1,654 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 12.7° high at azimuth 279°, 3.3° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 15:17:12 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 3x (horizontal 4 px per degree). Eye 2 m above the ground.Scroll sideways to turn; the middle faces 165°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 12.7° high at azimuth 279°, 3.3° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 15:17:12 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
- 165° Bjerknes, 22.7 km away, 9.7° high, 4,060 m above the ground here
- 272° Bjerknes, 21.8 km away, 9.7° high, 3,870 m above the ground here
- 212° Bjerknes, 23.7 km away, 9.3° high, 4,060 m above the ground here
- 88° Bjerknes E, 22.7 km away, 9.1° high, 3,785 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.