Horizon view
Horizon from Colombo
15.2550° S, 46.0218° E · cell 29LCG
- Highest horizon point
- Colombo: 6.1° above the horizontal, 0.95 km away at azimuth 163°.
- Farthest visible point
- 48.3 km away at azimuth 98°, 3.5° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 2,278 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 75.3° high at azimuth 340°, 73.1° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 11:05:25 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 163°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 75.3° high at azimuth 340°, 73.1° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 11:05:25 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
- 163° Colombo, 0.95 km away, 6.1° high, 104 m above the ground here
- 27° Colombo, 4.74 km away, 4.2° high, 353 m above the ground here
- 244° Unnamed, 40.8 km away, 3.3° high, 2,805 m above the ground here
- 289° Colombo A, 38.9 km away, 3.2° high, 2,591 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.