Horizon view
Horizon from Thiessen
74.8576° N, 169.5041° W · cell 2XER
- Highest horizon point
- Thiessen: 7.2° above the horizontal, 31.3 km away at azimuth 86°.
- Farthest visible point
- 36.0 km away at azimuth 221°, 5.1° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 2,688 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is below the horizon: 14.3° under it at azimuth 328°. At 2026-10-22 11:05:33 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 3x (horizontal 4 px per degree). Eye 2 m above the ground.Scroll sideways to turn; the middle faces 86°.
The Sun is below the horizon: 14.3° under it at azimuth 328°. At 2026-10-22 11:05:33 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
- 86° Thiessen, 31.3 km away, 7.2° high, 4,218 m above the ground here
- 27° Thiessen, 33.2 km away, 6.5° high, 4,115 m above the ground here
- 161° Thiessen, 32.2 km away, 6.2° high, 3,827 m above the ground here
- 299° Thiessen, 33.2 km away, 6.0° high, 3,828 m above the ground here
- 275° Thiessen, 30.3 km away, 5.8° high, 3,371 m above the ground here
- 192° Thiessen, 29.4 km away, 5.8° high, 3,243 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.