On April 10 2026, Artemis II returns to Earth.
If you know where to look and live in the right part of the world, you will have a chance to see it
before it re-enters the Earth's atmosphere.
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View From above orbit plane
Ground Track
Position Table
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Time
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Distance
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Brightness
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Altitude
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Azimuth
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Right ascension
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Declination
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Constellation
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Sun altitude
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| Apr 10, 13:00:00 | 124,857 | 13.2 | 3.1° | 216.9° | 17h 36.3m | -36° 33' | Scorpius | 23.6° | | Apr 10, 13:10:00 | 123,743 | 13.2 | 1.9° | 218.5° | 17h 36.6m | -36° 35' | Scorpius | 25.6° | | Apr 10, 13:20:00 | 122,624 | 13.2 | 0.7° | 220.0° | 17h 36.9m | -36° 37' | Scorpius | 27.5° | | Apr 10, 13:30:00 | 121,501 | 13.2 | -0.6° | 221.5° | 17h 37.3m | -36° 38' | Scorpius | 29.4° | | Apr 10, 13:40:00 | 120,373 | 13.1 | -1.9° | 222.9° | 17h 37.7m | -36° 40' | Scorpius | 31.3° | | Apr 10, 13:50:00 | 119,239 | 13.1 | -3.2° | 224.3° | 17h 38.1m | -36° 41' | Scorpius | 33.2° | | Apr 10, 14:00:00 | 118,099 | 13.1 | -4.5° | 225.7° | 17h 38.6m | -36° 43' | Scorpius | 35.1° | | Apr 10, 14:10:00 | 116,953 | 13.1 | -5.9° | 227.0° | 17h 39.1m | -36° 44' | Scorpius | 37.0° | | Apr 10, 14:20:00 | 115,800 | 13.1 | -7.3° | 228.3° | 17h 39.6m | -36° 46' | Scorpius | 38.8° | | Apr 10, 14:30:00 | 114,639 | 13.0 | -8.7° | 229.6° | 17h 40.1m | -36° 47' | Scorpius | 40.6° | | Apr 10, 14:40:00 | 113,471 | 13.0 | -10.2° | 230.8° | 17h 40.7m | -36° 48' | Scorpius | 42.3° | | Apr 10, 14:50:00 | 112,294 | 13.0 | -11.6° | 232.0° | 17h 41.3m | -36° 50' | Scorpius | 44.1° | | Apr 10, 15:00:00 | 111,108 | 13.0 | -13.1° | 233.2° | 17h 41.9m | -36° 51' | Scorpius | 45.7° | | Apr 10, 15:10:00 | 109,912 | 13.0 | -14.6° | 234.3° | 17h 42.6m | -36° 52' | Scorpius | 47.4° | | Apr 10, 15:20:00 | 108,706 | 12.9 | -16.1° | 235.5° | 17h 43.3m | -36° 53' | Scorpius | 49.0° | | Apr 10, 15:30:00 | 107,490 | 12.9 | -17.7° | 236.6° | 17h 44.1m | -36° 55' | Scorpius | 50.5° | | Apr 10, 15:40:00 | 106,263 | 12.9 | -19.2° | 237.6° | 17h 44.9m | -36° 56' | Scorpius | 51.9° | | Apr 10, 15:50:00 | 105,024 | 12.9 | -20.7° | 238.7° | 17h 45.8m | -36° 57' | Scorpius | 53.3° | | Apr 10, 16:00:00 | 103,772 | 12.8 | -22.3° | 239.7° | 17h 46.7m | -36° 59' | Scorpius | 54.5° | | Apr 10, 16:10:00 | 102,508 | 12.8 | -23.9° | 240.7° | 17h 47.6m | -37° 0' | Scorpius | 55.7° | | Apr 10, 16:20:00 | 101,230 | 12.8 | -25.4° | 241.7° | 17h 48.6m | -37° 1' | Scorpius | 56.8° | | Apr 10, 16:30:00 | 99,937 | 12.8 | -27.0° | 242.6° | 17h 49.6m | -37° 3' | Scorpius | 57.7° | | Apr 10, 16:40:00 | 98,631 | 12.7 | -28.6° | 243.5° | 17h 50.7m | -37° 4' | Scorpius | 58.5° | | Apr 10, 16:50:00 | 97,308 | 12.7 | -30.2° | 244.5° | 17h 51.9m | -37° 6' | Scorpius | 59.2° | | Apr 10, 17:00:00 | 95,970 | 12.7 | -31.8° | 245.3° | 17h 53.1m | -37° 7' | Scorpius | 59.7° | | Apr 10, 17:10:00 | 94,615 | 12.6 | -33.3° | 246.2° | 17h 54.4m | -37° 9' | Scorpius | 60.0° | | Apr 10, 17:20:00 | 93,242 | 12.6 | -34.9° | 247.1° | 17h 55.7m | -37° 10' | Scorpius | 60.2° | | Apr 10, 17:30:00 | 91,852 | 12.6 | -36.5° | 247.9° | 17h 57.1m | -37° 12' | Scorpius | 60.2° | | Apr 10, 17:40:00 | 90,442 | 12.6 | -38.1° | 248.7° | 17h 58.6m | -37° 14' | Corona Australis | 60.0° | | Apr 10, 17:50:00 | 89,013 | 12.5 | -39.7° | 249.5° | 