Horizon view
Horizon from Kao
6.7122° S, 87.8103° E · cell 34MEM
- Highest horizon point
- An unnamed point: 3.0° above the horizontal, 55.0 km away at azimuth 166°.
- Farthest visible point
- 122 km away at azimuth 125°, 1.1° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 3,727 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 39.4° high at azimuth 274°, 39.3° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 18:23:59 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 10x (horizontal 4 px per degree). Eye 2 m above the ground.Scroll sideways to turn; the middle faces 166°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 39.4° high at azimuth 274°, 39.3° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 18:23:59 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
- 166° Unnamed, 55.0 km away, 3.0° high, 3,772 m above the ground here
- 188° Houtermans, 59.7 km away, 2.9° high, 4,087 m above the ground here
- 109° Kao, 18.9 km away, 1.2° high, 512 m above the ground here
- 257° Kao, 18.0 km away, 1.0° high, 402 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.