Horizon view
Horizon from Finsch
23.5828° N, 21.2693° E · cell 26QBP
- Highest horizon point
- Finsch: 1.5° above the horizontal, 1.90 km away at azimuth 337°.
- Farthest visible point
- 3.79 km away at azimuth 156°, 0.7° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 2,685 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 60.0° high at azimuth 144°, 59.3° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 16:15:29 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 20x (horizontal 4 px per degree). Eye 2 m above the ground.Scroll sideways to turn; the middle faces 337°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 60.0° high at azimuth 144°, 59.3° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 16:15:29 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
- 337° Finsch, 1.90 km away, 1.5° high, 52 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.