Horizon view
Horizon from Gruithuisen R
37.1505° N, 45.3255° W · cell 17SHL
- Highest horizon point
- Gruithuisen R: 8.6° above the horizontal, 2.84 km away at azimuth 58°.
- Farthest visible point
- 3.79 km away at azimuth 0°, 7.1° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 2,331 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is 3.2° above the smooth horizon at azimuth 94° but behind terrain: the skyline there rises to 7.0°. At 2026-10-22 13:49:20 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 3x (horizontal 4 px per degree). Eye 2 m above the ground.Scroll sideways to turn; the middle faces 58°.
The Sun is 3.2° above the smooth horizon at azimuth 94° but behind terrain: the skyline there rises to 7.0°. At 2026-10-22 13:49:20 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
- 58° Gruithuisen R, 2.84 km away, 8.6° high, 431 m above the ground here
- 115° Gruithuisen R, 2.84 km away, 7.4° high, 374 m above the ground here
- 246° Gruithuisen R, 3.79 km away, 6.3° high, 422 m above the ground here
- 163° Gruithuisen R, 3.79 km away, 5.1° high, 342 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.