Horizon view
Horizon from Litke (Lütke)
16.7606° S, 123.1229° E · cell 38KJE
- Highest horizon point
- Litke (Lütke): 9.4° above the horizontal, 17.1 km away at azimuth 345°.
- Farthest visible point
- 54.0 km away at azimuth 64°, 6.6° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 2,699 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 6.6° high at azimuth 271°, 1.4° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 13:49:04 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 345°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 6.6° high at azimuth 271°, 1.4° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 13:49:04 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
- 345° Litke (Lütke), 17.1 km away, 9.4° high, 2,900 m above the ground here
- 166° Litke (Lütke), 18.9 km away, 6.8° high, 2,358 m above the ground here
- 131° Litke (Lütke), 18.0 km away, 6.5° high, 2,159 m above the ground here
- 201° Litke (Lütke), 18.9 km away, 6.1° high, 2,143 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.