Horizon view
Horizon from Rost D
56.6315° S, 30.9964° W · cell 19EFM
- Highest horizon point
- Rost D: 9.3° above the horizontal, 14.2 km away at azimuth 264°.
- Farthest visible point
- 22.7 km away at azimuth 37°, 1.4° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 1,589 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 13.7° high at azimuth 71°, 10.5° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 21:22:10 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 264°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 13.7° high at azimuth 71°, 10.5° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 21:22:10 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
- 264° Rost D, 14.2 km away, 9.3° high, 2,391 m above the ground here
- 341° Rost D, 13.3 km away, 5.1° high, 1,241 m above the ground here
- 111° Rost D, 13.3 km away, 3.4° high, 837 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.