Horizon view
Horizon from Rimae Gassendi
17.4706° S, 39.8706° W · cell 18KFJ
- Highest horizon point
- Gassendi: 17.1° above the horizontal, 2.84 km away at azimuth 115°.
- Farthest visible point
- 62.5 km away at azimuth 261°, 0.8° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 2,018 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is 9.9° above the smooth horizon at azimuth 88° but behind terrain: the skyline there rises to 16.3°. At 2026-10-22 12:43:14 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.
True vertical scale (horizontal 4 px per degree). Eye 2 m above the ground.Scroll sideways to turn; the middle faces 115°.
The Sun is 9.9° above the smooth horizon at azimuth 88° but behind terrain: the skyline there rises to 16.3°. At 2026-10-22 12:43:14 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
- 115° Gassendi, 2.84 km away, 17.1° high, 876 m above the ground here
- 348° Gassendi, 4.74 km away, 11.6° high, 982 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.