Orbiting Sky
Sun, Moon & Eclipse Map
Free · In‑App Purchases
Follow daylight around Earth, trace the Sun and Moon, and explore locally visible eclipses across a century.
See the sky’s rhythm on the map.
Orbiting Sky turns any place and time into a clear, interactive view of daylight, moonlight, shadows, twilight, and eclipses. Move across the map, travel through time, and watch the geometry of the Sun and Moon change instantly.
EXPLORE DAYLIGHT
• See the moving day-and-night boundary
• Distinguish civil, nautical, and astronomical twilight
• Follow the subsolar point around Earth
• Show sunlight and moonlight direction vectors
UNDERSTAND YOUR SKY
• View Sun and Moon elevation and true-north azimuth
• Trace projected daily arcs above the local horizon
• Estimate the direction and length of a vertical object’s shadow
• Inspect lunar phase and illumination
DISCOVER ECLIPSES
• Browse solar and lunar eclipses visible from the selected location
• Filter partial, annular, total, penumbral, and lunar events
• Jump directly to each event’s local maximum
• Visualize eclipse shadows on the world map
CONTROL TIME
• Choose any date and time
• Play time forward or backward at multiple speeds
• Use the selected location’s civil time zone
• Search all IANA time zones or switch to UTC
Orbiting Sky works on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, supports eight languages, and requires no account. Optional rewarded ads unlock 30 minutes of Pro access; a Pro purchase removes ads.
Astronomical and shadow results are educational estimates. Do not use Orbiting Sky for navigation, eye-safety decisions, or professional eclipse-contact timing.
Ratings & Reviews
LumaOrbit is now Orbiting Sky. The same Sun, Moon, eclipse, space-station, and time-exploration tools continue under a clearer new name.
The developer, PrairieSoft LLC, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Used to Track You
The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
- Identifiers
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Location
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Location
- User Content
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- PrairieSoft LLC
- Size
- 53.9 MB
- Category
- Weather
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 7 more
- English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Contains
Advertising
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Orbiting Sky Pro Lifetime $7.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 PrairieSoft LLC