Horizon view
Horizon from Xenophanes
57.4889° N, 82.0059° W · cell 13VDK
- Highest horizon point
- Xenophanes: 9.2° above the horizontal, 0.95 km away at azimuth 206°.
- Farthest visible point
- 73.9 km away at azimuth 343°, 1.0° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 2,334 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is below the horizon: 18.2° under it at azimuth 62°. At 2026-10-22 11:06:34 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 206°.
The Sun is below the horizon: 18.2° under it at azimuth 62°. At 2026-10-22 11:06:34 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
- 206° Xenophanes, 0.95 km away, 9.2° high, 156 m above the ground here
- 331° Unnamed, 60.6 km away, 1.3° high, 2,481 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.