Selene Moon Calendar

Selene is now localized in 50 languages. Dates, percentages, and measurements now follow your locale more closely. Polish and clarity improvements across the calendar and widgets.

Selene is now localized in 50 languages. Dates, percentages, and measurements now follow your locale more closely. Polish and clarity improvements across the calendar and widgets.

This update fixes an issue where the main view on iPhone and iPad could show an outdated moon phase after a phase change. The timeline, main view, and current status now use the same phase data.

This update adds a new appearance setting for iPhone and iPad. Choose Light, Dark, or System in Controls, and the moon view, calendar, and sheets now follow your selection.

Orbit is here: a new tab visualizes the Sun, Earth, and Moon in sync with the time controls. It explains moon phases, local orientation, and why eclipses need alignment and lunar nodes. Scale: True proportions for Sun, Earth, and Moon. The Sun is 109 Earth diameters wide and about 389 lunar distances away, so a single true-scale drawing would hide the Moon.

Orbit has been refined: phase geometry, observer perspective, and time-lapse now sit together, with Scale following as a calm true-proportion comparison. Light and dark appearance and the App Store screenshots have been refreshed with clearer contrast.

Selene 1.8 adds configurable Moon rendering: Classic, Natural, Contrast, Relief, and Coordinates. NASA/LRO-based surface rendering improves visual quality while phase, location, visibility, and calendar calculations remain unchanged. New App Store screenshots and preview videos show the new views.

1.0: Initial version 1.0.1: Current Moon · Local Moonrise 1.1: Calendar 1.2: Use Current Location · Choose Place · Favorites 1.3: Moon Sky Track · Calendar 1.4: Selene is now localized in 50 languages. 1.5: Apple Watch · Current Moon · Local Moonrise · Favorites 1.5.1: Phase Timeline · Current State · Current Moon 1.5.2: Auto · Light · Dark 1.6: Orbit · Observer perspective · Scale · Eclipse geometry 1.7: Orbit · Time-lapse · Observer perspective · Eclipses · Glossary 1.8: Moon Rendering · Classic · Natural · Contrast · Relief · Coordinates 1.8.1: Moon Finder Point the top edge of your device toward the Moon. The compass shows direction and height. The Moon Finder needs your current location; a selected remote place cannot be used for physical pointing. The Moon Finder is available only in Live mode.

1.0: Initial version 1.0.1: Current Moon · Local Moonrise 1.1: Calendar 1.2: Use Current Location · Choose Place · Favorites 1.3: Moon Sky Track · Calendar 1.4: Selene is now localized in 50 languages. 1.5: Apple Watch · Current Moon · Local Moonrise · Favorites 1.5.1: Phase Timeline · Current State · Current Moon 1.5.2: Auto · Light · Dark 1.6: Orbit · Observer perspective · Scale · Eclipse geometry 1.7: Orbit · Time-lapse · Observer perspective · Eclipses · Glossary 1.8: Moon Rendering · Classic · Natural · Contrast · Relief · Coordinates 1.8.1: Moon Finder Point the top edge of your device toward the Moon. The compass shows direction and height. The Moon Finder needs your current location; a selected remote place cannot be used for physical pointing. The Moon Finder is available only in Live mode. 1.8.2: This update adds a calm, hourly timeline to the main Moon card. Explore 180 days back or ahead and watch phase, illumination, age, surface and the Moon’s location-dependent rotation update together. “Now” returns directly to live data, and Selene still always launches live. The astronomical model is unchanged, and the new control works offline on iPhone and iPad.

1.0: Initial version 1.0.1: Current Moon · Local Moonrise 1.1: Calendar 1.2: Use Current Location · Choose Place · Favorites 1.3: Moon Sky Track · Calendar 1.4: Selene is now localized in 50 languages. 1.5: Apple Watch · Current Moon · Local Moonrise · Favorites 1.5.1: Phase Timeline · Current State · Current Moon 1.5.2: Auto · Light · Dark 1.6: Orbit · Observer perspective · Scale · Eclipse geometry 1.7: Orbit · Time-lapse · Observer perspective · Eclipses · Glossary 1.8: Moon Rendering · Classic · Natural · Contrast · Relief · Coordinates 1.8.1: Moon Finder Point the top edge of your device toward the Moon. The compass shows direction and height. The Moon Finder needs your current location; a selected remote place cannot be used for physical pointing. The Moon Finder is available only in Live mode. 1.8.2: This update adds a calm, hourly timeline to the main Moon card. Explore 180 days back or ahead and watch phase, illumination, age, surface and the Moon’s location-dependent rotation update together. “Now” returns directly to live data, and Selene still always launches live. The astronomical model is unchanged, and the new control works offline on iPhone and iPad. 1.9: Selene becomes your personal lunar observatory: local event alerts, an 8-night observation and photography planner, and an interactive lunar map with 120 formations, libration, and the terminator. Configurable widgets, Shortcuts, Spotlight, sharing, and calendar/data export bring the Moon into your day. Every astronomical calculation stays on your device, offline, private, and ad-free.

