Horizon view
Horizon from Purbach W
25.4655° S, 2.2875° W · cell 23JCQ
- Highest horizon point
- Purbach: 3.7° above the horizontal, 10.4 km away at azimuth 138°.
- Farthest visible point
- 67.3 km away at azimuth 55°, 1.1° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 1,386 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 42.9° high at azimuth 66°, 40.7° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 13:44:59 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 5x (horizontal 4 px per degree). Eye 2 m above the ground.Scroll sideways to turn; the middle faces 138°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 42.9° high at azimuth 66°, 40.7° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 13:44:59 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
- 138° Purbach, 10.4 km away, 3.7° high, 700 m above the ground here
- 78° Purbach, 8.53 km away, 3.6° high, 556 m above the ground here
- 298° Purbach, 9.48 km away, 2.9° high, 510 m above the ground here
- 186° Purbach S, 53.1 km away, 2.2° high, 2,861 m above the ground here
- 22° Purbach, 9.48 km away, 2.1° high, 377 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.