Horizon view
Horizon from Olcott
20.5730° N, 117.7883° E · cell 38QCK
- Highest horizon point
- Olcott: 10.1° above the horizontal, 1.90 km away at azimuth 290°.
- Farthest visible point
- 55.9 km away at azimuth 166°, 3.7° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 3,243 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 11.9° high at azimuth 264°, 5.0° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 11:05:19 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 290°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 11.9° high at azimuth 264°, 5.0° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 11:05:19 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
- 290° Olcott, 1.90 km away, 10.1° high, 339 m above the ground here
- 66° Olcott, 7.58 km away, 7.5° high, 1,016 m above the ground here
- 207° Unnamed, 39.8 km away, 6.0° high, 4,631 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.