Horizon view
Horizon from Malapert
84.9998° S, 11.4031° E · cell BBT
- Highest horizon point
- Malapert: 16.9° above the horizontal, 20.8 km away at azimuth 68°.
- Farthest visible point
- 58.0 km away at azimuth 243°, 3.1° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 2,163 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is 5.7° above the smooth horizon at azimuth 30° but behind terrain: the skyline there rises to 10.9°. At 2026-10-22 10:46:07 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.
Vertical scale exaggerated 2x (horizontal 4 px per degree). Eye 2 m above the ground.Scroll sideways to turn; the middle faces 68°.
The Sun is 5.7° above the smooth horizon at azimuth 30° but behind terrain: the skyline there rises to 10.9°. At 2026-10-22 10:46:07 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
- 68° Malapert, 20.8 km away, 16.9° high, 6,459 m above the ground here
- 216° Mons Malapert, 29.6 km away, 11.4° high, 6,248 m above the ground here
- 284° Whitaker, 41.5 km away, 4.2° high, 3,563 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.