Moon Explorer - 3D Moon Phases

Anurag Goyar

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About this app

The Moon is the most familiar thing in the night sky, and most of us know almost nothing about it. Moon Explorer fixes that.

A 3D moon phase app with guided tours, tonight's moon, a home screen moon widget, and shareable moon cards — all in one place, working fully offline.

Spin a beautiful, detailed 3D Moon with your fingers. Tap a crater and find out what made it. See exactly where Apollo 11 touched down, where the lava seas cooled billions of years ago, and where new landers are arriving right now.

GUIDED TOURS
Sit back and let the app fly you across the lunar surface with narrated audio tours:
- First Steps: relive Apollo 11, from the Sea of Tranquility to the flag that's still standing
- The Far Side: the hidden half of the Moon and why we never see it
- Birth of the Moon: a violent origin story, four and a half billion years in the making
- Scars & Giants: the great craters, from Tycho's bright rays to the giant Clavius
- The New Moon Race: Chandrayaan-3, SLIM, Blue Ghost, and the rush back to the Moon

TONIGHT'S MOON
See the current moon phase, moonrise and moonset times, and what's worth looking at through binoculars tonight. Optional reminders make sure you never miss a full moon or a lunar eclipse.

MOON WIDGET
Add the Moon Explorer widget to your home screen and see today's exact moon phase at a glance, no need to open the app.

SHARE YOUR MOON
Generate and share a beautiful image of today's moon phase, complete with facts, in one tap. Look up your birth moon — the exact phase the Moon was in on the day you were born — and share it as a personalized card with friends. Upcoming sky events, like the next full moon or eclipse, get their own shareable cards too.

MOON ACADEMY
Short, clear lessons that finally answer the questions: Why does the Moon have phases? What causes tides? What makes an eclipse? Why do we only ever see one face? Every lesson is hands on. Drag the Sun, Earth, and Moon through interactive 3D scenes and watch the answer happen, instead of reading walls of text.

AND MORE
- A full lunar calendar with moon phases and eclipse predictions, months ahead
- Nearby sky events, so you always know what's coming up
- A phase explorer you can scrub through a whole month with a single drag
- A rich library of Moon facts, popular locations, mare, and landing sites
- Every major crater, mare, and landing site marked precisely on the 3D Moon to explore and learn
- A glossary for every "wait, what does mare mean?" moment
- Metric and US units (km/miles, kg/lb) — pick whichever you're comfortable with
- Crisp textures up to 8K on capable phones

NO CATCH
No ads. No account. No data collection. Your location, if you choose to share it, is only used on your device to calculate rise and set times. Works fully offline, including all tours and audio.

SOURCES & DISCLAIMER
Moon Explorer is an independent educational app. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or representative of NASA, ISRO, JAXA, or any other government entity or space agency. Mission and lunar science information in this app is based on publicly available material from official sources:
- NASA: https://www.nasa.gov
- NASA CLPS (Blue Ghost): https://www.nasa.gov/commercial-lunar-payload-services
- ISRO (Chandrayaan-3): https://www.isro.gov.in
- JAXA (SLIM): https://global.jaxa.jp

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Journey beyond the night. 🌙

What’s new

Moon Finder is here for Pro — part of the optional one-time unlock, never a subscription. Raise your phone and follow a live 360° guide to the Moon's calculated position, with its current phase, a center lock, haptic guidance, and a clear heading to follow even when the Moon is below the horizon. Open it from Home or Tonight.