Horizon view
Horizon from Tacitus L
14.3958° S, 20.8975° E · cell 26LBH
- Highest horizon point
- Tacitus L: 5.8° above the horizontal, 1.90 km away at azimuth 234°.
- Farthest visible point
- 9.48 km away at azimuth 349°, 2.2° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 753 m above the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 69.3° high at azimuth 52°, 65.5° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 18:42:37 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 5x (horizontal 4 px per degree). Eye 2 m above the ground.Scroll sideways to turn; the middle faces 234°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 69.3° high at azimuth 52°, 65.5° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 18:42:37 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
- 234° Tacitus L, 1.90 km away, 5.8° high, 196 m above the ground here
- 72° Tacitus L, 1.90 km away, 3.8° high, 130 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.