Horizon view
Horizon from Vallis Capella
7.3918° S, 35.0385° E · cell 27MJB
- Highest horizon point
- Capella: 14.4° above the horizontal, 8.53 km away at azimuth 33°.
- Farthest visible point
- 28.4 km away at azimuth 248°, 6.2° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 2,920 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 81.5° high at azimuth 45°, 67.8° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 11:06:36 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 33°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 81.5° high at azimuth 45°, 67.8° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 11:06:36 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
- 33° Capella, 8.53 km away, 14.4° high, 2,213 m above the ground here
- 203° Capella, 6.63 km away, 10.1° high, 1,193 m above the ground here
- 300° Capella, 21.8 km away, 7.0° high, 2,815 m above the ground here
- 155° Capella, 25.6 km away, 6.5° high, 3,118 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.