Horizon view
Horizon from Buffon D
40.2316° S, 132.1841° W · cell 6GJB
- Highest horizon point
- An unnamed point: 19.7° above the horizontal, 13.3 km away at azimuth 81°.
- Farthest visible point
- 16.1 km away at azimuth 105°, 18.6° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 4,622 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is below the horizon: 47.6° under it at azimuth 167°. At 2026-10-22 15:16:46 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 81°.
The Sun is below the horizon: 47.6° under it at azimuth 167°. At 2026-10-22 15:16:46 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
- 81° Unnamed, 13.3 km away, 19.7° high, 4,804 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.