Horizon view
Horizon from Purbach
25.5120° S, 2.0304° W · cell 23JCQ
- Highest horizon point
- Purbach: 10.1° above the horizontal, 1.90 km away at azimuth 58°.
- Farthest visible point
- 64.4 km away at azimuth 313°, 1.1° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 1,244 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 42.0° high at azimuth 67°, 32.5° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 11:05:56 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.
Vertical scale exaggerated 3x (horizontal 4 px per degree). Eye 2 m above the ground.Scroll sideways to turn; the middle faces 58°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 42.0° high at azimuth 67°, 32.5° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 11:05:56 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
- 58° Purbach, 1.90 km away, 10.1° high, 339 m above the ground here
- 297° Purbach O, 54.0 km away, 1.8° high, 2,492 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.