Horizon view
Horizon from Vernadskiy U
23.7876° N, 126.4990° E · cell 39QDU
- Highest horizon point
- Vernadskiy U: 8.7° above the horizontal, 16.1 km away at azimuth 136°.
- Farthest visible point
- 27.5 km away at azimuth 302°, 5.6° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 672 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is 2.4° above the smooth horizon at azimuth 267° but behind terrain: the skyline there rises to 7.5°. At 2026-10-22 13:45:00 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 136°.
The Sun is 2.4° above the smooth horizon at azimuth 267° but behind terrain: the skyline there rises to 7.5°. At 2026-10-22 13:45:00 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
- 136° Vernadskiy U, 16.1 km away, 8.7° high, 2,538 m above the ground here
- 190° Vernadskiy U, 16.1 km away, 8.4° high, 2,454 m above the ground here
- 263° Vernadskiy U, 16.1 km away, 7.7° high, 2,250 m above the ground here
- 75° Vernadskiy U, 17.1 km away, 7.0° high, 2,178 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.