Horizon view
Horizon from Hinshelwood
89.4092° N, 51.8884° W · cell YZM
- Highest horizon point
- Hinshelwood: 13.7° above the horizontal, 6.80 km away at azimuth 354°.
- Farthest visible point
- 8.00 km away at azimuth 137°, 8.7° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 1,435 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is below the horizon: 1.4° under it at azimuth 88°. At 2026-10-22 13:49:20 UTC, when this page was served.
- Resolution
- Terrain resolution: about 160 m at this point and about 400 m at the farthest samples; nearby foreground relief is smoothed at the coarser tiers, 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 354°.
The Sun is below the horizon: 1.4° under it at azimuth 88°. At 2026-10-22 13:49:20 UTC.
Terrain resolution: about 160 m at this point and about 400 m at the farthest samples; nearby foreground relief is smoothed at the coarser tiers, and the model does not include boulders or other surface hazards. How the horizon is computed
Peaks on the skyline
- 354° Hinshelwood, 6.80 km away, 13.7° high, 1,667 m above the ground here
- 238° Hinshelwood, 6.56 km away, 7.9° high, 926 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.