Horizon view
Horizon from Rost
56.4237° S, 33.8434° W · cell 19EDM
- Highest horizon point
- Rost: 7.6° above the horizontal, 24.6 km away at azimuth 155°.
- Farthest visible point
- 26.5 km away at azimuth 28°, 3.5° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 1,955 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 12.4° high at azimuth 73°, 8.1° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 22:06:18 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 155°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 12.4° high at azimuth 73°, 8.1° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 22:06:18 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
- 155° Rost, 24.6 km away, 7.6° high, 3,461 m above the ground here
- 342° Rost, 23.7 km away, 5.9° high, 2,631 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.