Horizon view
Horizon from Plutarch H
24.3555° N, 72.7157° E · cell 32RFQ
- Highest horizon point
- Plutarch H: 22.5° above the horizontal, 5.69 km away at azimuth 113°.
- Farthest visible point
- 6.63 km away at azimuth 36°, 17.8° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 664 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 46.6° high at azimuth 239°, 26.9° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 19:43:28 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 113°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 46.6° high at azimuth 239°, 26.9° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 19:43:28 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
- 113° Plutarch H, 5.69 km away, 22.5° high, 2,369 m above the ground here
- 209° Plutarch H, 4.74 km away, 20.8° high, 1,806 m above the ground here
- 297° Plutarch H, 5.69 km away, 20.6° high, 2,146 m above the ground here
- 68° Plutarch H, 5.69 km away, 19.8° high, 2,058 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.