Horizon view
Horizon from Mons La Hire
27.6612° N, 25.5053° W · cell 20RDU
- Highest horizon point
- Mons La Hire: 6.9° above the horizontal, 0.95 km away at azimuth 123°.
- Farthest visible point
- 76.8 km away at azimuth 323°, -2.2° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 588 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 21.4° high at azimuth 104°, 15.0° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 14:29:29 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 123°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 21.4° high at azimuth 104°, 15.0° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 14:29:29 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
- 123° Mons La Hire, 0.95 km away, 6.9° high, 117 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.