18h 0.1m | -37° 16' | Corona Australis | 59.7° | | Apr 10, 18:00:00 | 87,564 | 12.5 | -41.2° | 250.2° | 18h 1.8m | -37° 18' | Corona Australis | 59.2° | | Apr 10, 18:10:00 | 86,093 | 12.5 | -42.8° | 251.0° | 18h 3.5m | -37° 20' | Corona Australis | 58.5° | | Apr 10, 18:20:00 | 84,601 | 12.4 | -44.3° | 251.7° | 18h 5.3m | -37° 22' | Corona Australis | 57.7° | | Apr 10, 18:30:00 | 83,086 | 12.4 | -45.9° | 252.4° | 18h 7.1m | -37° 24' | Corona Australis | 56.8° | | Apr 10, 18:40:00 | 81,547 | 12.4 | -47.4° | 253.1° | 18h 9.1m | -37° 27' | Corona Australis | 55.7° | | Apr 10, 18:50:00 | 79,984 | 12.3 | -48.9° | 253.8° | 18h 11.2m | -37° 30' | Corona Australis | 54.6° | | Apr 10, 19:00:00 | 78,396 | 12.3 | -50.4° | 254.4° | 18h 13.4m | -37° 32' | Corona Australis | 53.3° | | Apr 10, 19:10:00 | 76,780 | 12.2 | -51.9° | 255.0° | 18h 15.7m | -37° 35' | Corona Australis | 51.9° | | Apr 10, 19:20:00 | 75,138 | 12.2 | -53.4° | 255.6° | 18h 18.2m | -37° 38' | Corona Australis | 50.5° | | Apr 10, 19:30:00 | 73,466 | 12.2 | -54.8° | 256.2° | 18h 20.7m | -37° 41' | Corona Australis | 49.0° | | Apr 10, 19:40:00 | 71,765 | 12.1 | -56.2° | 256.7° | 18h 23.4m | -37° 45' | Corona Australis | 47.4° | | Apr 10, 19:50:00 | 70,033 | 12.1 | -57.6° | 257.2° | 18h 26.3m | -37° 48' | Corona Australis | 45.8° | | Apr 10, 20:00:00 | 68,268 | 12.0 | -59.0° | 257.7° | 18h 29.4m | -37° 52' | Corona Australis | 44.1° | | Apr 10, 20:10:00 | 66,469 | 12.0 | -60.3° | 258.2° | 18h 32.6m | -37° 55' | Corona Australis | 42.4° | | Apr 10, 20:20:00 | 64,634 | 11.9 | -61.6° | 258.6° | 18h 36.0m | -37° 59' | Corona Australis | 40.6° | | Apr 10, 20:30:00 | 62,762 | 11.8 | -62.8° | 259.0° | 18h 39.7m | -38° 3' | Corona Australis | 38.8° | | Apr 10, 20:40:00 | 60,850 | 11.8 | -64.0° | 259.3° | 18h 43.6m | -38° 7' | Corona Australis | 37.0° | | Apr 10, 20:50:00 | 58,897 | 11.7 | -65.1° | 259.6° | 18h 47.8m | -38° 11' | Corona Australis | 35.2° | | Apr 10, 21:00:00 | 56,900 | 11.7 | -66.2° | 259.9° | 18h 52.3m | -38° 15' | Corona Australis | 33.3° | | Apr 10, 21:10:00 | 54,856 | 11.6 | -67.2° | 260.1° | 18h 57.2m | -38° 19' | Corona Australis | 31.4° | | Apr 10, 21:20:00 | 52,763 | 11.5 | -68.2° | 260.3° | 19h 2.4m | -38° 22' | Corona Australis | 29.5° | | Apr 10, 21:30:00 | 50,616 | 11.4 | -69.0° | 260.5° | 19h 8.1m | -38° 26' | Corona Australis | 27.6° | | Apr 10, 21:40:00 | 48,412 | 11.4 | -69.8° | 260.6° | 19h 14.4m | -38° 29' | Corona Australis | 25.6° | | Apr 10, 21:50:00 | 46,146 | 11.3 | -70.4° | 260.7° | 19h 21.2m | -38° 31' | Sagittarius | 23.7° | | Apr 10, 22:00:00 | 43,812 | 11.2 | -70.9° | 260.8° | 19h 28.8m | -38° 32' | Sagittarius | 21.7° | | Apr 10, 22:10:00 | 41,403 | 11.1 | -71.2° | 261.0° | 19h 37.3m | -38° 32' | Sagittarius | 19.8° | | Apr 10, 22:20:00 | 38,912 | 11.0 | -71.3° | 261.1° | 19h 46.7m | -38° 29' | Sagittarius | 17.8° | | Apr 10, 22:30:00 | 36,327 | 10.8 | -71.1° | 261.4° | 19h 57.5m | -38° 24' | Sagittarius | 15.9° | | Apr 10, 22:40:00 | 33,637 | 10.7 | -70.7° | 261.8° | 20h 9.8m | -38° 13' | Sagittarius | 13.9° | | Apr 10, 22:50:00 | 30,822 | 10.5 | -69.8° | 262.4° | 20h 24.1m | -37° 55' | Sagittarius | 11.9° | | Apr 10, 23:00:00 | 27,858 | 10.4 | -68.4° | 263.1° | 20h 41.0m | -37° 27' | Microscopium | 9.9° | | Apr 10, 23:10:00 | 24,711 | 10.2 | -66.2° | 264.1° | 21h 1.5m | -36° 40' | Microscopium | 8.0° | | Apr 10, 23:20:00 | 21,326 | 9.9 | -62.9° | 265.2° | 21h 26.8m | -35° 23' | Microscopium | 6.0° | | Apr 10, 23:30:00 | 17,607 | 9.6 | -57.8° | 266.6° | 21h 59.3m | -33° 11' | Piscis Austrinus | 4.1° | | Apr 10, 23:40:00 | 13,377 | 9.2 | -49.6° | 268.1° | 22h 42.8m | -29° 11' | Piscis Austrinus | 2.1° | | Apr 10, 23:50:00 | 8,327 | 8.6 | -35.8° | 269.8° | 23h 43.9m | -21° 22' | Aquarius | 0.2° |
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