Horizon view
Horizon from Dufay
5.5666° N, 169.5397° E · cell 44NGM
- Highest horizon point
- Dufay: 10.1° above the horizontal, 18.0 km away at azimuth 279°.
- Farthest visible point
- 20.9 km away at azimuth 234°, 7.9° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 281 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is below the horizon: 42.3° under it at azimuth 273°. At 2026-10-22 18:42:25 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 3x (horizontal 4 px per degree). Eye 2 m above the ground.Scroll sideways to turn; the middle faces 279°.
The Sun is below the horizon: 42.3° under it at azimuth 273°. At 2026-10-22 18:42:25 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
- 279° Dufay, 18.0 km away, 10.1° high, 3,308 m above the ground here
- 102° Dufay, 17.1 km away, 8.7° high, 2,684 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.