Horizon view
Horizon from Riccius A
35.8856° S, 27.2054° E · cell 26HJB
- Highest horizon point
- Riccius A: 12.0° above the horizontal, 11.4 km away at azimuth 58°.
- Farthest visible point
- 14.2 km away at azimuth 312°, 8.6° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 380 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 54.1° high at azimuth 19°, 43.0° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 17:09:08 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 2x (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: 54.1° high at azimuth 19°, 43.0° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 17:09:08 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° Riccius A, 11.4 km away, 12.0° high, 2,459 m above the ground here
- 267° Riccius A, 10.4 km away, 10.1° high, 1,883 m above the ground here
- 146° Riccius A, 11.4 km away, 9.7° high, 1,982 m above the ground here
- 331° Riccius A, 12.3 km away, 9.6° high, 2,126 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.