Horizon view
Horizon from Tacitus
16.2049° S, 18.9495° E · cell 25KJA
- Highest horizon point
- Tacitus: 10.3° above the horizontal, 19.9 km away at azimuth 151°.
- Farthest visible point
- 22.7 km away at azimuth 64°, 8.0° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 886 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 66.7° high at azimuth 52°, 56.8° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 18:35:42 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 151°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 66.7° high at azimuth 52°, 56.8° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 18:35:42 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
- 151° Tacitus, 19.9 km away, 10.3° high, 3,758 m above the ground here
- 50° Tacitus, 19.9 km away, 10.3° high, 3,756 m above the ground here
- 332° Tacitus, 18.9 km away, 9.5° high, 3,275 m above the ground here
- 259° Tacitus, 18.0 km away, 9.2° high, 3,010 m above the ground here
- 297° Tacitus, 19.9 km away, 9.2° high, 3,329 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.