Horizon view
Horizon from Von Kármán
44.4505° S, 176.2451° E · cell 45GFS
- Highest horizon point
- Von Kármán: 9.5° above the horizontal, 6.63 km away at azimuth 282°.
- Farthest visible point
- 129 km away at azimuth 107°, -0.2° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 5,750 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is below the horizon: 29.3° under it at azimuth 234°. At 2026-10-22 11:06:31 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 282°.
The Sun is below the horizon: 29.3° under it at azimuth 234°. At 2026-10-22 11:06:31 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
- 282° Von Kármán, 6.63 km away, 9.5° high, 1,119 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.