Horizon view
Horizon from Mons Penck
10.0038° S, 21.7448° E · cell 26LCN
- Highest horizon point
- Mons Penck: 8.4° above the horizontal, 1.90 km away at azimuth 252°.
- Farthest visible point
- 128 km away at azimuth 87°, -3.4° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 1,743 m above the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 72.1° high at azimuth 62°, 75.1° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 18:04:59 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 252°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 72.1° high at azimuth 62°, 75.1° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 18:04:59 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
- 252° Mons Penck, 1.90 km away, 8.4° high, 284 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.