Horizon view
Horizon from Philolaus U
75.1391° N, 33.2075° W · cell 19XEM
- Highest horizon point
- Philolaus U: 7.8° above the horizontal, 5.69 km away at azimuth 9°.
- Farthest visible point
- 7.58 km away at azimuth 198°, 5.7° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 916 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is 2.7° above the smooth horizon at azimuth 106° but behind terrain: the skyline there rises to 3.1°. At 2026-10-22 11:06:17 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 9°.
The Sun is 2.7° above the smooth horizon at azimuth 106° but behind terrain: the skyline there rises to 3.1°. At 2026-10-22 11:06:17 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
- 9° Philolaus U, 5.69 km away, 7.8° high, 785 m above the ground here
- 257° Philolaus U, 5.69 km away, 7.4° high, 747 m above the ground here
- 320° Philolaus U, 5.69 km away, 6.7° high, 678 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.