Horizon view
Horizon from Plutarch N
23.8283° N, 76.7162° E · cell 33QBU
- Highest horizon point
- Plutarch N: 13.4° above the horizontal, 6.63 km away at azimuth 231°.
- Farthest visible point
- 11.4 km away at azimuth 26°, 3.4° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 1,343 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 46.2° high at azimuth 240°, 32.9° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 13:31:13 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 2x (horizontal 4 px per degree). Eye 2 m above the ground.Scroll sideways to turn; the middle faces 231°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 46.2° high at azimuth 240°, 32.9° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 13:31:13 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
- 231° Plutarch N, 6.63 km away, 13.4° high, 1,593 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.