Horizon view
Horizon from Hippocrates Q
68.4718° N, 148.6462° W · cell 4WGD
- Highest horizon point
- Hippocrates Q: 8.3° above the horizontal, 17.1 km away at azimuth 176°.
- Farthest visible point
- 35.1 km away at azimuth 200°, 4.9° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 1,208 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is below the horizon: 22.7° under it at azimuth 353°. At 2026-10-22 17:09:01 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 176°.
The Sun is below the horizon: 22.7° under it at azimuth 353°. At 2026-10-22 17:09:01 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
- 176° Hippocrates Q, 17.1 km away, 8.3° high, 2,570 m above the ground here
- 71° Hippocrates Q, 17.1 km away, 7.8° high, 2,428 m above the ground here
- 144° Hippocrates Q, 18.9 km away, 7.5° high, 2,602 m above the ground here
- 327° Hippocrates Q, 18.0 km away, 6.7° high, 2,215 m above the ground here
- 6° Hippocrates Q, 18.9 km away, 6.6° high, 2,311 m above the ground here
- 237° Hippocrates Q, 10.4 km away, 6.6° high, 1,234 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.