Lunar Phase - Moon Calendar1.11 - App Store

Get instant moon phase and eclipse information by using Lunar Phase. This app is an advanced lunar calendar with notifications, including upcoming phases, solar, and lunar eclipses, covering the entire 21st century. 2001 thru 2100.

You can track lunar and solar eclipses, and it also includes a synodic cycle explorer.

The initial page is the quick glance. It shows the present phase of the moon, visible percentage, age in days, distance, and the current zodiac constellation the moon is moving thorough.

Also displayed are the next 4 upcoming phases, with exact phase times, moon rise and set times. All of the moon images indicate eclipses, super, and micro moons. Tap on them to see the single day view for that moon.

All of the full moons are named. Wolf, Snow, Worm, Pink, Flower, Strawberry, Buck, Sturgeon, Corn, Hunter's, Beaver, Cold and Harvest. The Full Harvest Moon, is the full moon closest to the fall equinox. It frequently occurs in September, but can occur in October.

If you allowed the app access to your location, you will also see azimuth, altitude, and moon rise and set times for the present day.

All moon images are adjusted for the hemisphere you are in. So folks south of the equator see the moon as it appears in their sky. Location access is required for this feature.

The lunar calendar shows the phase of the moon for each day of the month. The present date is highlighted in green. All four phases of the moon are identified in this view, along with Lunar and Solar Eclipses, Supermoons, Micromoons, and Blue moons. The calendar covers dates from January 2001, through December 2100.

Select an individual day, and you will see the detail view for that day. By using the slider control in that view, you can see information about every minute of that day. Lunar eclipse information is displayed here.

The solar eclipse view lists all solar eclipses for the 21st century. Scroll through the list, select a chosen eclipse and you will be shown a preview of that eclipse. The preview is a static image, which represents an overview of the entire eclipse.

Total, Annular, and Hybrid eclipses also have a map view to explore. The map view, is an interactive google map, displaying a countdown until greatest eclipse.

The lunar eclipse view lists all lunar eclipses for the 21st century. There are 228 of them. The list scrolls to the next eclipse in chronological time. You can tap the title button, to scroll to the top of the list. If you tap it a second time, it will take you to the next eclipse in chronological time. The title button acts as a toggle between the two.

The lunar eclipse detail view displays the elevation of the moon for the duration of the eclipse. Start, end times, and compass headings are displayed.

Each stage of the eclipse is clearly identified, with start, end and duration.

The synodic cycle view shows variations in the duration of the synodic month, new moon to new moon.

There is a repeating cycle that occurs every 111 months, or 9 1/4 years. You can pinch and spread that view to zoom in or out, and see years and decades. You can also pan the view to explore dates visually or select any date desired, by tapping the date button and selecting a date in the picker.

In the settings view you can choose to see distances in Miles or Kilometers. Also you can select which notifications you would like receive. These not only include notifications for the four phases, but also for Lunar and Solar eclipses. You can choose to be notified of a lunar event up to 24 hours in advance.

Also you can select between Tropical or Sidereal astrological calculations for the constellation.

Use the Today or Home Page Widgets to see the current phase, and upcoming phases, conveniently.

An In-App subscription is available to remove the ads.

The license agreement for this app, is the Apple Standard Agreement. It can be found here. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Version History User interface tweaks for IOS 26.
General maintenance.
App Store compliance for social media. 1.11 Sep 4 Updated iOS 26 Liquid Glass Icon.
Added support for sidereal astronomy calculation of moon's constellation.
Fixed minor date selection bugs in Single Day and Synodic views. 1.10 Jan 12 Watch update. Fixed a glitch with events showing in the wrong phase.
Updated watch scroll view.
iPhones and iPads, display tweaks, app maintenance, sync with 3rd party library updates.
Added support for Ad Privacy in Europe and UK (GDPR). 1.9.9 01/17/2024 Minor fix for two missing localized strings, used in watchOS Complications. 1.9.8 02/14/2023 Fixed Moon image orientation for the Southern Hemisphere in iPhone, Apple Watch Apps, widgets and complications.
Fixed watch app doesn't install problem.
Tweaked performance for both apps, widgets and complications. 1.9.7 02/11/2023 Added Apple Watch companion app with watch face complications !
Created two complications for Current Moon, and Next Moon Phase in all modes, Corner, Circular, Inline, and Rectangular.
Tweaked performance for both iPhone and Watch. 1.9.6 01/30/2023 Fix for Lock & Home screen widgets showing up blank on occasion. 1.9.5 12/06/2022 Fix for Moon Rise/Set rounding error.
Improved flow for permission requests for all supported iOS versions. 1.9.4 11/22/2022 Widget fix for iOS 14+ widgets.
Lock screen widgets for iOS 16+.
Sync with library updates for iOS 16. 1.9.3 10/03/2022 Visibility percentage more accurate.
Tweak for initial view, Lunar and Solar eclipses no longer show ellipses ( ... )
Fix for crash when selecting calendar on iOS 14.
Fix for app freeze in iOS 12 & 13. 1.9.2 05/07/2022 Widget Fix ! Adding support for lunar nodes caused the widgets to stop working. 1.9.1 03/28/2022 Added dates for lunar nodes. Ascending ( north ) and Descending ( south ) lunar node dates and times are now displayed in the quick glance, calendar, and day view.
Added in-app subscription to remove ads.
Enhanced the user interface of the single day view to support lunar nodes, and some other tweaks. 1.9 03/24/2022 Added support for Lunar New Year !
Tweaked visible percentage accuracy. 1.8 02/06/2022 Minor fixes to the UI for iPad users.
Synced up with updates to third party libraries.
Updated the icon. 1.7 01/13/2022 Added support for moon orientation in southern hemisphere for all widgets.
iOS 15 maintenance release. 1.6.2 11/04/2021 Minor display tweaks for iPad users. 1.6.1 05/30/2021 iOS 14 Home Page Widgets.
Fix for Today view white line at the top.
App maintenance, synced with library updates. 1.6 05/18/2021 Added Blue Moon Indication on the Initial, Quick Glance View.
Tweaked interface to support recent changes in iOS.
Updated info pages. 1.5.1 10/22/2020 Added Lunar Apsis ( Apogee and Perigee ) to Quick Glance, Calendar, and Single Days views.
Minor visual tweaks to calendar and single day views. 1.5 08/15/2020 Minor glitch fixes.
Advertisement was overlapping home bar on iPad Pros.
Calendar day icon day text vanished in dark mode.
Solar eclipse map view detail was hard to read in dark mode. 1.4.6 07/20/2020 Fix for some users seeing moon rise/set off by one hour.
Fix for initial view not updating after requesting notification and location permissions. 1.4.5 04/14/2020 Hour slider in single day view, was being overridden by a page swipe.
Hour slider time in single day view was unreadably dark in dark mode.
Fix for dyslexic supermoon/micromoon description in informational panels. 1.4.4 04/02/2020 Fix for dark widget text on dark background for iOS 13 in light mode. 1.4.3 10/08/2019 Update for iOS 13.
Crash fix for new installs on iOS 13.
Tweaked Icon and Launch Screen. 1.4.2 10/05/2019 Fix for crash on either eclipse list, when last eclipse in that decade has already begun. 1.4.1 07/17/2019