- Sun tab: possibility to open twilight and golden/blue hours by tapping the corresponding icon in the upper-left corner.
- Bug fixes and performance improvements;
Version 3.34:
- New diagram: "Distance".
Version 3.33:
- New option in app settings: "Alternative Full moon names";
- New background theme;
- All line diagrams can now be zoomed in/out;
- Fixed bugs.
- Sky tab, new option: show planets path;
- Fixed notification bug;
- Some performance improvements.
New Sun widget.
- New widget;
- Bug fixes;
- New in Orbits tab: 2D mode which allows to move orbits;
- Possibility to remove unnecessary items from "Recent locations";
- Bug fixes and improvements;
This release contains mainly bug fixes and some minor improvements, for example, possibility to choose a moon image separately for each app widget.
- Sphere tab, sphere mode: possibility to show an azimuthal grid;
- Notification: possibility to create Rise, Set and Transit notifications for more than 300 popular stars.
- Bug fixes.
Recent changes:
- Bug fixes in Orbits tab (incorrect Jupiter location);
- New option: several app widgets containing moon image, now have a new option "Moon glow";
- New diagram: zodiac signs;
- "Summary of events" section: possibility to select which events to show in the list;
- New types of event in "Summary of events" section: monthly minimum and maximum declination of the Moon, perihelion and aphelion of the Earth;
- Sky widget: now widget border is optional;
- "Notifications" section: possibility to create notifications for monthly maximum and minimum declination of the Moon;
- Added support of themed icons on Android 13 devices;
- Other minor improvements and bug fixes.
- Orbits tab: multiple visual improvements;
- Bug fixes.
- New in Moon phase wallpaper settings: possibility to adjust Moon brightness;
- Bug fixes.
Diagrams section: new diagram - angular diameter of the Sun, the Moon and planets;
Planetary configurations section: dates of perihelion and aphelion of the Earth.
- New in Notifications section: in addition to golden and blue hour notifications you can also create twilight notifications (civil, nautical and astronomical).
- Bug fixes.
- Fixed problems with app widgets on Android 12;
- Fixed multiple problems with notifications;
- Sphere tab (inside sphere mode): now constellation lines can be hidden using a new "Constellations" option;
- Notification menu: now if you have problems with notifications (you don't receive notifications or they are often delayed) you can select "Use device alarm clock" option;
- Other minor bug fixes and improvements.
- Astro calculator: additional search criteria for the Moon - illumination;
- Planets, Moon, Sun tabs: by tapping rise/set times, you'll see amount of time left until or passed after the event;
- Minor improvements and bug fixes.
- New feature "Astro calculator". This tool can be very helpful while planning to observe planets, the Moon or the Sun. It allows to calculate dates and exact time at which the Moon, the Sun or a planet will be at the specified position.
- Bug fixes and improvements.
Version 3.07
-- Fixed: critical bug in Lunar days section.
Version 3.06
-- New: For those who are interested in Lunar Days there is a new menu item "Lunar Days" which can be found by tapping the upper left "≡" icon.
- New in Planets tab: path lines reflecting the current position of planets;
- New in Moon, Sun and Planets tabs: a new icon allowing to quickly find the Moon/Sun/planet on the sky sphere.
- New in sphere tab (inside sphere mode): possibility to view stars and planets under horizon (this option can be activated by clicking a small green eye icon);
- Minor bug fixes and improvements.
New feature: Moon Globe. Possibility to locate craters, seas and other moon features by their names.
Fixed minor bugs.
New feature: Moon Globe. Possibility to locate craters, seas and other moon features by their names.
Fixed minor bugs.
- Minor bug fixes and performance improvements;
- New in widgets: new option "Show unlit part of the Moon" which can be used to make unlit part of the Moon look black or invisible. By default it's always black. This options is available for newly created widgets with the Moon.
New: Transparent theme with 3 background images (Settings -> Theme);
New in "Altitude diagram" window: daily maximum altitude during the year for any geographic latitude;
Fixed: minor bugs in "Day length" window;
- New in "Planetary configurations" menu: dates of retrograde and direct motion of planets.
- Fixed minor bugs.
- New: Planetary Configurations (positions of planets relative to the Sun): conjunctions, greatest elongations and oppositions;
- Minor bug fixes and improvements.
- New in Day and Night Globe section: positions of the Sun at its zenith (subsolar point) and the Moon at its zenith (sublunar point);
- New in Day and Night Globe section: possibility to show a simple latitude grid;
- New in Day and Night Globe section: possibility to show a Google map by tapping the Moon/Sun icons on the Globe;
- Minor bug fixes and improvements.
- New feature: Day and Night Globe
- Minor bug fixes
- Bulgarian translation;
- Minor bug fixes and improvements;
New: Day length diagram. The diagram shows how a day length changes during a year for any location.
- Czech translation by Robert Michl;
- Fixed Daylight saving time error in real-time mode;
- Minor performance improvements.
