Horizon view
Horizon from Playfair D
24.2704° S, 8.7116° E · cell 24JFA
- Highest horizon point
- Playfair D: 19.5° above the horizontal, 0.95 km away at azimuth 218°.
- Farthest visible point
- 57.8 km away at azimuth 334°, -0.6° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 391 m above the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 54.5° high at azimuth 54°, 47.9° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 19:29:59 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.
True vertical scale (horizontal 4 px per degree). Eye 2 m above the ground.Scroll sideways to turn; the middle faces 218°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 54.5° high at azimuth 54°, 47.9° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 19:29:59 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
- 218° Playfair D, 0.95 km away, 19.5° high, 338 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.