Horizon view
Horizon from Playfair A
22.2993° S, 6.8839° E · cell 24KDC
- Highest horizon point
- Playfair A: 7.4° above the horizontal, 8.53 km away at azimuth 312°.
- Farthest visible point
- 27.5 km away at azimuth 99°, 1.9° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 608 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 54.3° high at azimuth 58°, 50.4° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 19:52:21 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 312°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 54.3° high at azimuth 58°, 50.4° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 19:52:21 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
- 312° Playfair A, 8.53 km away, 7.4° high, 1,135 m above the ground here
- 123° Unnamed, 23.7 km away, 3.7° high, 1,702 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.