Horizon view

Horizon from Moltke

0.5928° S, 24.1642° E · cell 26MFE

Highest horizon point
Moltke: 22.8° above the horizontal, 2.13 km away at azimuth 222°.
Farthest visible point
3.55 km away at azimuth 53°, 15.0° from the horizontal.
Observer
Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 2,518 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
Sun at the rendered time
The Sun is above the local horizon: 75.7° high at azimuth 93°, 60.1° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 16:15:32 UTC, when this page was served.
Resolution
Terrain resolution: about 474 m at this point and about 1.9 km at the farthest samples; nearby foreground relief is smoothed at the coarser tiers, and the model does not include boulders or other surface hazards.
N30°60°E120°150°S210°240°W300°330°farthest visible, 3.55 kmMoltke, 2.13 kmMoltke, 2.37 kmMoltke, 2.61 kmMoltke, 2.61 kmMoltke, 3.32 kmSun 75.7° ↑
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 above the local horizon: 75.7° high at azimuth 93°, 60.1° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 16:15:32 UTC.

Terrain resolution: about 474 m at this point and about 1.9 km at the farthest samples; nearby foreground relief is smoothed at the coarser tiers, and the model does not include boulders or other surface hazards. How the horizon is computed

Peaks on the skyline

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.

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