Moon Atlas 4+

Julian James

    • 5.0 • 4 Ratings
    • $5.99

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Description

Explore a 3D globe of the Moon

Moon Atlas is an astronomy application that lets you use the mouse or pinch and finger gestures to manipulate a 3D globe of the Moon. This is a rendered sphere and not a static map image. As you zoom in more labels appear as finer detail comes into view. You can double tap on the labels to get more information about a particular feature.

Moon Atlas displays the phase and libration of the Moon from your chosen location and renders these on the globe. You can switch to a 'Globe' mode that allows you to spin the Moon around to see far side features. The feature database is searchable and can move the globe to a searched feature. The phase can be switched off and the far side is shown in a slightly darker shade of grey.

Date, time and location can be changed. There is also a realtime mode that will update to the current time.

The Moon globe can be shown with north or south at the top or inverted to suit different telescope views.

Over 1800 named features are included as well as 26 spacecraft that reached the surface of the Moon.

In addition, information about the current Moon phase and libration are provided.

What’s New

Version 1.1.20

Added SLIM and Odysseus spacecraft.
Bug fixes and improvements.
Fixed location cross hairs.

Ratings and Reviews

5.0 out of 5
4 Ratings

4 Ratings

Starstone ,

Buy this man a beer

For 6 bucks, this is worth the download to have it ready to go on your Macbook. The mapping is pretty generic but does the job of helping you find features and it's not hard to figure out. The libration and mirroring are the real reason go get this as those are what really make this a useful observing tool (as opposed to just using a web site).

Alex Zoltai ,

Fantastic !

It's detailed…
It's easy to operate…
It's very well done :-)

TheKemer ,

Finally a Lunar Atlas You can Use

I have nearly every Lunar atlas available, from Antonín Rükl's detailed (and difficult to obtain) classic to a variety of photographic atlases, like the "Hatfield Photographic Lunar Atlas" and "Atlas of the Lunar Terminator," to a variety of folding maps. Rükl's masterpiece is actually too detailed and often difficult to correlate with the reversed view most common telescopes give. The various photographic atlases vary considerably in visual detail. Most of these favor an inverted, not reversed, view, which make them very difficult to use. This app gives you the best of everything: compelling visual detail, the ability to display the current terminator, and the ability to adjust the view, flipping it up and down, left or right. Well worth the modest price. The iPad version is a perfect companion, as you can bring it out with you to view. In fact, I found this app such a visual pleasure that I got the Mars Atlas.

App Privacy

The developer, Julian James, 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 Not Collected

The developer does not collect any data from this app.

Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

Supports

  • Family Sharing

    Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.

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