Horizon view
Horizon from Tacquet
16.6412° N, 19.2026° E · cell 25QJA
- Highest horizon point
- Tacquet: 15.4° above the horizontal, 2.84 km away at azimuth 326°.
- Farthest visible point
- 3.79 km away at azimuth 147°, 12.7° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 3,464 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 65.0° high at azimuth 134°, 52.2° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 19:24:33 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 326°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 65.0° high at azimuth 134°, 52.2° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 19:24:33 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
- 326° Tacquet, 2.84 km away, 15.4° high, 785 m above the ground here
- 34° Tacquet, 2.84 km away, 14.9° high, 759 m above the ground here
- 265° Tacquet, 2.84 km away, 14.3° high, 727 m above the ground here
- 188° Tacquet, 2.84 km away, 13.4° high, 683 m above the ground here
- 127° Tacquet, 2.84 km away, 13.0° high, 661 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.