Horizon view
Horizon from Somerville
8.3319° S, 64.9611° E · cell 31LGK
- Highest horizon point
- Somerville: 19.0° above the horizontal, 6.63 km away at azimuth 211°.
- Farthest visible point
- 8.53 km away at azimuth 32°, 13.6° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 3,422 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 61.5° high at azimuth 283°, 46.4° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 18:42:26 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.
True vertical scale (horizontal 4 px per degree). Eye 2 m above the ground.Scroll sideways to turn; the middle faces 211°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 61.5° high at azimuth 283°, 46.4° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 18:42:26 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
- 211° Somerville, 6.63 km away, 19.0° high, 2,295 m above the ground here
- 343° Somerville, 7.58 km away, 17.3° high, 2,375 m above the ground here
- 79° Somerville, 7.58 km away, 15.1° high, 2,059 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.