Horizon view
Horizon from Nagaoka U
20.1033° N, 151.4961° E · cell 42QEQ
- Highest horizon point
- Nagaoka U: 14.0° above the horizontal, 15.2 km away at azimuth 4°.
- Farthest visible point
- 16.1 km away at azimuth 37°, 12.8° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 339 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is below the horizon: 22.1° under it at azimuth 277°. At 2026-10-22 16:17:03 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 4°.
The Sun is below the horizon: 22.1° under it at azimuth 277°. At 2026-10-22 16:17:03 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
- 4° Nagaoka U, 15.2 km away, 14.0° high, 3,862 m above the ground here
- 304° Nagaoka U, 13.3 km away, 13.7° high, 3,294 m above the ground here
- 71° Nagaoka U, 14.2 km away, 13.4° high, 3,454 m above the ground here
- 124° Nagaoka U, 14.2 km away, 13.2° high, 3,396 m above the ground here
- 234° Nagaoka U, 14.2 km away, 12.6° high, 3,253 m above the ground here
- 182° Nagaoka U, 12.3 km away, 11.5° high, 2,552 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.