Horizon view
Horizon from Playfair B
23.2253° S, 7.5890° E · cell 24KEB
- Highest horizon point
- Playfair B: 15.2° above the horizontal, 1.90 km away at azimuth 54°.
- Farthest visible point
- 85.3 km away at azimuth 265°, -1.1° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 175 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 54.0° high at azimuth 57°, 38.8° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 18:54:48 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 54°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 54.0° high at azimuth 57°, 38.8° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 18:54:48 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
- 54° Playfair B, 1.90 km away, 15.2° high, 519 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.