Horizon view
Horizon from Ranger 9
12.8281° S, 2.3884° W · cell 23LCK
- Highest horizon point
- An unnamed point: 3.4° above the horizontal, 40.8 km away at azimuth 80°.
- Farthest visible point
- 69.2 km away at azimuth 143°, 0.8° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 1,531 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 75.1° high at azimuth 322°, 73.7° above the skyline there. At 2026-09-27 05:46:49 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 10x (horizontal 4 px per degree). Eye 2 m above the ground.Scroll sideways to turn; the middle faces 80°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 75.1° high at azimuth 322°, 73.7° above the skyline there. At 2026-09-27 05:46:49 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
- 80° Unnamed, 40.8 km away, 3.4° high, 2,875 m above the ground here
- 52° Unnamed, 41.7 km away, 3.3° high, 2,890 m above the ground here
- 351° Unnamed, 37.9 km away, 3.2° high, 2,553 m above the ground here
- 210° Alphonsus, 19.9 km away, 2.5° high, 971 m above the ground here
- 137° Unnamed, 66.3 km away, 1.5° high, 2,971 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.