Horizon view
Horizon from Tacitus B
14.0468° S, 20.4463° E · cell 26LAH
- Highest horizon point
- Tacitus B: 18.4° above the horizontal, 4.74 km away at azimuth 321°.
- Farthest visible point
- 6.63 km away at azimuth 22°, 14.8° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 514 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 69.4° high at azimuth 53°, 53.6° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 19:24:31 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 321°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 69.4° high at azimuth 53°, 53.6° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 19:24:31 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
- 321° Tacitus B, 4.74 km away, 18.4° high, 1,588 m above the ground here
- 258° Tacitus B, 4.74 km away, 18.0° high, 1,546 m above the ground here
- 157° Tacitus B, 5.69 km away, 16.8° high, 1,725 m above the ground here
- 204° Tacitus B, 5.69 km away, 16.4° high, 1,684 m above the ground here
- 50° Tacitus B, 5.69 km away, 16.1° high, 1,656 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.