Horizon view
Horizon from Kies B
28.7748° S, 21.9278° W · cell 20JHL
- Highest horizon point
- Kies B: 21.2° above the horizontal, 2.84 km away at azimuth 290°.
- Farthest visible point
- 4.74 km away at azimuth 146°, 18.4° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 2,883 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 74°, 9.1° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 21:21:45 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 290°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 28.6° high at azimuth 74°, 9.1° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 21:21:45 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
- 290° Kies B, 2.84 km away, 21.2° high, 1,106 m above the ground here
- 19° Kies B, 3.79 km away, 20.1° high, 1,391 m above the ground here
- 186° Kies B, 3.79 km away, 19.8° high, 1,368 m above the ground here
- 82° Kies B, 3.79 km away, 19.6° high, 1,359 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.