Horizon view
Horizon from Mersenius S
19.2214° S, 47.0627° W · cell 17KGB
- Highest horizon point
- Mersenius S: 17.9° above the horizontal, 6.63 km away at azimuth 222°.
- Farthest visible point
- 7.58 km away at azimuth 58°, 14.7° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 2,808 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is 5.0° above the smooth horizon at azimuth 90° but behind terrain: the skyline there rises to 14.2°. At 2026-10-22 16:56:52 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.
True vertical scale (horizontal 4 px per degree). Eye 2 m above the ground.Scroll sideways to turn; the middle faces 222°.
The Sun is 5.0° above the smooth horizon at azimuth 90° but behind terrain: the skyline there rises to 14.2°. At 2026-10-22 16:56:52 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
- 222° Mersenius S, 6.63 km away, 17.9° high, 2,153 m above the ground here
- 124° Mersenius S, 7.58 km away, 16.4° high, 2,248 m above the ground here
- 30° Mersenius S, 6.63 km away, 16.2° high, 1,943 m above the ground here
- 304° Mersenius S, 7.58 km away, 16.2° high, 2,219 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.