Horizon view
Horizon from Nicolai
42.4710° S, 25.8715° E · cell 26GGP
- Highest horizon point
- Nicolai: 6.1° above the horizontal, 19.9 km away at azimuth 198°.
- Farthest visible point
- 24.6 km away at azimuth 339°, 4.0° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 1,778 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 47.9° high at azimuth 15°, 42.6° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 21:00:49 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 5x (horizontal 4 px per degree). Eye 2 m above the ground.Scroll sideways to turn; the middle faces 198°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 47.9° high at azimuth 15°, 42.6° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 21:00:49 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
- 198° Nicolai, 19.9 km away, 6.1° high, 2,232 m above the ground here
- 221° Nicolai, 19.9 km away, 6.1° high, 2,230 m above the ground here
- 289° Nicolai, 19.9 km away, 6.0° high, 2,193 m above the ground here
- 162° Nicolai, 19.9 km away, 5.3° high, 1,980 m above the ground here
- 15° Nicolai, 19.9 km away, 5.3° high, 1,974 m above the ground here
- 317° Nicolai, 20.9 km away, 5.2° high, 2,037 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.