Horizon view
Horizon from Van Gent P
12.4088° N, 159.3610° E · cell 43PER
- Highest horizon point
- Van Gent P: 6.5° above the horizontal, 22.7 km away at azimuth 128°.
- Farthest visible point
- 25.6 km away at azimuth 59°, 5.8° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 1,082 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is below the horizon: 32.8° under it at azimuth 276°. At 2026-10-22 21:00:43 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 5x (horizontal 4 px per degree). Eye 2 m above the ground.Scroll sideways to turn; the middle faces 128°.
The Sun is below the horizon: 32.8° under it at azimuth 276°. At 2026-10-22 21:00:43 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
- 128° Van Gent P, 22.7 km away, 6.5° high, 2,741 m above the ground here
- 354° Van Gent P, 22.7 km away, 6.2° high, 2,609 m above the ground here
- 287° Van Gent P, 21.8 km away, 6.0° high, 2,425 m above the ground here
- 318° Van Gent P, 22.7 km away, 6.0° high, 2,537 m above the ground here
- 62° Van Gent P, 24.6 km away, 5.8° high, 2,685 m above the ground here
- 157° Van Gent P, 22.7 km away, 5.6° high, 2,391 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.