Horizon view
Horizon from Virtanen
15.6430° N, 176.7368° E · cell 45PFJ
- Highest horizon point
- Virtanen: 11.0° above the horizontal, 19.9 km away at azimuth 147°.
- Farthest visible point
- 23.7 km away at azimuth 73°, 7.8° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 2,044 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is below the horizon: 47.5° under it at azimuth 286°. At 2026-10-22 18:23:59 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 147°.
The Sun is below the horizon: 47.5° under it at azimuth 286°. At 2026-10-22 18:23:59 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
- 147° Virtanen, 19.9 km away, 11.0° high, 3,982 m above the ground here
- 63° Virtanen F, 21.8 km away, 8.9° high, 3,564 m above the ground here
- 316° Virtanen, 18.9 km away, 6.4° high, 2,246 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.