Horizon view
Horizon from Ryder
43.8747° S, 143.2994° E · cell 41GEM
- Highest horizon point
- Ryder: 25.7° above the horizontal, 0.95 km away at azimuth 96°.
- Farthest visible point
- 7.58 km away at azimuth 251°, 5.8° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 547 m above the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is below the horizon: 10.3° under it at azimuth 258°. At 2026-10-22 17:57:03 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 96°.
The Sun is below the horizon: 10.3° under it at azimuth 258°. At 2026-10-22 17:57:03 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
- 96° Ryder, 0.95 km away, 25.7° high, 459 m above the ground here
- 183° Ryder, 6.63 km away, 20.6° high, 2,514 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.