Horizon view
Horizon from Mersenius W
23.0505° S, 50.9636° W · cell 17KBT
- Highest horizon point
- Mersenius V: 14.9° above the horizontal, 5.69 km away at azimuth 64°.
- Farthest visible point
- 13.3 km away at azimuth 95°, 7.7° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 1,489 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is 1.3° above the smooth horizon at azimuth 91° but behind terrain: the skyline there rises to 8.6°. At 2026-10-22 16:42:17 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 64°.
The Sun is 1.3° above the smooth horizon at azimuth 91° but behind terrain: the skyline there rises to 8.6°. At 2026-10-22 16:42:17 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
- 64° Mersenius V, 5.69 km away, 14.9° high, 1,525 m above the ground here
- 265° Mersenius W, 1.90 km away, 9.5° high, 319 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.