Horizon view
Horizon from Playfair H
23.4013° S, 8.4936° E · cell 24KFB
- Highest horizon point
- Playfair: 9.9° above the horizontal, 18.0 km away at azimuth 27°.
- Farthest visible point
- 29.4 km away at azimuth 163°, 5.5° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 2,059 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is above the local horizon: 54.8° high at azimuth 55°, 46.7° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 19:30:05 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 27°.
The Sun is above the local horizon: 54.8° high at azimuth 55°, 46.7° above the skyline there. At 2026-10-22 19:30:05 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
- 27° Playfair, 18.0 km away, 9.9° high, 3,252 m above the ground here
- 85° Playfair, 18.9 km away, 8.5° high, 2,936 m above the ground here
- 178° Playfair, 28.4 km away, 6.6° high, 3,547 m above the ground here
- 289° Playfair, 22.7 km away, 6.3° high, 2,652 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.