Horizon view
Horizon from Brashear
73.5362° S, 171.5742° W · cell 2CDR
- Highest horizon point
- Brashear: 6.4° above the horizontal, 30.3 km away at azimuth 226°.
- Farthest visible point
- 71.1 km away at azimuth 316°, 1.2° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 5,825 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is below the horizon: 12.5° under it at azimuth 213°. At 2026-10-22 11:54:42 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 below the horizon: 12.5° under it at azimuth 213°. At 2026-10-22 11:54:42 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° Brashear, 30.3 km away, 6.4° high, 3,681 m above the ground here
- 73° Brashear, 29.4 km away, 6.0° high, 3,346 m above the ground here
- 350° Brashear, 0.95 km away, 4.0° high, 68 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.