Horizon view
Horizon from Tacitus Q
18.0049° S, 20.4626° E · cell 26KAD
- Highest horizon point
- Tacitus Q: 6.6° above the horizontal, 1.90 km away at azimuth 65°.
- Farthest visible point
- 2.84 km away at azimuth 0°, 5.3° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 979 m above the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 66.6° high at azimuth 46°, 60.6° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 18:42:39 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 65°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 66.6° high at azimuth 46°, 60.6° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 18:42:39 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
- 65° Tacitus Q, 1.90 km away, 6.6° high, 222 m above the ground here
- 283° Tacitus Q, 0.95 km away, 6.3° high, 108 m above the ground here
- 199° Tacitus Q, 2.84 km away, 5.4° high, 272 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.