# How far is the horizon?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-is-the-horizon/48326>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 4, 2001, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-is-the-horizon/48326 "2001-01-04T01:06:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![barking\_frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@barking\_frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barking_frog)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2001, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-is-the-horizon/48326/21 "2001-01-05T01:12:28Z")

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Also, take note that I used the person standing at the y=x line, Cecil used 45 degrees latitude which is a different number.

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