Horizon view
Horizon from Melissa
8.1222° N, 121.7777° E · cell 38PHQ
- Highest horizon point
- Melissa: 13.4° above the horizontal, 8.53 km away at azimuth 2°.
- Farthest visible point
- 18.0 km away at azimuth 55°, 8.0° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 447 m above the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is 7.3° above the smooth horizon at azimuth 268° but behind terrain: the skyline there rises to 10.5°. At 2026-10-22 14:25:30 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 2x (horizontal 4 px per degree). Eye 2 m above the ground.Scroll sideways to turn; the middle faces 2°.
The Sun is 7.3° above the smooth horizon at azimuth 268° but behind terrain: the skyline there rises to 10.5°. At 2026-10-22 14:25:30 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
- 2° Melissa, 8.53 km away, 13.4° high, 2,061 m above the ground here
- 95° Kasper, 9.48 km away, 9.1° high, 1,550 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.