Horizon view
Horizon from Pei Xiu
44.0600° N, 52.7500° W · cell 16THP
- Highest horizon point
- Pei Xiu: 1.6° above the horizontal, 1.90 km away at azimuth 274°.
- Farthest visible point
- 25.6 km away at azimuth 354°, 0.3° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 2,441 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is below the horizon: 3.7° under it at azimuth 88°. At 2026-10-22 11:02:20 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 10x (horizontal 4 px per degree). Eye 2 m above the ground.Scroll sideways to turn; the middle faces 274°.
The Sun is below the horizon: 3.7° under it at azimuth 88°. At 2026-10-22 11:02:20 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
- 274° Pei Xiu, 1.90 km away, 1.6° high, 57 m above the ground here
- 5° Mons Hua, 23.7 km away, 0.9° high, 536 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.