Horizon view
Horizon from McLaughlin B
49.8239° N, 90.9879° W · cell 12UCL
- Highest horizon point
- McLaughlin B: 7.6° above the horizontal, 18.0 km away at azimuth 119°.
- Farthest visible point
- 23.7 km away at azimuth 184°, 4.8° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 1,332 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is below the horizon: 25.6° under it at azimuth 58°. At 2026-10-22 15:17:12 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 119°.
The Sun is below the horizon: 25.6° under it at azimuth 58°. At 2026-10-22 15:17:12 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
- 119° McLaughlin B, 18.0 km away, 7.6° high, 2,505 m above the ground here
- 255° McLaughlin B, 18.9 km away, 7.5° high, 2,620 m above the ground here
- 340° McLaughlin B, 20.9 km away, 6.0° high, 2,332 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.