Horizon view
Horizon from Byrd D
85.5220° N, 33.4132° E · cell ZCH
- Highest horizon point
- Byrd D: 12.7° above the horizontal, 10.1 km away at azimuth 1°.
- Farthest visible point
- 56.7 km away at azimuth 216°, 1.5° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 1,091 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is 3.1° above the smooth horizon at azimuth 176° but behind terrain: the skyline there rises to 4.2°. At 2026-10-22 17:58:00 UTC, when this page was served.
- Resolution
- Terrain resolution: about 160 m at this point and about 1.9 km at the farthest samples; nearby foreground relief is smoothed at the coarser tiers, and the model does not include boulders or other surface hazards.
Vertical scale exaggerated 2x (horizontal 4 px per degree). Eye 2 m above the ground.Scroll sideways to turn; the middle faces 1°.
The Sun is 3.1° above the smooth horizon at azimuth 176° but behind terrain: the skyline there rises to 4.2°. At 2026-10-22 17:58:00 UTC.
Terrain resolution: about 160 m at this point and about 1.9 km at the farthest samples; nearby foreground relief is smoothed at the coarser tiers, and the model does not include boulders or other surface hazards. How the horizon is computed
Peaks on the skyline
- 1° Byrd D, 10.1 km away, 12.7° high, 2,302 m above the ground here
- 55° Byrd D, 8.80 km away, 12.0° high, 1,897 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.