The moon is so mysteriously cool. It sits in the sky night after night playing it's giant part in the existence of our planet, but what do you actually know about the moon? This collection of apps will help to take away some of the mystery and teach you tons of cool stuff that you never knew before. The apps touch on the moon's location, phases and so much more.
Highest scored apps in the category
Not just a Moon Map
Not just a Moon Map! Rather a series of actual photos of the phases of the Moon with prominent features marked and named. This makes it easy to identify features on the Moon as you are seeing them as they really are, not as an idealized representation on a map. Each Map gives priority to features on the terminator (the...
Explore a 3D globe of the Moon
Moon Atlas is the best alternative to the essential apps. The price is what really sets this app back. This universal app costs $5.99, which is not terrible, but not the low cost of $0.99 that many other quality apps are set at. We love that you get both an atlas and a globe within this app. There are over 1,800 landmarks including 26 spacecraft landings. This is a great app that moon fanatics should consider.
Apps with average score
Where is the sun? How high will it be? When will it be on my balcony?
If you are a photographer, filmmaker, architect, garden/terrace/balcony owner or any other kind of sun lover, this is your app!
Use different Views depending on the information you want:
- compass view: see a top down compass...
Moon Globe HD is, well, fantastic. This universal app has already been optimized for the iPad 2. We love that the developer actually recommends the free version over the paid version for most of its users! The description clearly says that unless you are a moon fanatic that needs the...
You’ll find most of the same features at Moon Globe HD here. The app is ad-free and runs universally on iPads and iPhones. The only difference here is that the rendering times and image quality are a bit less than you’ll find in the HD version. Moon Globe is an...
This app provides the ideal guide for observing the Moon with binoculars or a telescope! The Chart is based around a spectacular new image of the Moon taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - it is actually a mosaic of over 1300 images taken with the Sun at just the...
See where in the world it is daylight, twilight and nighttime with the Day and Night World Map HD. Solar eclipses are shown as well.
The high definition animated map fast forwards or rewinds time at different speeds so you can watch the daylight and night move across the planet. The...
Moon is a perfect resource to help you learn about the moon. Moon constantly updates a panel of information that tells you everything you want to know about the moon.
*3D Moon model (Drag shadow to change moon phase)
*Lunar Phase
*Moonrise/Moonset
*Lunar Illumination
*Lunar Azimuth (where it is in the sky)
*Lunar Altitude (angle above...
