Horizon view
Horizon from Patsaev Q
17.7120° S, 132.5759° E · cell 40KBU
- Highest horizon point
- Patsaev Q: 11.9° above the horizontal, 13.3 km away at azimuth 294°.
- Farthest visible point
- 28.4 km away at azimuth 114°, 4.8° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 894 m above the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is below the horizon: 2.7° under it at azimuth 268°. At 2026-10-22 14:33:37 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 294°.
The Sun is below the horizon: 2.7° under it at azimuth 268°. At 2026-10-22 14:33:37 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
- 294° Patsaev Q, 13.3 km away, 11.9° high, 2,863 m above the ground here
- 79° Patsaev, 18.9 km away, 8.0° high, 2,762 m above the ground here
- 169° Unnamed, 20.9 km away, 7.0° high, 2,703 m above the ground here
- 148° Unnamed, 24.6 km away, 6.8° high, 3,131 m above the ground here
- 126° Unnamed, 22.7 km away, 6.2° high, 2,607 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.