Horizon view
Horizon from Wrottesley A
23.5704° S, 54.9251° E · cell 30KDB
- Highest horizon point
- Wrottesley A: 15.8° above the horizontal, 2.84 km away at azimuth 307°.
- Farthest visible point
- 4.74 km away at azimuth 7°, 12.8° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 1,454 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 62.4° high at azimuth 321°, 47.0° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 17:09:22 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 2x (horizontal 4 px per degree). Eye 2 m above the ground.Scroll sideways to turn; the middle faces 307°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 62.4° high at azimuth 321°, 47.0° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 17:09:22 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
- 307° Wrottesley A, 2.84 km away, 15.8° high, 811 m above the ground here
- 123° Wrottesley A, 4.74 km away, 13.3° high, 1,129 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.