Horizon view
Horizon from Philolaus
72.2221° N, 32.8845° W · cell 19XEH
- Highest horizon point
- Philolaus: 11.1° above the horizontal, 0.95 km away at azimuth 264°.
- Farthest visible point
- 44.5 km away at azimuth 142°, 3.2° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 3,080 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is 3.6° above the smooth horizon at azimuth 106° but behind terrain: the skyline there rises to 4.1°. At 2026-10-22 11:06:14 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 264°.
The Sun is 3.6° above the smooth horizon at azimuth 106° but behind terrain: the skyline there rises to 4.1°. At 2026-10-22 11:06:14 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
- 264° Philolaus, 0.95 km away, 11.1° high, 188 m above the ground here
- 337° Philolaus, 33.2 km away, 7.2° high, 4,481 m above the ground here
- 186° Philolaus, 7.58 km away, 6.8° high, 921 m above the ground here
- 90° Philolaus, 8.53 km away, 6.3° high, 959 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.