Horizon view
Horizon from Malapert A
80.1827° S, 3.7897° W · cell AZZ
- Highest horizon point
- Malapert A: 11.4° above the horizontal, 0.24 km away at azimuth 86°.
- Farthest visible point
- 31.3 km away at azimuth 329°, 3.7° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 616 m above the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 8.3° high at azimuth 46°, 0.3° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 10:51:34 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 3x (horizontal 4 px per degree). Eye 2 m above the ground.Scroll sideways to turn; the middle faces 86°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 8.3° high at azimuth 46°, 0.3° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 10:51:34 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
- 86° Malapert A, 0.24 km away, 11.4° high, 51 m above the ground here
- 252° Malapert A, 15.5 km away, 7.7° high, 2,161 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.