Horizon view
Horizon from Playfair E
21.8068° S, 8.8885° E · cell 24KFD
- Highest horizon point
- Playfair E: 9.9° above the horizontal, 1.90 km away at azimuth 105°.
- Farthest visible point
- 4.74 km away at azimuth 9°, 2.6° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 862 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 55.6° high at azimuth 57°, 48.3° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 18:23:51 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 105°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 55.6° high at azimuth 57°, 48.3° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 18:23:51 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
- 105° Playfair E, 1.90 km away, 9.9° high, 334 m above the ground here
- 334° Playfair E, 2.84 km away, 7.0° high, 352 m above the ground here
- 274° Playfair E, 2.84 km away, 6.9° high, 347 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.