Horizon view
Horizon from Tharp
30.5990° S, 145.6308° E · cell 41JGH
- Highest horizon point
- Tharp: 17.7° above the horizontal, 5.69 km away at azimuth 280°.
- Farthest visible point
- 7.58 km away at azimuth 188°, 14.0° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 1,639 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is below the horizon: 12.9° under it at azimuth 261°. At 2026-10-22 13:38:52 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.
True vertical scale (horizontal 4 px per degree). Eye 2 m above the ground.Scroll sideways to turn; the middle faces 280°.
The Sun is below the horizon: 12.9° under it at azimuth 261°. At 2026-10-22 13:38:52 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
- 280° Tharp, 5.69 km away, 17.7° high, 1,824 m above the ground here
- 57° Tharp, 6.63 km away, 17.6° high, 2,121 m above the ground here
- 28° Tharp, 6.63 km away, 17.3° high, 2,076 m above the ground here
- 242° Tharp, 6.63 km away, 16.4° high, 1,964 m above the ground here
- 337° Tharp, 6.63 km away, 16.3° high, 1,954 m above the ground here
- 173° Tharp, 5.69 km away, 14.8° high, 1,512 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.