Lunar Observer vs WikiMoon

Track the Moon in breathtaking detail. Lunar Observer puts professional-grade astronomical calculations in your pocket — from moonrise and moonset times, illumination percentage, and solar and lunar eclipses, all the way to the Hijri calendar. Everything is computed with absolute precision based on your exact geographic location. PRECISE MOON DATA • Current moon phase with a live readout of illumination percentage and libration. • Sunrise, sunset, moonrise, and moonset times accurate to the second. • Celestial coordinates: altitude, azimuth, and elongation from the Sun. • Distance from Earth, angular diameter, and moon age. 24-HOUR TIMELINE Scrub through the hours with the slider to see exactly where the Moon sits above your horizon at any moment — from the instant it rises to the moment it sets. CHOOSE YOUR MOON Pick between real NASA imagery (per-date photographs from NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio, covering 2022–2026 and updated each new year) — or use a live 3D model built from the actual LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) terrain data, with real libration and earthshine on the dark side (recommended for years not covered by NASA's photos). ECLIPSES Comprehensive coverage of every upcoming solar and lunar eclipse, with local circumstances computed for your coordinates. See whether each event is visible from where you are, along with timings from start to finish, eclipse magnitude, and the Moon's altitude at maximum. HIJRI CALENDAR A monthly view of the Hijri calendar with moon-phase markers, anchored to your local timezone so the Hijri date rolls over correctly no matter where you are in the world. NOTIFICATIONS Optional alerts for tonight's moonrise and moonset, the full moon, the supermoon, solar and lunar eclipses visible from your location, the day-29 Hijri crescent watch, and a daily moon brief at the time you choose. All local on your device, with no notification servers. AUTHENTIC ARABIC INTERFACE Full right-to-left Arabic localization, with an option for Arabic-Indic numerals (٠١٢٣…) or a switch to Western digits, and authentic astronomical terminology — محاق, هلال, بدر, كسوف, خسوف — free from clunky machine translation. Arabic day and month names appear throughout the app. GET STARTED GUIDE A short, friendly walkthrough on first launch that shows you how to navigate the timeline, set your location, explore the Hijri month, and turn on notifications. You can re-open it anytime from the "?" mark in Settings. PRIVACY FIRST Your location data never leaves your device. No tracking, no analytics, no account required. Technical note: the app's calculations are powered by NASA's JPL DE440 ephemeris — the same high-precision model used by NASA Horizons and spacecraft navigation — with the VSOP87 and ELP/MPP02 algorithms as a fallback. Sub-arc-second accuracy, with coverage from 1549 to 2650.

Poetic Atlas of the Moon is your daily companion for discovering the Moon. A small poetic atlas, designed for those who gaze at the sky with curiosity—and for those who would like to start. — THE MOON EVERY DAY — Open the app and find the current phase, lunar age, percentage of illumination, and the times of rising and setting. A clear overview of what's happening in the sky, here and now. — LUNAR CALENDAR — A month of the Moon in a single screen. Navigate forward and backward in time, locate the next full Moon, the next new Moon, and the squares. Plan a night of observation or a moonlit walk. — OFFLINE LUNAR WIKI — A pocket encyclopedia in Italian, divided into five topics: • Origin of the Moon — the giant impact theory • Lunar phases — geometry, synodic cycle, illumination • Eclipses — solar and lunar, Saros and blood moon • Missions — Apollo, Soviet Moon program, Chang'e, Chandrayaan, Artemis • Geology — seas, craters, regolith, volcanism Each article includes sections, trivia, and a direct link to Wikipedia for those who want to learn more. — OVER 300 CURIOSITIES — A different lunar trivia every day for almost an entire year. From the speed at which the Moon is moving away from Earth to the Apollo retroreflectors, from the Earthrise flight of Apollo 8 to the discovery of ice in polar craters. — WORKS OFFLINE — No account, no ads, no connection required. All content is already on the device, ready to use even under a starry sky away from the internet. — DESIGNED FOR THE NIGHT — Native dark theme, night sky-inspired palette, full support for Liquid Glass on iOS 26. Lunario was created to bring the wonder of everyday discovery to just a tap away. Not an astronomer? Better yet: it's just for you.