Horizon view
Horizon from Zhukovskiy U
8.5087° N, 173.2858° W · cell 1PJL
- Highest horizon point
- Zhukovskiy U: 12.4° above the horizontal, 14.2 km away at azimuth 111°.
- Farthest visible point
- 15.2 km away at azimuth 183°, 9.5° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 3,188 m above the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is below the horizon: 58.2° under it at azimuth 281°. At 2026-10-22 17:28:44 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 111°.
The Sun is below the horizon: 58.2° under it at azimuth 281°. At 2026-10-22 17:28:44 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
- 111° Zhukovskiy U, 14.2 km away, 12.4° high, 3,200 m above the ground here
- 148° Zhukovskiy U, 10.4 km away, 11.2° high, 2,109 m above the ground here
- 217° Zhukovskiy U, 13.3 km away, 10.0° high, 2,392 m above the ground here
- 353° Zhukovskiy U, 14.2 km away, 9.7° high, 2,490 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.