Horizon view
Horizon from Fontana D
17.0045° S, 57.4921° W · cell 16KDV
- Highest horizon point
- Fontana D: 5.1° above the horizontal, 5.69 km away at azimuth 98°.
- Farthest visible point
- 21.8 km away at azimuth 13°, 2.0° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 1,031 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is below the horizon: 3.2° under it at azimuth 92°. At 2026-10-22 20:27:19 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 98°.
The Sun is below the horizon: 3.2° under it at azimuth 92°. At 2026-10-22 20:27:19 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
- 98° Fontana D, 5.69 km away, 5.1° high, 519 m above the ground here
- 329° Fontana D, 5.69 km away, 3.6° high, 369 m above the ground here
- 260° Fontana D, 4.74 km away, 3.4° high, 291 m above the ground here
- 194° Fontana D, 4.74 km away, 2.6° high, 228 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.