Horizon view
Horizon from Rost A
56.6199° S, 36.8402° W · cell 18EHB
- Highest horizon point
- Rost A: 8.0° above the horizontal, 20.9 km away at azimuth 84°.
- Farthest visible point
- 30.3 km away at azimuth 126°, 5.0° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 3,128 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 10.3° high at azimuth 77°, 2.6° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 20:27:10 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 84°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 10.3° high at azimuth 77°, 2.6° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 20:27:10 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
- 84° Rost A, 20.9 km away, 8.0° high, 3,059 m above the ground here
- 165° Rost A, 22.7 km away, 4.7° high, 2,021 m above the ground here
- 252° Rost A, 21.8 km away, 4.5° high, 1,835 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.