Horizon view
Horizon from Van der Waals H
44.7726° S, 122.5323° E · cell 38GHL
- Highest horizon point
- Van der Waals H: 9.6° above the horizontal, 15.2 km away at azimuth 220°.
- Farthest visible point
- 43.6 km away at azimuth 32°, 5.2° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 1,510 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is 4.5° above the smooth horizon at azimuth 273° but behind terrain: the skyline there rises to 7.6°. At 2026-10-22 18:04:55 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 220°.
The Sun is 4.5° above the smooth horizon at azimuth 273° but behind terrain: the skyline there rises to 7.6°. At 2026-10-22 18:04:55 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
- 220° Van der Waals H, 15.2 km away, 9.6° high, 2,638 m above the ground here
- 180° Van der Waals H, 17.1 km away, 9.2° high, 2,845 m above the ground here
- 248° Van der Waals H, 16.1 km away, 8.5° high, 2,493 m above the ground here
- 349° Van der Waals H, 15.2 km away, 7.0° high, 1,934 m above the ground here
- 56° Van der Waals H, 16.1 km away, 6.6° high, 1,947 m above the ground here
- 314° Van der Waals H, 16.1 km away, 6.4° high, 1,880 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.