Horizon view
Horizon from Plutarch L
25.8794° N, 71.6387° E · cell 32RES
- Highest horizon point
- Plutarch L: 20.5° above the horizontal, 3.79 km away at azimuth 94°.
- Farthest visible point
- 4.74 km away at azimuth 0°, 18.4° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 2,882 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 47.6° high at azimuth 235°, 28.6° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 17:08:56 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 94°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 47.6° high at azimuth 235°, 28.6° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 17:08:56 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
- 94° Plutarch L, 3.79 km away, 20.5° high, 1,423 m above the ground here
- 310° Plutarch L, 3.79 km away, 19.6° high, 1,357 m above the ground here
- 231° Plutarch L, 3.79 km away, 19.5° high, 1,346 m above the ground here
- 347° Plutarch L, 4.74 km away, 18.7° high, 1,608 m above the ground here
- 268° Plutarch L, 2.84 km away, 18.4° high, 947 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.