Horizon view
Horizon from Fontana
16.0394° S, 56.7905° W · cell 16KEA
- Highest horizon point
- Fontana: 6.4° above the horizontal, 14.2 km away at azimuth 304°.
- Farthest visible point
- 23.7 km away at azimuth 71°, 2.0° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 1,316 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is below the horizon: 3.6° under it at azimuth 92°. At 2026-10-22 18:24:16 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 304°.
The Sun is below the horizon: 3.6° under it at azimuth 92°. At 2026-10-22 18:24:16 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
- 304° Fontana, 14.2 km away, 6.4° high, 1,659 m above the ground here
- 150° Fontana, 15.2 km away, 4.4° high, 1,229 m above the ground here
- 50° Fontana, 15.2 km away, 3.1° high, 887 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.