Horizon view
Horizon from Vernadskiy
23.1139° N, 130.4256° E · cell 39QHU
- Highest horizon point
- Vernadskiy: 12.2° above the horizontal, 2.84 km away at azimuth 99°.
- Farthest visible point
- 54.0 km away at azimuth 139°, 3.3° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 1,517 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is below the horizon: 0.4° under it at azimuth 269°. At 2026-10-22 11:54:58 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 99°.
The Sun is below the horizon: 0.4° under it at azimuth 269°. At 2026-10-22 11:54:58 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
- 99° Vernadskiy, 2.84 km away, 12.2° high, 618 m above the ground here
- 289° Unnamed, 44.5 km away, 4.7° high, 4,228 m above the ground here
- 195° Unnamed, 45.5 km away, 4.3° high, 4,009 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.