Horizon view

Horizon from LCROSS

84.6780° S, 48.7250° W · cell AVS

Highest horizon point
An unnamed point: 11.4° above the horizontal, 10.2 km away at azimuth 338°.
Farthest visible point
81.6 km away at azimuth 125°, 2.9° from the horizontal.
Observer
Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 3,832 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
Sun at the rendered time
The Sun is 5.1° above the smooth horizon at azimuth 37° but behind terrain: the skyline there rises to 8.0°. At 2026-09-27 05:46:44 UTC, when this page was served.
Resolution
Terrain resolution: about 160 m at this point and about 1.9 km at the farthest samples; nearby foreground relief is smoothed at the coarser tiers, and the model does not include boulders or other surface hazards.
N30°60°E120°150°S210°240°W300°330°farthest visible, 81.6 km10.2 km, +2,095 mMons Cabeus, 45.2 kmSun 5.1°
Vertical scale exaggerated 3x (horizontal 4 px per degree). Eye 2 m above the ground.Scroll sideways to turn; the middle faces 338°.

The Sun is 5.1° above the smooth horizon at azimuth 37° but behind terrain: the skyline there rises to 8.0°. At 2026-09-27 05:46:44 UTC.

Terrain resolution: about 160 m at this point and about 1.9 km at the farthest samples; nearby foreground relief is smoothed at the coarser tiers, and the model does not include boulders or other surface hazards. How the horizon is computed

Peaks on the skyline

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.

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