Horizon view
Horizon from Shackleton
89.6700° S, 129.7800° E · cell BAM
- Highest horizon point
- Shackleton: 23.5° above the horizontal, 10.1 km away at azimuth 145°.
- Farthest visible point
- 11.1 km away at azimuth 0°, 19.8° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 2,786 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is 1.4° above the smooth horizon at azimuth 271° but behind terrain: the skyline there rises to 20.5°. At 2026-10-22 10:45:35 UTC, when this page was served.
- Resolution
- Terrain resolution: about 160 m at this point and about 400 m at the farthest samples; nearby foreground relief is smoothed at the coarser tiers, 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 145°.
The Sun is 1.4° above the smooth horizon at azimuth 271° but behind terrain: the skyline there rises to 20.5°. At 2026-10-22 10:45:35 UTC.
Terrain resolution: about 160 m at this point and about 400 m at the farthest samples; nearby foreground relief is smoothed at the coarser tiers, and the model does not include boulders or other surface hazards. How the horizon is computed
Peaks on the skyline
- 145° Shackleton, 10.1 km away, 23.5° high, 4,426 m above the ground here
- 214° Shackleton, 9.92 km away, 22.6° high, 4,159 m above the ground here
- 318° Shackleton, 10.3 km away, 20.8° high, 3,946 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.