Horizon view
Horizon from Kohlschütter
14.2426° N, 153.9455° E · cell 42PHH
- Highest horizon point
- Kohlschütter: 4.8° above the horizontal, 29.4 km away at azimuth 233°.
- Farthest visible point
- 37.9 km away at azimuth 188°, 2.5° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 909 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is below the horizon: 22.5° under it at azimuth 275°. At 2026-10-22 11:05:07 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 5x (horizontal 4 px per degree). Eye 2 m above the ground.Scroll sideways to turn; the middle faces 233°.
The Sun is below the horizon: 22.5° under it at azimuth 275°. At 2026-10-22 11:05:07 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
- 233° Kohlschütter, 29.4 km away, 4.8° high, 2,745 m above the ground here
- 212° Kohlschütter, 30.3 km away, 4.6° high, 2,697 m above the ground here
- 308° Kohlschütter, 26.5 km away, 4.2° high, 2,147 m above the ground here
- 338° Kohlschütter, 27.5 km away, 4.0° high, 2,138 m above the ground here
- 14° Kohlschütter, 26.5 km away, 3.6° high, 1,894 m above the ground here
- 49° Kohlschütter, 27.5 km away, 3.5° high, 1,889 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.