Horizon view
Horizon from Winthrop
10.7601° S, 44.4600° W · cell 17LKM
- Highest horizon point
- Winthrop: 1.6° above the horizontal, 8.53 km away at azimuth 223°.
- Farthest visible point
- 11.4 km away at azimuth 302°, 0.6° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 2,027 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 7.2° high at azimuth 90°, 7.4° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 16:15:00 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 10x (horizontal 4 px per degree). Eye 2 m above the ground.Scroll sideways to turn; the middle faces 223°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 7.2° high at azimuth 90°, 7.4° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 16:15:00 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
- 223° Winthrop, 8.53 km away, 1.6° high, 260 m above the ground here
- 170° Winthrop, 8.53 km away, 1.4° high, 233 m above the ground here
- 10° Winthrop, 9.48 km away, 1.1° high, 217 m above the ground here
- 132° Winthrop, 9.48 km away, 1.0° high, 189 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.