Horizon view
Horizon from Descartes A
12.0821° S, 15.1935° E · cell 25LEF
- Highest horizon point
- Descartes A: 22.5° above the horizontal, 6.63 km away at azimuth 205°.
- Farthest visible point
- 7.58 km away at azimuth 22°, 13.2° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 889 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 66.3° high at azimuth 65°, 53.5° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 20:03:49 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 205°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 66.3° high at azimuth 65°, 53.5° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 20:03:49 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
- 205° Descartes A, 6.63 km away, 22.5° high, 2,768 m above the ground here
- 295° Descartes, 6.63 km away, 19.3° high, 2,334 m above the ground here
- 69° Descartes, 7.58 km away, 13.0° high, 1,773 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.