Horizon view
Horizon from Sömmering
0.1927° N, 7.5263° W · cell 22NFA
- Highest horizon point
- Sömmering: 5.2° above the horizontal, 13.3 km away at azimuth 61°.
- Farthest visible point
- 58.8 km away at azimuth 8°, 0.1° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 1,166 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 43.9° high at azimuth 92°, 39.6° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 15:55:40 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 5x (horizontal 4 px per degree). Eye 2 m above the ground.Scroll sideways to turn; the middle faces 61°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 43.9° high at azimuth 92°, 39.6° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 15:55:40 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
- 61° Sömmering, 13.3 km away, 5.2° high, 1,268 m above the ground here
- 329° Sömmering, 14.2 km away, 1.7° high, 483 m above the ground here
- 273° Sömmering, 15.2 km away, 1.2° high, 390 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.