Horizon view
Horizon from Heinsius A
39.7734° S, 17.6121° W · cell 21HDB
- Highest horizon point
- Heinsius: 18.4° above the horizontal, 9.48 km away at azimuth 241°.
- Farthest visible point
- 10.4 km away at azimuth 155°, 15.6° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 5,269 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 26.5° high at azimuth 68°, 9.4° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 16:42:13 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.
True vertical scale (horizontal 4 px per degree). Eye 2 m above the ground.Scroll sideways to turn; the middle faces 241°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 26.5° high at azimuth 68°, 9.4° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 16:42:13 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
- 241° Heinsius, 9.48 km away, 18.4° high, 3,167 m above the ground here
- 179° Heinsius, 9.48 km away, 17.4° high, 3,000 m above the ground here
- 76° Heinsius, 9.48 km away, 17.3° high, 2,978 m above the ground here
- 55° Heinsius, 9.48 km away, 17.3° high, 2,971 m above the ground here
- 347° Heinsius, 9.48 km away, 14.9° high, 2,542 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.