1.0: Initial version 1.0.1: Current Moon · Local Moonrise 1.1: Calendar 1.2: Use Current Location · Choose Place · Favorites 1.3: Moon Sky Track · Calendar 1.4: Selene is now localized in 50 languages. 1.5: Apple Watch · Current Moon · Local Moonrise · Favorites 1.5.1: Phase Timeline · Current State · Current Moon 1.5.2: Auto · Light · Dark 1.6: Orbit · Observer perspective · Scale · Eclipse geometry 1.7: Orbit · Time-lapse · Observer perspective · Eclipses · Glossary 1.8: Moon Rendering · Classic · Natural · Contrast · Relief · Coordinates 1.8.1: Moon Finder Point the top edge of your device toward the Moon. The compass shows direction and height. The Moon Finder needs your current location; a selected remote place cannot be used for physical pointing. The Moon Finder is available only in Live mode. 1.8.2: This update adds a calm, hourly timeline to the main Moon card. Explore 180 days back or ahead and watch phase, illumination, age, surface and the Moon’s location-dependent rotation update together. “Now” returns directly to live data, and Selene still always launches live. The astronomical model is unchanged, and the new control works offline on iPhone and iPad. 1.9: Selene becomes your personal lunar observatory: local event alerts, an 8-night observation and photography planner, and an interactive lunar map with 120 formations, libration, and the terminator. Configurable widgets, Shortcuts, Spotlight, sharing, and calendar/data export bring the Moon into your day. Every astronomical calculation stays on your device, offline, private, and ad-free. 1.9.1: New Apple Watch complication. The current Moon now appears directly on the watch face with a realistic surface and the correct phase.

1.0: Initial version 1.0.1: Current Moon · Local Moonrise 1.1: Calendar 1.2: Use Current Location · Choose Place · Favorites 1.3: Moon Sky Track · Calendar 1.4: Selene is now localized in 50 languages. 1.5: Apple Watch · Current Moon · Local Moonrise · Favorites 1.5.1: Phase Timeline · Current State · Current Moon 1.5.2: Auto · Light · Dark 1.6: Orbit · Observer perspective · Scale · Eclipse geometry 1.7: Orbit · Time-lapse · Observer perspective · Eclipses · Glossary 1.8: Moon Rendering · Classic · Natural · Contrast · Relief · Coordinates 1.8.1: Moon Finder Point the top edge of your device toward the Moon. The compass shows direction and height. The Moon Finder needs your current location; a selected remote place cannot be used for physical pointing. The Moon Finder is available only in Live mode. 1.8.2: This update adds a calm, hourly timeline to the main Moon card. Explore 180 days back or ahead and watch phase, illumination, age, surface and the Moon’s location-dependent rotation update together. “Now” returns directly to live data, and Selene still always launches live. The astronomical model is unchanged, and the new control works offline on iPhone and iPad. 1.9: Selene becomes your personal lunar observatory: local event alerts, an 8-night observation and photography planner, and an interactive lunar map with 120 formations, libration, and the terminator. Configurable widgets, Shortcuts, Spotlight, sharing, and calendar/data export bring the Moon into your day. Every astronomical calculation stays on your device, offline, private, and ad-free. 1.9.1: New Apple Watch complication. The current Moon now appears directly on the watch face with a realistic surface and the correct phase. 1.9.2: Selene now shows lunar eclipses directly on the Moon across iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Mac, and widgets. On Apple Watch, Moon path and Moon compass lead to a new live orbit model that shows the current geometry of the Sun, Earth, and Moon. On Mac, optimized background updates keep scrolling smooth even during long sessions. Legibility and reliability have also been improved. Selene Watch Faces: Choose one of three Selene designs.