Horizon view
Horizon from Nielsen
31.8035° N, 51.7560° W · cell 17RBD
- Highest horizon point
- Nielsen: 18.0° above the horizontal, 3.79 km away at azimuth 325°.
- Farthest visible point
- 4.74 km away at azimuth 0°, 16.4° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 3,413 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is 1.6° above the smooth horizon at azimuth 93° but behind terrain: the skyline there rises to 15.7°. At 2026-10-22 22:01:59 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.
True vertical scale (horizontal 4 px per degree). Eye 2 m above the ground.Scroll sideways to turn; the middle faces 325°.
The Sun is 1.6° above the smooth horizon at azimuth 93° but behind terrain: the skyline there rises to 15.7°. At 2026-10-22 22:01:59 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
- 325° Nielsen, 3.79 km away, 18.0° high, 1,237 m above the ground here
- 118° Nielsen, 4.74 km away, 17.6° high, 1,514 m above the ground here
- 274° Nielsen, 3.79 km away, 17.4° high, 1,189 m above the ground here
- 235° Nielsen, 4.74 km away, 17.1° high, 1,461 m above the ground here
- 200° Nielsen, 4.74 km away, 17.0° high, 1,457 m above the ground here
- 161° Nielsen, 4.74 km away, 16.9° high, 1,449 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.