Horizon view
Horizon from Schiller S
54.9500° S, 40.4174° W · cell 18FED
- Highest horizon point
- Schiller W: 5.9° above the horizontal, 11.4 km away at azimuth 339°.
- Farthest visible point
- 15.2 km away at azimuth 217°, 2.0° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 1,584 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 8.5° high at azimuth 80°, 7.1° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 19:53:24 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 5x (horizontal 4 px per degree). Eye 2 m above the ground.Scroll sideways to turn; the middle faces 339°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 8.5° high at azimuth 80°, 7.1° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 19:53:24 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
- 339° Schiller W, 11.4 km away, 5.9° high, 1,211 m above the ground here
- 142° Schiller S, 10.4 km away, 5.5° high, 1,036 m above the ground here
- 193° Schiller S, 14.2 km away, 4.8° high, 1,257 m above the ground here
- 52° Schiller S, 11.4 km away, 3.5° high, 731 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.