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 | 130,472 | 13.3 | -53.9° | 280.4° | 17h 38.5m | -35° 22' | Scorpius | 42.3° | | Apr 10, 13:10:00 | 129,319 | 13.3 | -55.3° | 282.5° | 17h 39.4m | -35° 24' | Scorpius | 41.5° | | Apr 10, 13:20:00 | 128,153 | 13.3 | -56.7° | 284.8° | 17h 40.3m | -35° 25' | Scorpius | 40.7° | | Apr 10, 13:30:00 | 126,975 | 13.3 | -58.0° | 287.1° | 17h 41.3m | -35° 27' | Scorpius | 39.8° | | Apr 10, 13:40:00 | 125,784 | 13.2 | -59.3° | 289.6° | 17h 42.3m | -35° 30' | Scorpius | 38.9° | | Apr 10, 13:50:00 | 124,580 | 13.2 | -60.6° | 292.2° | 17h 43.3m | -35° 32' | Scorpius | 37.9° | | Apr 10, 14:00:00 | 123,362 | 13.2 | -61.9° | 294.9° | 17h 44.4m | -35° 34' | Scorpius | 36.8° | | Apr 10, 14:10:00 | 122,131 | 13.2 | -63.1° | 297.8° | 17h 45.4m | -35° 37' | Scorpius | 35.7° | | Apr 10, 14:20:00 | 120,886 | 13.2 | -64.3° | 300.8° | 17h 46.6m | -35° 39' | Scorpius | 34.5° | | Apr 10, 14:30:00 | 119,627 | 13.1 | -65.5° | 304.1° | 17h 47.7m | -35° 42' | Scorpius | 33.3° | | Apr 10, 14:40:00 | 118,353 | 13.1 | -66.6° | 307.5° | 17h 48.9m | -35° 45' | Scorpius | 32.1° | | Apr 10, 14:50:00 | 117,064 | 13.1 | -67.7° | 311.2° | 17h 50.1m | -35° 48' | Scorpius | 30.8° | | Apr 10, 15:00:00 | 115,761 | 13.1 | -68.7° | 315.2° | 17h 51.3m | -35° 51' | Scorpius | 29.5° | | Apr 10, 15:10:00 | 114,443 | 13.1 | -69.7° | 319.4° | 17h 52.6m | -35° 54' | Scorpius | 28.1° | | Apr 10, 15:20:00 | 113,109 | 13.0 | -70.5° | 323.9° | 17h 53.9m | -35° 57' | Scorpius | 26.8° | | Apr 10, 15:30:00 | 111,759 | 13.0 | -71.3° | 328.7° | 17h 55.3m | -36° 1' | Scorpius | 25.4° | | Apr 10, 15:40:00 | 110,393 | 13.0 | -72.0° | 333.8° | 17h 56.7m | -36° 5' | Scorpius | 23.9° | | Apr 10, 15:50:00 | 109,011 | 13.0 | -72.6° | 339.2° | 17h 58.1m | -36° 9' | Scorpius | 22.5° | | Apr 10, 16:00:00 | 107,613 | 12.9 | -73.1° | 344.8° | 17h 59.6m | -36° 13' | Sagittarius | 21.1° | | Apr 10, 16:10:00 | 106,198 | 12.9 | -73.4° | 350.7° | 18h 1.1m | -36° 17' | Sagittarius | 19.6° | | Apr 10, 16:20:00 | 104,766 | 12.9 | -73.6° | 356.6° | 18h 2.7m | -36° 22' | Sagittarius | 18.1° | | Apr 10, 16:30:00 | 103,317 | 12.9 | -73.7° | 2.6° | 18h 4.3m | -36° 26' | Sagittarius | 16.6° | | Apr 10, 16:40:00 | 101,850 | 12.8 | -73.7° | 8.6° | 18h 5.9m | -36° 31' | Sagittarius | 15.1° | | Apr 10, 16:50:00 | 100,366 | 12.8 | -73.5° | 14.5° | 18h 7.6m | -36° 36' | Sagittarius | 13.6° | | Apr 10, 17:00:00 | 98,863 | 12.8 | -73.2° | 20.2° | 18h 9.4m | -36° 42' | Sagittarius | 12.1° | | Apr 10, 17:10:00 | 97,342 | 12.7 | -72.8° | 25.7° | 18h 11.2m | -36° 47' | Sagittarius | 10.6° | | Apr 10, 17:20:00 | 95,802 | 12.7 | -72.3° | 30.9° | 18h 13.1m | -36° 53' | Sagittarius | 9.1° | | Apr 10, 17:30:00 | 94,243 | 12.7 | -71.7° | 35.8° | 18h 15.1m | -36° 59' | Corona Australis | 7.6° | | Apr 10, 17:40:00 | 92,665 | 12.6 | -71.1° | 40.4° | 18h 17.1m | -37° 6' | Corona Australis | 6.1° | | Apr 10, 17:50:00 | 91,067 | 12.6 | -70.4° | 44.6° | 18h 19.2m | -37° 12' | Corona Australis | 4.6° | | Apr 10, 18:00:00 | 89,449 | 12.6 | -69.6° | 48.6° | 18h 21.3m | -37° 19' | Corona Australis | 3.1° | | Apr 10, 18:10:00 | 87,810 | 12.5 | -68.8° | 52.4° | 18h 23.6m | -37° 26' | Corona Australis | 1.6° | | Apr 10, 18:20:00 | 86,150 | 12.5 | -67.9° | 55.8° | 18h 25.9m | -37° 34' | Corona Australis | 0.1° | | Apr 10, 18:30:00 | 84,469 | 12.5 | -67.0° | 59.0° | 18h 28.3m | -37° 41' | Corona Australis | -1.4° | | Apr 10, 18:40:00 | 82,765 | 12.4 | -66.1° | 62.0° | 18h 30.8m | -37° 49' | Corona Australis | -2.8° | | Apr 10, 18:50:00 | 81,040 | 12.4 | -65.2° | 64.9° | 18h 33.4m | -37° 58' | Corona Australis | -4.3° | | Apr 10, 19:00:00 | 79,291 | 12.3 | -64.3° | 67.5° | 18h 36.2m | -38° 6' | Corona Australis | -5.7° | | Apr 10, 19:10:00 | 77,518 | 12.3 | -63.4° | 70.0° | 18h 39.0m | -38° 15' | Corona Australis | -7.1° | | Apr 10, 19:20:00 | 75,721 | 12.3 | -62.5° | 72.3° | 18h 42.0m | -38° 25' | Corona Australis | -8.4° | | Apr 10, 19:30:00 | 73,899 | 12.2 | -61.6° | 74.5° | 18h 45.1m | -38° 35' | Corona Australis | -9.8° | | Apr 10, 19:40:00 | 72,052 | 12.2 | -60.8° | 76.5° | 18h 48.4m | -38° 45' | Corona Australis | -11.1° | | Apr 10, 19:50:00 | 70,177 | 12.1 | -59.9° | 78.5° | 18h 51.9m | -38° 55' | Corona Australis | -12.4° | | Apr 10, 20:00:00 | 68,275 | 12.1 | -59.1° | 80.3° | 18h 55.6m | -39° 6' | Corona Australis | -13.7° | | Apr 10, 20:10:00 | 66,344 | 12.0 | -58.3° | 82.1° | 18h 59.5m | -39° 17' | Corona Australis | -14.9° | | Apr 10, 20:20:00 | 64,384 | 12.0 | -57.5° | 83.7° | 19h 3.6m | -39° 29' | Corona Australis | -16.1° | | Apr 10, 20:30:00 | 62,392 | 11.9 | -56.8° | 85.2° | 19h 8.0m | -39° 41' | Corona Australis | -17.3° | | Apr 10, 20:40:00 | 60,368 | 11.8 | -56.1° | 86.7° | 19h 12.7m | -39° 54' | Corona Australis | -18.4° | | Apr 10, 20:50:00 | 58,310 | 11.8 | -55.5° | 88.0° | 19h 17.8m | -40° 7' | Corona Australis | -19.5° | | Apr 10, 21:00:00 | 56,216 | 11.7 | -54.9° | 89.2° | 19h 23.3m | -40° 20' | Sagittarius | -20.5° | | Apr 10, 21:10:00 | 54,084 | 11.6 | -54.4° | 90.4° | 19h 29.2m | -40° 34' | Sagittarius | -21.5° | | Apr 10, 21:20:00 | 51,913 | 11.6 | -54.0° | 91.4° | 19h 35.6m | -40° 48' | Sagittarius | -22.4° | | Apr 10, 21:30:00 | 49,699 | 11.5 | -53.7° | 92.3° | 19h 42.6m | -41° 2' | Sagittarius | -23.3° | | Apr 10, 21:40:00 | 47,441 | 11.4 | -53.5° | 93.0° | 19h 50.4m | -41° 16' | Sagittarius | -24.2° | | Apr 10, 21:50:00 | 45,135 | 11.3 | -53.4° | 93.6° | 19h 59.0m | -41° 29' | Sagittarius | -24.9° | | Apr 10, 22:00:00 | 42,777 | 11.2 | -53.5° | 93.9° | 20h 8.5m | -41° 42' | Sagittarius | -25.6° | | Apr 10, 22:10:00 | 40,363 | 11.1 | -53.7° | 94.1° | 20h 19.4m | -41° 54' | Sagittarius | -26.3° | | Apr 10, 22:20:00 | 37,889 | 11.0 | -54.1° | 93.8° | 20h 31.7m | -42° 3' | Microscopium | -26.9° | | Apr 10, 22:30:00 | 35,350 | 10.9 | -54.8° | 93.2° | 20h 45.8m | -42° 9' | Microscopium | -27.4° | | Apr 10, 22:40:00 | 32,738 | 10.7 | -55.8° | 92.0° | 21h 2.3m | -42° 9' | Microscopium | -27.8° | | Apr 10, 22:50:00 | 30,047 | 10.6 | -57.1° | 89.9° | 21h 21.9m | -41° 59' | Microscopium | -28.2° | | Apr 10, 23:00:00 | 27,268 | 10.5 | -58.9° | 86.5° | 21h 45.3m | -41° 34' | Grus | -28.5° | | Apr 10, 23:10:00 | 24,390 | 10.3 | -61.2° | 80.8° | 22h 14.1m | -40° 43' | Grus | -28.8° | | Apr 10, 23:20:00 | 21,400 | 10.1 | -63.9° | 71.2° | 22h 50.0m | -39° 7' | Grus | -28.9° | | Apr 10, 23:30:00 | 18,278 | 9.9 | -66.6° | 53.8° | 23h 36.2m | -36° 11' | Sculptor | -29.0° | | Apr 10, 23:40:00 | 14,985 | 9.8 | -66.7° | 23.4° | 0h 37.5m | -30° 49' | Sculptor | -29.0° | | Apr 10, 23:50:00 | 11,455 | 9.4 | -57.9° | 345.0° | 2h 3.7m | -21° 27' | Cetus | -29.0° |
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