Horizon view
Horizon from Scoresby
77.7298° N, 14.1334° E · cell 25XEQ
- Highest horizon point
- Scoresby: 17.2° above the horizontal, 0.95 km away at azimuth 304°.
- Farthest visible point
- 28.4 km away at azimuth 2°, 6.2° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 2,825 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 9.6° high at azimuth 153°, 2.4° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 11:54:58 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 2x (horizontal 4 px per degree). Eye 2 m above the ground.Scroll sideways to turn; the middle faces 304°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 9.6° high at azimuth 153°, 2.4° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 11:54:58 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
- 304° Scoresby, 0.95 km away, 17.2° high, 294 m above the ground here
- 167° Scoresby, 27.5 km away, 7.6° high, 3,899 m above the ground here
- 72° Scoresby, 26.5 km away, 7.5° high, 3,683 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.