Horizon view
Horizon from Pontécoulant
58.7788° S, 66.0673° E · cell 31EGJ
- Highest horizon point
- Pontécoulant: 27.9° above the horizontal, 0.95 km away at azimuth 287°.
- Farthest visible point
- 5.69 km away at azimuth 87°, 8.8° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 4,827 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 29.3° high at azimuth 331°, 7.1° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 11:06:16 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 287°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 29.3° high at azimuth 331°, 7.1° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 11:06:16 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
- 287° Pontécoulant, 0.95 km away, 27.9° high, 503 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.