Horizon view
Horizon from Boussingault
70.2063° S, 53.7342° E · cell 30DEE
- Highest horizon point
- Boussingault K: 7.5° above the horizontal, 45.5 km away at azimuth 325°.
- Farthest visible point
- 70.1 km away at azimuth 135°, 4.6° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 4,338 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 20.6° high at azimuth 346°, 14.6° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 11:06:01 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 325°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 20.6° high at azimuth 346°, 14.6° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 11:06:01 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
- 325° Boussingault K, 45.5 km away, 7.5° high, 6,573 m above the ground here
- 275° Unnamed, 59.7 km away, 7.3° high, 8,667 m above the ground here
- 221° Boussingault, 28.4 km away, 6.8° high, 3,606 m above the ground here
- 17° Unnamed, 47.4 km away, 6.7° high, 6,191 m above the ground here
- 183° Boussingault, 31.3 km away, 6.4° high, 3,812 m above the ground here
- 72° Unnamed, 53.1 km away, 5.2° high, 5,664 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.