Horizon view
Horizon from La Pérouse A
9.2671° S, 74.7044° E · cell 32LJP
- Highest horizon point
- La Pérouse A: 18.3° above the horizontal, 1.90 km away at azimuth 51°.
- Farthest visible point
- 109 km away at azimuth 242°, -2.0° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 284 m above the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 52.6° high at azimuth 280°, 54.1° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 17:08:46 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 51°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 52.6° high at azimuth 280°, 54.1° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 17:08:46 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
- 51° La Pérouse A, 1.90 km away, 18.3° high, 628 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.