Horizon view
Horizon from Tacitus F
17.0931° S, 17.5534° E · cell 25KGV
- Highest horizon point
- Tacitus F: 17.2° above the horizontal, 2.84 km away at azimuth 27°.
- Farthest visible point
- 4.74 km away at azimuth 83°, 12.3° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 292 m above the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 63.4° high at azimuth 56°, 47.3° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 14:29:14 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 27°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 63.4° high at azimuth 56°, 47.3° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 14:29:14 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
- 27° Tacitus F, 2.84 km away, 17.2° high, 887 m above the ground here
- 164° Tacitus F, 3.79 km away, 12.3° high, 833 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.