Horizon view
Horizon from Fontana A
15.7070° S, 56.1665° W · cell 16LEA
- Highest horizon point
- Fontana A: 5.3° above the horizontal, 4.74 km away at azimuth 124°.
- Farthest visible point
- 30.3 km away at azimuth 214°, 0.3° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 759 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is below the horizon: 3.5° under it at azimuth 92°. At 2026-10-22 17:28:39 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 124°.
The Sun is below the horizon: 3.5° under it at azimuth 92°. At 2026-10-22 17:28:39 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
- 124° Fontana A, 4.74 km away, 5.3° high, 453 m above the ground here
- 267° Fontana, 5.69 km away, 3.1° high, 322 m above the ground here
- 187° Fontana, 12.3 km away, 1.8° high, 423 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.