Application calculates precise moments of sunrise, sunset and solar noon. Additionally show day's duration, current difference between longest and shortest day. Daily card display current moon phase, day in phase period and moon's rise and set.
Astroid calculates rise and set of all Planets - Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto.
Next feature is page where are displayed moon phases in selected month.
All this event could be calculated at any Earth's position using valid time zone. Time zones are defined by user or could be auto-detected using GeoNames services.
Earth's position could be defined in following ways:
- detecting by GPS/Network sensors,
- searching by address,
- selecting on Google Map,
- entering position manually.
Extra feature allow also displaying on Google Map graphically position where is expected sunrise, sunset and direction where Sun is placed at given time.
Tags: astroid applications, astroid ktmsoft.
Astroid calculates rise and set of all Planets - Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto.
Next feature is page where are displayed moon phases in selected month.
All this event could be calculated at any Earth's position using valid time zone. Time zones are defined by user or could be auto-detected using GeoNames services.
Earth's position could be defined in following ways:
- detecting by GPS/Network sensors,
- searching by address,
- selecting on Google Map,
- entering position manually.
Extra feature allow also displaying on Google Map graphically position where is expected sunrise, sunset and direction where Sun is placed at given time.
Tags: astroid applications, astroid ktmsoft.
Recently changed in this version:
1.6
* Added option to display Moon lines of rise, set and current position
* Added displaying position of Sun/Moon on map also when object is under horizont
* Fixed bug with Moon results
1.5.1
* Fixed bug with two icons after installing update
1.5
* Changed Search option
1.4.1
* changed displaying position on panel in degrees/min/sec
* fixed locale texts
1.3
* added localize version - Chinese and Polish
* fixed some small bugs





Comments and ratings for Astroid
(69 stars)
by Oleg Petukhov on 16/04/2013
Just plain information usable for moon photos etc, no fancy views, no astrological bullshit.
(69 stars)
by miki toto on 04/02/2013
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(69 stars)
by A Google User on 09/01/2013
Nice
(69 stars)
by Diane Riffe on 07/12/2012
Live this app. Los of info about the current activity of our solar system.
(69 stars)
by Ali on 08/01/2012
I
like this app. It is very useful. It will better if the location's history be able to to save more positions even after turning off the phone.
(69 stars)
by Muse on 10/10/2011
Excellent app
Provides accurate rise/set times for the sun, moon, and planets. For the moon, it additionally provides accurate info on the phases.
(69 stars)
by Travis on 05/07/2011
Great app, only problem is it doesn't seem to save my location, it just defaults to Greenwich. Samsung Galaxy S II