Horizon view
Horizon from Shoemaker
88.1370° S, 45.9110° E · cell BBP
- Highest horizon point
- Shoemaker: 8.3° above the horizontal, 25.1 km away at azimuth 225°.
- Farthest visible point
- 45.2 km away at azimuth 2°, 6.9° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 3,937 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is 3.2° above the smooth horizon at azimuth 355° but behind terrain: the skyline there rises to 7.8°. At 2026-10-22 11:05:09 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.
Vertical scale exaggerated 3x (horizontal 4 px per degree). Eye 2 m above the ground.Scroll sideways to turn; the middle faces 225°.
The Sun is 3.2° above the smooth horizon at azimuth 355° but behind terrain: the skyline there rises to 7.8°. At 2026-10-22 11:05:09 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
- 225° Shoemaker, 25.1 km away, 8.3° high, 3,869 m above the ground here
- 47° Unnamed, 27.4 km away, 8.3° high, 4,224 m above the ground here
- 353° Shoemaker, 26.9 km away, 7.8° high, 3,901 m above the ground here
- 194° Shoemaker, 24.6 km away, 7.8° high, 3,515 m above the ground here
- 107° Shoemaker, 26.6 km away, 7.5° high, 3,715 m above the ground here
- 139° Shoemaker, 26.0 km away, 7.2° high, 3,461 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.