Horizon view
Horizon from Meshcherskiy
12.1061° N, 125.5264° E · cell 39PCE
- Highest horizon point
- Meshcherskiy: 7.1° above the horizontal, 1.90 km away at azimuth 176°.
- Farthest visible point
- 36.0 km away at azimuth 282°, 5.3° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 1,860 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is 5.1° above the smooth horizon at azimuth 268° but behind terrain: the skyline there rises to 5.7°. At 2026-10-22 11:06:40 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 176°.
The Sun is 5.1° above the smooth horizon at azimuth 268° but behind terrain: the skyline there rises to 5.7°. At 2026-10-22 11:06:40 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
- 176° Meshcherskiy, 1.90 km away, 7.1° high, 238 m above the ground here
- 199° Unnamed, 34.1 km away, 6.2° high, 4,065 m above the ground here
- 57° Meshcherskiy, 33.2 km away, 6.1° high, 3,843 m above the ground here
- 257° Unnamed, 34.1 km away, 5.9° high, 3,885 m above the ground here
- 347° Meshcherskiy, 32.2 km away, 5.9° high, 3,647 m above the ground here
- 32° Unnamed, 35.1 km away, 5.7° high, 3,845 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.