Horizon view
Horizon from Plaskett
81.6332° N, 176.7147° E · cell ZAY
- Highest horizon point
- Plaskett: 26.8° above the horizontal, 2.24 km away at azimuth 73°.
- Farthest visible point
- 60.8 km away at azimuth 280°, 1.1° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 1,843 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is below the horizon: 7.4° under it at azimuth 316°. At 2026-10-22 11:54:43 UTC, when this page was served.
- Resolution
- Terrain resolution: about 160 m at this point and about 1.9 km at the farthest samples; nearby foreground relief is smoothed at the coarser tiers, 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 73°.
The Sun is below the horizon: 7.4° under it at azimuth 316°. At 2026-10-22 11:54:43 UTC.
Terrain resolution: about 160 m at this point and about 1.9 km at the farthest samples; nearby foreground relief is smoothed at the coarser tiers, and the model does not include boulders or other surface hazards. How the horizon is computed
Peaks on the skyline
- 73° Plaskett, 2.24 km away, 26.8° high, 1,132 m above the ground here
- 115° Plaskett, 0.08 km away, 26.5° high, 42 m above the ground here
- 232° Plaskett, 5.92 km away, 7.1° high, 751 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.