Horizon view
Horizon from Kohlschütter W
16.1544° N, 151.0225° E · cell 42QDK
- Highest horizon point
- Kohlschütter W: 11.1° above the horizontal, 15.2 km away at azimuth 309°.
- Farthest visible point
- 19.9 km away at azimuth 229°, 8.5° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 188 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is below the horizon: 23.6° under it at azimuth 276°. At 2026-10-22 19:24:15 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 309°.
The Sun is below the horizon: 23.6° under it at azimuth 276°. At 2026-10-22 19:24:15 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
- 309° Kohlschütter W, 15.2 km away, 11.1° high, 3,057 m above the ground here
- 210° Kohlschütter W, 15.2 km away, 10.9° high, 2,992 m above the ground here
- 14° Kohlschütter W, 16.1 km away, 10.1° high, 2,944 m above the ground here
- 45° Kohlschütter W, 16.1 km away, 9.8° high, 2,876 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.