Horizon view
Horizon from Purkyně
1.5355° S, 94.8606° E · cell 35MDD
- Highest horizon point
- Purkyně: 7.8° above the horizontal, 28.4 km away at azimuth 185°.
- Farthest visible point
- 33.2 km away at azimuth 276°, 5.3° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 2,151 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 36.2° high at azimuth 269°, 29.7° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 11:06:33 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 185°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 36.2° high at azimuth 269°, 29.7° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 11:06:33 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
- 185° Purkyně, 28.4 km away, 7.8° high, 4,121 m above the ground here
- 266° Purkyně, 25.6 km away, 6.9° high, 3,269 m above the ground here
- 27° Purkyně, 25.6 km away, 6.5° high, 3,110 m above the ground here
- 90° Purkyně, 25.6 km away, 6.0° high, 2,892 m above the ground here
- 315° Purkyně, 24.6 km away, 6.0° high, 2,745 m above the ground here
- 350° Purkyně, 25.6 km away, 5.9° high, 2,853 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.