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 | 124,647 | 13.2 | 5.0° | 188.2° | 17h 42.9m | -37° 4' | Scorpius | -2.5° | | Apr 10, 13:10:00 | 123,436 | 13.2 | 4.7° | 190.1° | 17h 43.2m | -37° 8' | Scorpius | -0.9° | | Apr 10, 13:20:00 | 122,223 | 13.2 | 4.3° | 192.0° | 17h 43.5m | -37° 12' | Scorpius | 0.8° | | Apr 10, 13:30:00 | 121,007 | 13.2 | 3.9° | 193.9° | 17h 43.8m | -37° 16' | Scorpius | 2.5° | | Apr 10, 13:40:00 | 119,788 | 13.1 | 3.4° | 195.8° | 17h 44.1m | -37° 20' | Scorpius | 4.1° | | Apr 10, 13:50:00 | 118,566 | 13.1 | 2.8° | 197.6° | 17h 44.5m | -37° 24' | Scorpius | 5.8° | | Apr 10, 14:00:00 | 117,339 | 13.1 | 2.3° | 199.4° | 17h 44.9m | -37° 28' | Scorpius | 7.5° | | Apr 10, 14:10:00 | 116,109 | 13.1 | 1.6° | 201.2° | 17h 45.2m | -37° 32' | Scorpius | 9.2° | | Apr 10, 14:20:00 | 114,875 | 13.1 | 1.0° | 203.0° | 17h 45.6m | -37° 36' | Scorpius | 10.9° | | Apr 10, 14:30:00 | 113,636 | 13.0 | 0.2° | 204.8° | 17h 46.1m | -37° 39' | Scorpius | 12.6° | | Apr 10, 14:40:00 | 112,391 | 13.0 | -0.5° | 206.5° | 17h 46.5m | -37° 43' | Scorpius | 14.3° | | Apr 10, 14:50:00 | 111,141 | 13.0 | -1.3° | 208.2° | 17h 47.0m | -37° 47' | Scorpius | 16.0° | | Apr 10, 15:00:00 | 109,886 | 13.0 | -2.2° | 209.9° | 17h 47.5m | -37° 50' | Scorpius | 17.6° | | Apr 10, 15:10:00 | 108,624 | 12.9 | -3.0° | 211.6° | 17h 48.0m | -37° 54' | Scorpius | 19.3° | | Apr 10, 15:20:00 | 107,355 | 12.9 | -3.9° | 213.2° | 17h 48.5m | -37° 58' | Scorpius | 21.0° | | Apr 10, 15:30:00 | 106,078 | 12.9 | -4.9° | 214.8° | 17h 49.1m | -38° 1' | Scorpius | 22.6° | | Apr 10, 15:40:00 | 104,794 | 12.9 | -5.9° | 216.4° | 17h 49.7m | -38° 5' | Scorpius | 24.3° | | Apr 10, 15:50:00 | 103,502 | 12.8 | -6.9° | 218.0° | 17h 50.3m | -38° 8' | Scorpius | 25.9° | | Apr 10, 16:00:00 | 102,201 | 12.8 | -7.9° | 219.5° | 17h 51.0m | -38° 12' | Scorpius | 27.5° | | Apr 10, 16:10:00 | 100,891 | 12.8 | -9.0° | 221.0° | 17h 51.7m | -38° 15' | Scorpius | 29.1° | | Apr 10, 16:20:00 | 99,570 | 12.8 | -10.1° | 222.5° | 17h 52.4m | -38° 19' | Scorpius | 30.7° | | Apr 10, 16:30:00 | 98,240 | 12.7 | -11.2° | 224.0° | 17h 53.2m | -38° 22' | Scorpius | 32.2° | | Apr 10, 16:40:00 | 96,898 | 12.7 | -12.3° | 225.4° | 17h 54.0m | -38° 26' | Scorpius | 33.7° | | Apr 10, 16:50:00 | 95,544 | 12.7 | -13.5° | 226.8° | 17h 54.9m | -38° 29' | Scorpius | 35.2° | | Apr 10, 17:00:00 | 94,178 | 12.6 | -14.7° | 228.2° | 17h 55.8m | -38° 33' | Scorpius | 36.6° | | Apr 10, 17:10:00 | 92,799 | 12.6 | -15.9° | 229.5° | 17h 56.8m | -38° 36' | Scorpius | 38.0° | | Apr 10, 17:20:00 | 91,406 | 12.6 | -17.1° | 230.8° | 17h 57.8m | -38° 40' | Scorpius | 39.4° | | Apr 10, 17:30:00 | 89,999 | 12.6 | -18.3° | 232.1° | 17h 58.9m | -38° 44' | Corona Australis | 40.7° | | Apr 10, 17:40:00 | 88,576 | 12.5 | -19.6° | 233.4° | 18h 0.0m | -38° 48' | Corona Australis | 41.9° | | Apr 10, 17:50:00 | 87,138 | 12.5 | -20.8° | 234.7° | 18h 1.2m | -38° 51' | Corona Australis | 43.1° | | Apr 10, 18:00:00 | 85,683 | 12.5 | -22.1° | 235.9° | 18h 2.5m | -38° 55' | Corona Australis | 44.2° | | Apr 10, 18:10:00 | 84,210 | 12.4 | -23.4° | 237.1° | 18h 3.8m | -38° 59' | Corona Australis | 45.3° | | Apr 10, 18:20:00 | 82,718 | 12.4 | -24.6° | 238.3° | 18h 5.2m | -39° 3' | Corona Australis | 46.2° | | Apr 10, 18:30:00 | 81,207 | 12.3 | -25.9° | 239.5° | 18h 6.7m | -39° 8' | Corona