Horizon view
Horizon from Le Gentil C
74.3571° S, 75.2771° W · cell 14CDQ
- Highest horizon point
- Le Gentil: 11.3° above the horizontal, 8.53 km away at azimuth 21°.
- Farthest visible point
- 10.4 km away at azimuth 67°, 11.3° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 3,612 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is below the horizon: 4.8° under it at azimuth 113°. At 2026-10-22 17:09:11 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 21°.
The Sun is below the horizon: 4.8° under it at azimuth 113°. At 2026-10-22 17:09:11 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
- 21° Le Gentil, 8.53 km away, 11.3° high, 1,727 m above the ground here
- 65° Le Gentil, 9.48 km away, 11.3° high, 1,912 m above the ground here
- 272° Le Gentil, 9.48 km away, 11.1° high, 1,890 m above the ground here
- 327° Le Gentil, 9.48 km away, 11.0° high, 1,867 m above the ground here
- 140° Le Gentil, 9.48 km away, 10.5° high, 1,781 m above the ground here
- 104° Le Gentil, 10.4 km away, 10.2° high, 1,914 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.