Horizon view
Horizon from Colombo K
15.8276° S, 46.4378° E · cell 29LDF
- Highest horizon point
- Colombo: 13.8° above the horizontal, 1.90 km away at azimuth 172°.
- Farthest visible point
- 64.4 km away at azimuth 327°, 1.0° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 2,094 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 74.1° high at azimuth 335°, 73.4° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 13:30:54 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 2x (horizontal 4 px per degree). Eye 2 m above the ground.Scroll sideways to turn; the middle faces 172°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 74.1° high at azimuth 335°, 73.4° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 13:30:54 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
- 172° Colombo, 1.90 km away, 13.8° high, 467 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.