Horizon view
Horizon from Gassendi
17.5546° S, 39.9637° W · cell 18KFJ
- Highest horizon point
- Gassendi: 12.6° above the horizontal, 5.69 km away at azimuth 83°.
- Farthest visible point
- 59.7 km away at azimuth 264°, 1.3° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 2,341 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is 9.0° above the smooth horizon at azimuth 89° but behind terrain: the skyline there rises to 12.5°. At 2026-10-22 11:06:23 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 2x (horizontal 4 px per degree). Eye 2 m above the ground.Scroll sideways to turn; the middle faces 83°.
The Sun is 9.0° above the smooth horizon at azimuth 89° but behind terrain: the skyline there rises to 12.5°. At 2026-10-22 11:06:23 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
- 83° Gassendi, 5.69 km away, 12.6° high, 1,283 m above the ground here
- 15° Gassendi, 6.63 km away, 10.1° high, 1,192 m above the ground here
- 298° Gassendi, 10.4 km away, 3.5° high, 671 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.