Horizon view
Horizon from Wurzelbauer D
36.3582° S, 17.7024° W · cell 21HDF
- Highest horizon point
- Wurzelbauer D: 10.2° above the horizontal, 18.0 km away at azimuth 42°.
- Farthest visible point
- 22.7 km away at azimuth 310°, 4.7° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 2,949 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 27.3° high at azimuth 70°, 18.1° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 15:39:29 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 3x (horizontal 4 px per degree). Eye 2 m above the ground.Scroll sideways to turn; the middle faces 42°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 27.3° high at azimuth 70°, 18.1° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 15:39:29 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
- 42° Wurzelbauer D, 18.0 km away, 10.2° high, 3,324 m above the ground here
- 245° Wurzelbauer D, 17.1 km away, 7.4° high, 2,313 m above the ground here
- 203° Wurzelbauer D, 18.0 km away, 7.3° high, 2,409 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.