Horizon view
Horizon from Piccolomini L
26.1399° S, 33.7512° E · cell 27JGU
- Highest horizon point
- Piccolomini L: 24.8° above the horizontal, 5.69 km away at azimuth 271°.
- Farthest visible point
- 5.69 km away at azimuth 17°, 19.0° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 2,123 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 65.0° high at azimuth 7°, 45.7° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 19:30:06 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.
True vertical scale (horizontal 4 px per degree). Eye 2 m above the ground.Scroll sideways to turn; the middle faces 271°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 65.0° high at azimuth 7°, 45.7° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 19:30:06 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
- 271° Piccolomini L, 5.69 km away, 24.8° high, 2,635 m above the ground here
- 155° Piccolomini L, 4.74 km away, 20.6° high, 1,784 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.