Horizon view
Horizon from Mersenius V
22.9286° S, 50.6734° W · cell 17KCT
- Highest horizon point
- Mersenius V: 7.5° above the horizontal, 0.95 km away at azimuth 273°.
- Farthest visible point
- 18.9 km away at azimuth 21°, -0.2° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 31 m above the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is 1.6° above the smooth horizon at azimuth 91° but behind terrain: the skyline there rises to 4.5°. At 2026-10-22 16:42:14 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 273°.
The Sun is 1.6° above the smooth horizon at azimuth 91° but behind terrain: the skyline there rises to 4.5°. At 2026-10-22 16:42:14 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
- 273° Mersenius V, 0.95 km away, 7.5° high, 127 m above the ground here
- 116° Mersenius V, 2.84 km away, 6.2° high, 314 m above the ground here
- 31° Mersenius H, 18.0 km away, 0.6° high, 280 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.