Horizon view
Horizon from Shaler
32.8919° S, 85.2705° W · cell 12HHL
- Highest horizon point
- Shaler: 9.4° above the horizontal, 23.7 km away at azimuth 121°.
- Farthest visible point
- 26.5 km away at azimuth 89°, 7.5° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 256 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is below the horizon: 25.5° under it at azimuth 110°. At 2026-10-22 19:42:55 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 121°.
The Sun is below the horizon: 25.5° under it at azimuth 110°. At 2026-10-22 19:42:55 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
- 121° Shaler, 23.7 km away, 9.4° high, 4,101 m above the ground here
- 229° Shaler, 23.7 km away, 6.0° high, 2,646 m above the ground here
- 252° Shaler, 23.7 km away, 5.6° high, 2,480 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.