Horizon view
Horizon from Wiechert
84.0334° S, 164.7010° E · cell BBF
- Highest horizon point
- Wiechert: 7.5° above the horizontal, 15.8 km away at azimuth 119°.
- Farthest visible point
- 42.6 km away at azimuth 183°, 2.2° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 2,933 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is below the horizon: 2.0° under it at azimuth 236°. At 2026-10-22 12:43:13 UTC, when this page was served.
- Resolution
- Terrain resolution: about 160 m at this point and about 1.9 km at the farthest samples; nearby foreground relief is smoothed at the coarser tiers, 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 119°.
The Sun is below the horizon: 2.0° under it at azimuth 236°. At 2026-10-22 12:43:13 UTC.
Terrain resolution: about 160 m at this point and about 1.9 km at the farthest samples; nearby foreground relief is smoothed at the coarser tiers, and the model does not include boulders or other surface hazards. How the horizon is computed
Peaks on the skyline
- 119° Wiechert, 15.8 km away, 7.5° high, 2,159 m above the ground here
- 22° Unnamed, 23.1 km away, 6.7° high, 2,859 m above the ground here
- 211° Unnamed, 23.4 km away, 5.2° high, 2,296 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.