Australis | 47.1° | | Apr 10, 18:40:00 | 79,675 | 12.3 | -27.2° | 240.6° | 18h 8.3m | -39° 12' | Corona Australis | 47.9° | | Apr 10, 18:50:00 | 78,122 | 12.3 | -28.5° | 241.7° | 18h 10.0m | -39° 16' | Corona Australis | 48.7° | | Apr 10, 19:00:00 | 76,547 | 12.2 | -29.8° | 242.8° | 18h 11.7m | -39° 21' | Corona Australis | 49.3° | | Apr 10, 19:10:00 | 74,947 | 12.2 | -31.1° | 243.9° | 18h 13.6m | -39° 26' | Corona Australis | 49.8° | | Apr 10, 19:20:00 | 73,323 | 12.1 | -32.3° | 244.9° | 18h 15.6m | -39° 31' | Corona Australis | 50.2° | | Apr 10, 19:30:00 | 71,672 | 12.1 | -33.6° | 245.9° | 18h 17.7m | -39° 36' | Corona Australis | 50.5° | | Apr 10, 19:40:00 | 69,994 | 12.0 | -34.9° | 246.9° | 18h 20.0m | -39° 41' | Corona Australis | 50.7° | | Apr 10, 19:50:00 | 68,287 | 12.0 | -36.1° | 247.9° | 18h 22.4m | -39° 47' | Corona Australis | 50.8° | | Apr 10, 20:00:00 | 66,548 | 11.9 | -37.3° | 248.8° | 18h 24.9m | -39° 53' | Corona Australis | 50.7° | | Apr 10, 20:10:00 | 64,778 | 11.9 | -38.5° | 249.7° | 18h 27.6m | -39° 59' | Corona Australis | 50.5° | | Apr 10, 20:20:00 | 62,973 | 11.8 | -39.7° | 250.6° | 18h 30.5m | -40° 5' | Corona Australis | 50.3° | | Apr 10, 20:30:00 | 61,132 | 11.8 | -40.9° | 251.4° | 18h 33.7m | -40° 11' | Corona Australis | 49.9° | | Apr 10, 20:40:00 | 59,252 | 11.7 | -42.0° | 252.2° | 18h 37.0m | -40° 18' | Corona Australis | 49.4° | | Apr 10, 20:50:00 | 57,331 | 11.7 | -43.1° | 253.0° | 18h 40.6m | -40° 25' | Corona Australis | 48.8° | | Apr 10, 21:00:00 | 55,365 | 11.6 | -44.2° | 253.7° | 18h 44.5m | -40° 33' | Corona Australis | 48.1° | | Apr 10, 21:10:00 | 53,353 | 11.5 | -45.2° | 254.3° | 18h 48.7m | -40° 41' | Corona Australis | 47.3° | | Apr 10, 21:20:00 | 51,290 | 11.4 | -46.2° | 254.9° | 18h 53.3m | -40° 49' | Corona Australis | 46.4° | | Apr 10, 21:30:00 | 49,172 | 11.4 | -47.0° | 255.4° | 18h 58.3m | -40° 57' | Corona Australis | 45.5° | | Apr 10, 21:40:00 | 46,995 | 11.3 | -47.9° | 255.9° | 19h 3.8m | -41° 6' | Corona Australis | 44.4° | | Apr 10, 21:50:00 | 44,753 | 11.2 | -48.6° | 256.2° | 19h 9.8m | -41° 15' | Corona Australis | 43.3° | | Apr 10, 22:00:00 | 42,438 | 11.1 | -49.2° | 256.5° | 19h 16.6m | -41° 24' | Corona Australis | 42.2° | | Apr 10, 22:10:00 | 40,044 | 11.0 | -49.7° | 256.6° | 19h 24.1m | -41° 33' | Sagittarius | 40.9° | | Apr 10, 22:20:00 | 37,561 | 10.8 | -50.0° | 256.7° | 19h 32.6m | -41° 42' | Sagittarius | 39.6° | | Apr 10, 22:30:00 | 34,976 | 10.7 | -50.1° | 256.5° | 19h 42.4m | -41° 50' | Sagittarius | 38.3° | | Apr 10, 22:40:00 | 32,273 | 10.6 | -50.0° | 256.2° | 19h 53.6m | -41° 57' | Sagittarius | 36.9° | | Apr 10, 22:50:00 | 29,432 | 10.4 | -49.5° | 255.7° | 20h 6.8m | -42° 2' | Sagittarius | 35.5° | | Apr 10, 23:00:00 | 26,423 | 10.2 | -48.5° | 254.9° | 20h 22.7m | -42° 4' | Sagittarius | 34.0° | | Apr 10, 23:10:00 | 23,204 | 10.0 | -46.9° | 253.7° | 20h 42.2m | -41° 59' | Microscopium | 32.5° | | Apr 10, 23:20:00 | 19,711 | 9.7 | -44.4° | 252.1° | 21h 7.0m | -41° 42' | Microscopium | 31.0° | | Apr 10, 23:30:00 | 15,836 | 9.3 | -40.4° | 249.8° | 21h 40.2m | -41° 3' | Grus | 29.4° | | Apr 10, 23:40:00 | 11,385 | 8.7 | -33.8° | 246.0° | 22h 27.8m | -39° 48' | Grus | 27.8° | | Apr 10, 23:50:00 | 6,083 | 7.5 | -22.6° | 237.0° | 23h 48.4m | -38° 39' | Sculptor | 26.2° |
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