Horizon view
Horizon from Le Gentil
74.2739° S, 76.0199° W · cell 13CGK
- Highest horizon point
- Le Gentil: 25.1° above the horizontal, 1.90 km away at azimuth 300°.
- Farthest visible point
- 69.2 km away at azimuth 120°, 4.4° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 3,010 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is below the horizon: 5.8° under it at azimuth 117°. At 2026-10-22 11:06:14 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 300°.
The Sun is below the horizon: 5.8° under it at azimuth 117°. At 2026-10-22 11:06:14 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
- 300° Le Gentil, 1.90 km away, 25.1° high, 888 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.