Horizon view
Horizon from Tacitus E
13.9524° S, 20.1330° E · cell 26LAJ
- Highest horizon point
- Tacitus E: 17.0° above the horizontal, 2.84 km away at azimuth 275°.
- Farthest visible point
- 4.74 km away at azimuth 55°, 14.9° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 60 m above the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 69.0° high at azimuth 55°, 54.1° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 18:42:24 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 2x (horizontal 4 px per degree). Eye 2 m above the ground.Scroll sideways to turn; the middle faces 275°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 69.0° high at azimuth 55°, 54.1° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 18:42:24 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
- 275° Tacitus E, 2.84 km away, 17.0° high, 873 m above the ground here
- 68° Tacitus E, 4.74 km away, 16.0° high, 1,372 m above the ground here
- 155° Tacitus E, 4.74 km away, 15.0° high, 1,276 m above the ground here
- 184° Tacitus E, 3.79 km away, 13.7° high, 932 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.