Horizon view
Horizon from Patsaev
16.7738° S, 133.5983° E · cell 40KCV
- Highest horizon point
- Patsaev: 9.7° above the horizontal, 4.74 km away at azimuth 148°.
- Farthest visible point
- 30.3 km away at azimuth 287°, 5.9° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 209 m above the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is below the horizon: 2.1° under it at azimuth 268°. At 2026-10-22 11:05:36 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 148°.
The Sun is below the horizon: 2.1° under it at azimuth 268°. At 2026-10-22 11:05:36 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
- 148° Patsaev, 4.74 km away, 9.7° high, 819 m above the ground here
- 53° Patsaev, 0.95 km away, 7.8° high, 131 m above the ground here
- 278° Patsaev, 25.6 km away, 7.5° high, 3,577 m above the ground here
- 314° Patsaev, 25.6 km away, 7.4° high, 3,515 m above the ground here
- 202° Patsaev, 24.6 km away, 7.2° high, 3,310 m above the ground here
- 236° Patsaev, 20.9 km away, 7.0° high, 2,691 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.