Horizon view
Horizon from Tacitus K
13.1157° S, 19.9928° E · cell 25LKE
- Highest horizon point
- Tacitus K: 10.5° above the horizontal, 2.84 km away at azimuth 346°.
- Farthest visible point
- 97.6 km away at azimuth 117°, -1.2° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 1,670 m above the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 68.7° high at azimuth 58°, 62.6° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 17:08:48 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 346°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 68.7° high at azimuth 58°, 62.6° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 17:08:48 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
- 346° Tacitus K, 2.84 km away, 10.5° high, 533 m above the ground here
- 205° Unnamed, 38.9 km away, 1.3° high, 1,315 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.