Horizon view
Horizon from Playfair
23.5604° S, 8.4452° E · cell 24KFB
- Highest horizon point
- Playfair: 7.6° above the horizontal, 24.6 km away at azimuth 120°.
- Farthest visible point
- 32.2 km away at azimuth 312°, 4.6° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 1,822 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 55.1° high at azimuth 55°, 48.9° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 20:27:06 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 120°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 55.1° high at azimuth 55°, 48.9° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 20:27:06 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
- 120° Playfair, 24.6 km away, 7.6° high, 3,465 m above the ground here
- 174° Playfair, 23.7 km away, 7.5° high, 3,306 m above the ground here
- 24° Playfair, 23.7 km away, 7.2° high, 3,175 m above the ground here
- 151° Playfair, 22.7 km away, 7.1° high, 2,968 m above the ground here
- 301° Playfair, 23.7 km away, 5.5° high, 2,437 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.