Horizon view
Horizon from Yakovkin
54.4180° S, 78.9288° W · cell 13FFQ
- Highest horizon point
- Yakovkin: 5.7° above the horizontal, 18.0 km away at azimuth 319°.
- Farthest visible point
- 19.9 km away at azimuth 28°, 3.9° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 1,140 m above the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is below the horizon: 13.2° under it at azimuth 112°. At 2026-10-22 20:27:08 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 5x (horizontal 4 px per degree). Eye 2 m above the ground.Scroll sideways to turn; the middle faces 319°.
The Sun is below the horizon: 13.2° under it at azimuth 112°. At 2026-10-22 20:27:08 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
- 319° Yakovkin, 18.0 km away, 5.7° high, 1,887 m above the ground here
- 265° Yakovkin, 18.0 km away, 4.8° high, 1,627 m above the ground here
- 12° Yakovkin, 18.0 km away, 4.7° high, 1,577 m above the ground here
- 94° Yakovkin, 18.0 km away, 4.6° high, 1,559 m above the ground here
- 215° Yakovkin, 18.0 km away, 4.6° high, 1,554 m above the ground here
- 179° Yakovkin, 17.1 km away, 4.6° high, 1,466 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.