Horizon view
Horizon from Townley
3.4244° N, 63.1872° E · cell 31NEE
- Highest horizon point
- Townley: 12.7° above the horizontal, 8.53 km away at azimuth 163°.
- Farthest visible point
- 9.48 km away at azimuth 4°, 10.8° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 2,276 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 65.4° high at azimuth 259°, 54.7° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 14:57:31 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 163°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 65.4° high at azimuth 259°, 54.7° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 14:57:31 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
- 163° Townley, 8.53 km away, 12.7° high, 1,941 m above the ground here
- 231° Townley, 8.53 km away, 11.7° high, 1,790 m above the ground here
- 35° Townley, 8.53 km away, 11.2° high, 1,708 m above the ground here
- 309° Townley, 8.53 km away, 11.1° high, 1,692 m above the ground here
- 267° Townley, 8.53 km away, 11.1° high, 1,691 m above the ground here
- 81° Townley, 8.53 km away, 10.7° high, 1,638 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.