On April 11 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, 15:00:00 | 130,017 | 13.3 | -47.7° | 272.6° | 17h 37.8m | -35° 33' | Scorpius | 43.2° | | Apr 10, 15:10:00 | 128,876 | 13.3 | -49.1° | 274.6° | 17h 38.6m | -35° 35' | Scorpius | 42.8° | | Apr 10, 15:20:00 | 127,723 | 13.3 | -50.4° | 276.5° | 17h 39.5m | -35° 37' | Scorpius | 42.3° | | Apr 10, 15:30:00 | 126,558 | 13.3 | -51.8° | 278.6° | 17h 40.4m | -35° 39' | Scorpius | 41.8° | | Apr 10, 15:40:00 | 125,382 | 13.2 | -53.1° | 280.7° | 17h 41.3m | -35° 41' | Scorpius | 41.2° | | Apr 10, 15:50:00 | 124,192 | 13.2 | -54.4° | 282.8° | 17h 42.3m | -35° 43' | Scorpius | 40.5° | | Apr 10, 16:00:00 | 122,990 | 13.2 | -55.7° | 285.1° | 17h 43.2m | -35° 45' | Scorpius | 39.7° | | Apr 10, 16:10:00 | 121,775 | 13.2 | -57.0° | 287.4° | 17h 44.3m | -35° 47' | Scorpius | 38.9° | | Apr 10, 16:20:00 | 120,546 | 13.2 | -58.3° | 289.8° | 17h 45.3m | -35° 49' | Scorpius | 38.0° | | Apr 10, 16:30:00 | 119,304 | 13.1 | -59.5° | 292.4° | 17h 46.4m | -35° 52' | Scorpius | 37.1° | | Apr 10, 16:40:00 | 118,048 | 13.1 | -60.8° | 295.1° | 17h 47.5m | -35° 54' | Scorpius | 36.1° | | Apr 10, 16:50:00 | 116,778 | 13.1 | -62.0° | 297.9° | 17h 48.7m | -35° 57' | Scorpius | 35.0° | | Apr 10, 17:00:00 | 115,493 | 13.1 | -63.1° | 300.8° | 17h 49.9m | -36° 0' | Scorpius | 33.9° | | Apr 10, 17:10:00 | 114,194 | 13.1 | -64.3° | 303.9° | 17h 51.1m | -36° 3' | Scorpius | 32.8° | | Apr 10, 17:20:00 | 112,879 | 13.0 | -65.3° | 307.2° | 17h 52.4m | -36° 6' | Scorpius | 31.6° | | Apr 10, 17:30:00 | 111,549 | 13.0 | -66.4° | 310.7° | 17h 53.7m | -36° 9' | Scorpius | 30.4° | | Apr 10, 17:40:00 | 110,203 | 13.0 | -67.4° | 314.4° | 17h 55.0m | -36° 13' | Scorpius | 29.1° | | Apr 10, 17:50:00 | 108,842 | 13.0 | -68.3° | 318.3° | 17h 56.4m | -36° 16' | Scorpius | 27.8° | | Apr 10, 18:00:00 | 107,464 | 12.9 | -69.1° | 322.5° | 17h 57.8m | -36° 20' | Scorpius | 26.5° | | Apr 10, 18:10:00 | 106,069 | 12.9 | -69.9° | 326.8° | 17h 59.3m | -36° 24' | Sagittarius | 25.2° | | Apr 10, 18:20:00 | 104,658 | 12.9 | -70.6° | 331.5° | 18h 0.8m | -36° 28' | Sagittarius | 23.8° | | Apr 10, 18:30:00 | 103,229 | 12.9 | -71.2° | 336.3° | 18h 2.4m | -36° 32' | Sagittarius | 22.4° | | Apr 10, 18:40:00 | 101,783 | 12.8 | -71.8° | 341.4° | 18h 4.0m | -36° 37' | Sagittarius | 21.0° | | Apr 10, 18:50:00 | 100,320 | 12.8 | -72.2° | 346.7° | 18h 5.6m | -36° 42' | Sagittarius | 19.6° | | Apr 10, 19:00:00 | 98,838 | 12.8 | -72.5° | 352.1° | 18h 7.4m | -36° 47' | Sagittarius | 18.2° | | Apr 10, 19:10:00 | 97,337 | 12.7 | -72.7° | 357.6° | 18h 9.1m | -36° 52' | Sagittarius | 16.8° | | Apr 10, 19:20:00 | 95,818 | 12.7 | -72.7° | 3.1° | 18h 11.0m | -36° 57' | Sagittarius | 15.3° | | Apr 10, 19:30:00 | 94,280 | 12.7 | -72.7° | 8.5° | 18h 12.9m | -37° 3' | Corona Australis | 13.9° | | Apr 10, 19:40:00 | 92,721 | 12.6 | -72.6° | 13.9° | 18h 14.8m | -37° 8' | Corona Australis | 12.4° | | Apr 10, 19:50:00 | 91,143 | 12.6 | -72.3° | 19.2° | 18h 16.9m | -37° 14' | Corona Australis | 11.0° | | Apr 10, 20:00:00 | 89,545 | 12.6 | -72.0° | 24.2° | 18h 19.0m | -37° 21' | Corona Australis | 9.5° | | Apr 10, 20:10:00 | 87,925 | 12.5 | -71.6° | 29.0° | 18h 21.2m | -37° 27' | Corona Australis | 8.0° | | Apr 10, 20:20:00 | 86,285 | 12.5 | -71.1° | 33.6° | 18h 23.5m | -37° 34' | Corona Australis | 6.6° | | Apr 10, 20:30:00 | 84,622 | 12.5 | -70.6° | 37.9° | 18h 25.9m | -37° 41' | Corona Australis | 5.1° | | Apr 10, 20:40:00 | 82,937 | 12.4 | -70.0° | 42.0° | 18h 28.3m | -37° 49' | Corona Australis | 3.7° | | Apr 10, 20:50:00 | 81,229 | 12.4 | -69.3° | 45.8° | 18h 30.9m | -37° 56' | Corona Australis | 2.2° | | Apr 10, 21:00:00 | 79,498 | 12.3 | -68.6° | 49.4° | 18h 33.6m | -38° 5' | Corona Australis | 0.8° | | Apr 10, 21:10:00 | 77,742 | 12.3 | -67.9° | 52.7° | 18h 36.4m | -38° 13' | Corona Australis | -0.6° | | Apr 10, 21:20:00 | 75,962 | 12.3 | -67.2° | 55.8° | 18h 39.4m | -38° 22' | Corona Australis | -2.0° | | Apr 10, 21:30:00 | 74,156 | 12.2 | -66.5° | 58.8° | 18h 42.5m | -38° 31' | Corona Australis | -3.4° | | Apr 10, 21:40:00 | 72,323 | 12.2 | -65.7° | 61.5° | 18h 45.7m | -38° 40' | Corona Australis | -4.8° | | Apr 10, 21:50:00 | 70,463 | 12.1 | -65.0° | 64.0° | 18h 49.2m | -38° 50' | Corona Australis | -6.1° | | Apr 10, 22:00:00 | 68,575 | 12.1 | -64.3° | 66.4° | 18h 52.8m | -39° 0' | Corona Australis | -7.5° | | Apr 10, 22:10:00 | 66,657 | 12.0 | -63.6° | 68.7° | 18h 56.6m | -39° 11' | Corona Australis | -8.8° | | Apr 10, 22:20:00 | 64,709 | 12.0 | -62.9° | 70.8° | 19h 0.7m | -39° 22' | Corona Australis | -10.1° | | Apr 10, 22:30:00 | 62,728 | 11.9 | -62.2° | 72.7° | 19h 5.1m | -39° 33' | Corona Australis | -11.3° | | Apr 10, 22:40:00 | 60,715 | 11.8 | -61.6° | 74.5° | 19h 9.7m | -39° 45' | Corona Australis | -12.5° | | Apr 10, 22:50:00 | 58,666 | 11.8 | -61.0° | 76.2° | 19h 14.7m | -39° 57' | Corona Australis | -13.7° | | Apr 10, 23:00:00 | 56,581 | 11.7 | -60.5° | 77.7° | 19h 20.1m | -40° 9' | Sagittarius | -14.9° | | Apr 10, 23:10:00 | 54,457 | 11.6 | -60.0° | 79.1° | 19h 25.9m | -40° 22' | Sagittarius | -16.0° | | Apr 10, 23:20:00 | 52,292 | 11.6 | -59.6° | 80.3° | 19h 32.2m | -40° 34' | Sagittarius | -17.1° | | Apr 10, 23:30:00 | 50,084 | 11.5 | -59.3° | 81.4° | 19h 39.1m | -40° 47' | Sagittarius | -18.2° | | Apr 10, 23:40:00 | 47,829 | 11.4 | -59.1° | 82.3° | 19h 46.7m | -41° 0' | Sagittarius | -19.2° | | Apr 10, 23:50:00 | 45,525 | 11.3 | -59.0° | 83.0° | 19h 55.1m | -41° 13' | Sagittarius | -20.1° | | Apr 11, 00:00:00 | 43,167 | 11.2 | -59.0° | 83.4° | 20h 4.5m | -41° 25' | Sagittarius | -21.0° | | Apr 11, 00:10:00 | 40,752 | 11.1 | -59.2° | 83.6° | 20h 15.0m | -41° 35' | Sagittarius | -21.9° | | Apr 11, 00:20:00 | 38,273 | 11.0 | -59.6° | 83.3° | 20h 27.0m | -41° 44' | Sagittarius | -22.7° | | Apr 11, 00:30:00 | 35,726 | 10.9 | -60.1° | 82.6° | 20h 40.8m | -41° 49' | Microscopium | -23.5° | | Apr 11, 00:40:00 | 33,103 | 10.8 | -61.0° | 81.1° | 20h 56.8m | -41° 48' | Microscopium | -24.2° | | Apr 11, 00:50:00 | 30,394 | 10.6 | -62.2° | 78.6° | 21h 15.7m | -41° 39' | Microscopium | -24.8° | | Apr 11, 01:00:00 | 27,590 | 10.5 | -63.7° | 74.6° | 21h 38.3m | -41° 15' | Grus | -25.4° | | Apr 11, 01:10:00 | 24,676 | 10.3 | -65.6° | 67.9° | 22h 6.0m | -40° 27' | Grus | -25.9° | | Apr 11, 01:20:00 | 21,631 | 10.1 | -67.6° | 56.5° | 22h 40.7m | -38° 57' | Grus | -26.3° | | Apr 11, 01:30:00 | 18,425 | 9.9 | -69.0° | 36.8° | 23h 25.2m | -36° 13' | Sculptor | -26.7° | | Apr 11, 01:40:00 | 14,996 | 9.7 | -66.8° | 6.7° | 0h 24.7m | -31° 14' | Sculptor | -27.0° | | Apr 11, 01:50:00 | 11,237 | 9.4 | -56.0° | 333.7° | 1h 49.2m | -22° 25' | Cetus | -27.3° |
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