Rise and set of the Sun, Moon and the planets

About Rise and set of the Sun, Moon and the planets Android App

The Program displays

◾ Positioning of the Sun, Moon and planets at the current moment

◾ Timing of sunrise/-set, and the intersection of the celestial meridian (the upper culmination)

◾ The geographical direction of celestial bodies at the moment of sunrise/-set, also the maximum altitude above the horizon at the culmination

◾ The current position of the astronomical objects relative to your location by using a 2D compass


◾ Current status of the celestial object: ascending, descending, under the horizon edge.

For the Sun: the time of upper culmination, current half of the day / night and the current twilight/-s.

For the Moon: textual and visual definition of the moon phases

◾ The previous, current and future astronomical constellation, tropical and sidereal zodiac, in which the Sun, Moon or planets are in the moment

◾ The transition date to the next constellation or zodiac

additional for the Moon

◽The current age of the Moon, shown up in days, since the last new moon.

◽Percentage of lunar disk’s illumination (moon phase)

The lunar calendar displays:

◾ Phase of the Moon for any day of the calendar, starting from 1st year of our era.
(displayed as a pop-up)

◾ The onset of the new moon, full moon, first and last quarter with an exactitude up to a minute for any date.

◾ Lunar and solar eclipses

For the moon eclipses

◽ Time of lunar eclipse

◽Determining the type of lunar eclipse (full, partial, penumbral)

◽ Сalculation of the maximum phase of the lunar eclipse

For the Sun eclipses

◽ Time of solar eclipse

◽ Determining the type of solar eclipse (full, annular, particular)

◽ Сalculation of the maximum phase for a particular solar eclipse

Solar calendar can show you

◾ Sunrise and -set for any date

◾ The duration of the day and its change in comparison to the previous day

◾ Events of the selected day

◾ Time of civil, nautical and astronomical twilight, sunrise and sunset, solar noon and midnight. (The azimuth is indicated for all events except of the solar noon)