Horizon view
Horizon from Burckhardt
31.1072° N, 56.3876° E · cell 30RFH
- Highest horizon point
- Burckhardt: 8.4° above the horizontal, 26.5 km away at azimuth 278°.
- Farthest visible point
- 29.4 km away at azimuth 113°, 4.9° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 2,203 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 54.4° high at azimuth 207°, 49.3° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 11:05:34 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 278°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 54.4° high at azimuth 207°, 49.3° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 11:05:34 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
- 278° Burckhardt, 26.5 km away, 8.4° high, 4,114 m above the ground here
- 189° Burckhardt, 27.5 km away, 7.8° high, 4,010 m above the ground here
- 341° Burckhardt, 27.5 km away, 6.3° high, 3,275 m above the ground here
- 119° Burckhardt F, 28.4 km away, 5.5° high, 2,991 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.