Horizon view
Horizon from Kies
26.3072° S, 22.6253° W · cell 20JGP
- Highest horizon point
- Kies: 1.3° above the horizontal, 22.7 km away at azimuth 219°.
- Farthest visible point
- 26.5 km away at azimuth 191°, 0.8° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 2,307 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 28.6° high at azimuth 76°, 28.6° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 21:21:39 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 20x (horizontal 4 px per degree). Eye 2 m above the ground.Scroll sideways to turn; the middle faces 219°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 28.6° high at azimuth 76°, 28.6° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 21:21:39 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
- 219° Kies, 22.7 km away, 1.3° high, 666 m above the ground here
- 89° Kies, 22.7 km away, 0.4° high, 304 m above the ground here
- 267° Kies, 22.7 km away, 0.3° high, 250 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.