Horizon view
Horizon from Wurzelbauer
34.0409° S, 16.0564° W · cell 21HEJ
- Highest horizon point
- Wurzelbauer: 3.1° above the horizontal, 0.95 km away at azimuth 72°.
- Farthest visible point
- 52.1 km away at azimuth 171°, 1.3° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 1,525 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 27.6° high at azimuth 71°, 24.5° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 11:06:29 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 72°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 27.6° high at azimuth 71°, 24.5° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 11:06:29 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
- 72° Wurzelbauer, 0.95 km away, 3.1° high, 54 m above the ground here
- 110° Wurzelbauer B, 45.5 km away, 2.7° high, 2,755 m above the ground here
- 250° Wurzelbauer, 4.74 km away, 2.4° high, 209 m above the ground here
- 134° Wurzelbauer B, 35.1 km away, 2.2° high, 1,711 m above the ground here
- 171° Wurzelbauer A, 52.1 km away, 1.3° high, 1,925 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.