Horizon view
Horizon from Piccolomini C
27.6806° S, 31.1292° E · cell 27JES
- Highest horizon point
- Piccolomini C: 9.8° above the horizontal, 10.4 km away at azimuth 135°.
- Farthest visible point
- 27.5 km away at azimuth 328°, 4.9° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 1,106 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 62.8° high at azimuth 16°, 57.7° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 16:16:48 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 135°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 62.8° high at azimuth 16°, 57.7° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 16:16:48 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
- 135° Piccolomini C, 10.4 km away, 9.8° high, 1,827 m above the ground here
- 257° Piccolomini C, 13.3 km away, 7.3° high, 1,746 m above the ground here
- 357° Piccolomini F, 16.1 km away, 6.2° high, 1,816 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.