- "Sphere" tab, inside sphere mode: changed Sun image and fixed planet drawing bugs;
- "Moon" tab / "Sun" tab: new clickable icon near current location name which allows to select one of the last used locations;
- Settings: possibility to select the first day of the week;
Minor bug fixes and stability improvements
- Text size bug fixes on "Sun" and "Moon" tabs for some devices in large font size mode;
- Overall stability improvements.
- Changed design of Moon and Sun tab windows;
- Bugs fixes and performance improvements;
Version 2.97:
⚠️ Fixed: Moon/Sun swipe problems and errors on the Sun tab in landscape mode.
Version 2.96:
✔️ NEW: Real-time mode (can be activated in app Settings). In this mode time is updated automatically every second.
⚠️ Minor bug fixes and improvements.
✔️ NEW: Real-time mode which can be activated in app Settings. In this mode date and time are updated automatically every second.
✔️ Minor bug fixes and improvements.
- Possibility to change ("More..." label) the size of the planets displayed in Sky tab and Daff Sky widget;
- Possibility to add events to Google calendar by clicking on the event date. This feature is applied to:
Summary of events,
Node passages of the moon,
Equinoxes & Solstices,
Perigee & Apogee,
Supermoon,
Phases,
Eclipse stages.
- Minor cosmetic improvements.
- Minor bug fixes;
- Settings | Show at startup: possibility to select additional windows which will be shown at startup;
- Sphere tab, inside sphere mode: added 9096 bight stars with names from "Yale Bright Star Catalogue" (stars visible to the naked eye from Earth);
- Performance improvements and minor bug fixes.
Version 2.91
- Fixed: Sphere tab, "Inside the sphere" mode: screen becomes unresponsive after "Find planet" operation.
Version 2.90
- New: altitude diagram for Sun, Moon and planets (top left menu);
- New: altitude diagram widget;
- Sphere tab: performance improvements.
- Sphere tab, "Inside the sphere" mode: Double tap or pinch in/pinch out to change zoom. Planet names. Full screen mode.
- Minor bug fixes and other interface improvements.
- new in Settings: possibility to choose a starting tab;
- new in Settings: possibility to choose coordinates format (D°MM'SS" or D.DDD°);
- new in Sky Sphere options: "Ecliptic" (show/hide ecliptic line);
- new in Sky Sphere options: "Atmosphere" (show/hide atmosphere in "inside sphere" mode);
- new in Moon info window: Elongation;
- Improvements and bug fixes.
- New images of the Moon (Settings | Moon image...);
- Moon distance diagram in the Perigee/Apogee window;
- Cosmetic improvements and bug fixes.
- New resizeable widget displaying moon phases for the current month;
- Improvements and bug fixes.
- date & time selection bar: week day names;
- new feature "Summary of Events" - the summary of all events for the selected date;
- fixed several polish translation errors and other minor bugs;
- Polish translation by Tomasz Lewicki;- Settings: possibility to switch between sidereal and tropical zodiac;- Sphere tab: possibility to find a constellation on the sky sphere using Search button;- Minor bug fixes and improvements.
- NEW: List of Supermoons for any year;- NEW: Possibility to setup Supermoon notifications.- Minor bug fixes.
- NEW: names of constellations;- FIXED: Daylight Saving Time errors;
Sphere: Zoom buttons and constellations
- NEW: Orbits tab: orbit of the Moon. Possibility to move orbits in addition to rotation;- NEW: Orbits tab: Perihelion/Aphelion points;- NEW: Possibility to set lunar perigee/apogee notification;- NEW: Sky widget & sky tab: displaying ground/sea is optional now;- Several improvements and bug fixes.
- NEW: translation into Portuguese by António Madeira;- NEW: lunar Perigee and Apogee calendar;- NEW: location settings: possibility to select geographical coordinates using Google Map;- NEW: possibility to set multiple notifications for a single event;
This application displays current Moon phase, Moon phases for any month and other real-time information about the Moon, the Sun and all other major planets.
Main features:
★ Current phase and age of the Moon;
★ Node passages of the Moon;
★ Moon phases calendar and Rise/Set calendar for any month;
★ Full Information about Lunar Eclipses & Solar Eclipses with visualization;
★ Day-length, Rise and Set times, Zodiac signs, Transit times, Altitude and Azimuth of the Moon, the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto;
★ Moon, Sun and all major planets positions on the interactive sky sphere;
★ Solstices and Equinoxes;
★ Supermoon calendar for any year;
★ Orbits of the planets;
★ Information about golden and blue hours for each day;
★ 7 Homescreen widgets;
★ Built-in moon phase live wallpaper;
★ Possibility to set up notifications about certain upcoming events (sunrise, Fullmoon, etc).
In addition to static data you can see positions of Moon, Sun and eight major planets on the simple sky sphere!
The Moon phase image is drawn with high accuracy for any date and time. All data is calculated based on user's location (geographic coordinates) and a specified point in time.
This App is absolutely free and contains no ads. If you like it, please, don't forget to rate it!
If you find bugs or have any ideas and suggestions how to improve this application, please, send a message to dafftin@gmail.com and I'll do my best to make it better!