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, 09:00:00 | 125,563 | 13.2 | -3.2° | 221.7° | 17h 35.9m | -36° 29' | Scorpius | 28.3° | | Apr 10, 09:10:00 | 124,454 | 13.2 | -4.5° | 223.2° | 17h 36.2m | -36° 31' | Scorpius | 30.1° | | Apr 10, 09:20:00 | 123,340 | 13.2 | -5.7° | 224.6° | 17h 36.6m | -36° 33' | Scorpius | 31.9° | | Apr 10, 09:30:00 | 122,221 | 13.2 | -7.0° | 226.1° | 17h 37.1m | -36° 34' | Scorpius | 33.6° | | Apr 10, 09:40:00 | 121,095 | 13.2 | -8.3° | 227.5° | 17h 37.5m | -36° 36' | Scorpius | 35.4° | | Apr 10, 09:50:00 | 119,963 | 13.1 | -9.7° | 228.9° | 17h 38.0m | -36° 37' | Scorpius | 37.1° | | Apr 10, 10:00:00 | 118,824 | 13.1 | -11.1° | 230.2° | 17h 38.5m | -36° 38' | Scorpius | 38.7° | | Apr 10, 10:10:00 | 117,677 | 13.1 | -12.4° | 231.5° | 17h 39.1m | -36° 40' | Scorpius | 40.4° | | Apr 10, 10:20:00 | 116,523 | 13.1 | -13.9° | 232.8° | 17h 39.7m | -36° 41' | Scorpius | 42.0° | | Apr 10, 10:30:00 | 115,361 | 13.1 | -15.3° | 234.1° | 17h 40.3m | -36° 43' | Scorpius | 43.5° | | Apr 10, 10:40:00 | 114,189 | 13.0 | -16.7° | 235.4° | 17h 40.9m | -36° 44' | Scorpius | 45.0° | | Apr 10, 10:50:00 | 113,008 | 13.0 | -18.2° | 236.6° | 17h 41.6m | -36° 45' | Scorpius | 46.4° | | Apr 10, 11:00:00 | 111,818 | 13.0 | -19.7° | 237.8° | 17h 42.3m | -36° 47' | Scorpius | 47.8° | | Apr 10, 11:10:00 | 110,617 | 13.0 | -21.2° | 239.0° | 17h 43.1m | -36° 48' | Scorpius | 49.1° | | Apr 10, 11:20:00 | 109,405 | 12.9 | -22.7° | 240.1° | 17h 43.9m | -36° 49' | Scorpius | 50.3° | | Apr 10, 11:30:00 | 108,181 | 12.9 | -24.2° | 241.3° | 17h 44.7m | -36° 51' | Scorpius | 51.5° | | Apr 10, 11:40:00 | 106,946 | 12.9 | -25.7° | 242.4° | 17h 45.6m | -36° 52' | Scorpius | 52.5° | | Apr 10, 11:50:00 | 105,698 | 12.9 | -27.2° | 243.5° | 17h 46.5m | -36° 53' | Scorpius | 53.5° | | Apr 10, 12:00:00 | 104,437 | 12.9 | -28.8° | 244.6° | 17h 47.5m | -36° 55' | Scorpius | 54.3° | | Apr 10, 12:10:00 | 103,163 | 12.8 | -30.3° | 245.7° | 17h 48.5m | -36° 56' | Scorpius | 55.0° | | Apr 10, 12:20:00 | 101,874 | 12.8 | -31.8° | 246.7° | 17h 49.6m | -36° 58' | Scorpius | 55.6° | | Apr 10, 12:30:00 | 100,571 | 12.8 | -33.4° | 247.7° | 17h 50.7m | -37° 0' | Scorpius | 56.0° | | Apr 10, 12:40:00 | 99,252 | 12.7 | -34.9° | 248.8° | 17h 51.9m | -37° 1' | Scorpius | 56.3° | | Apr 10, 12:50:00 | 97,917 | 12.7 | -36.5° | 249.8° | 17h 53.1m | -37° 3' | Scorpius | 56.5° | | Apr 10, 13:00:00 | 96,565 | 12.7 | -38.0° | 250.8° | 17h 54.4m | -37° 5' | Scorpius | 56.5° | | Apr 10, 13:10:00 | 95,197 | 12.7 | -39.6° | 251.8° | 17h 55.8m | -37° 7' | Scorpius | 56.4° | | Apr 10, 13:20:00 | 93,810 | 12.6 | -41.1° | 252.7° | 17h 57.2m | -37° 9' | Scorpius | 56.1° | | Apr 10, 13:30:00 | 92,405 | 12.6 | -42.7° | 253.7° | 17h 58.6m | -37° 11' | Corona Australis | 55.7° | | Apr 10, 13:40:00 | 90,981 | 12.6 | -44.2° | 254.7° | 18h 0.2m | -37° 13' | Corona Australis | 55.2° | | Apr 10, 13:50:00 | 89,537 | 12.5 | -45.8° | 255.6° | 18h 1.8m | -37° 16' | Corona Australis | 54.5° | | Apr 10, 14:00:00 | 88,072 | 12.5 | -47.3° | 256.5° | 18h 3.5m | -37° 18' | Corona Australis | 53.7° | | Apr 10, 14:10:00 | 86,586 | 12.5 | -48.8° | 257.5° | 18h 5.3m | -37° 21' | Corona Australis | 52.8° | | Apr 10, 14:20:00 | 85,078 | 12.4 | -50.3° | 258.4° | 18h 7.2m | -37° 23' | Corona Australis | 51.7° | | Apr 10, 14:30:00 | 83,547 | 12.4 | -51.8° | 259.3° | 18h 9.1m | -37° 26' | Corona Australis | 50.6° | | Apr 10, 14:40:00 | 81,992 | 12.4 | -53.3° | 260.2° | 18h 11.2m | -37° 29' | Corona Australis | 49.4° | | Apr 10, 14:50:00 | 80,413 | 12.3 | -54.8° | 261.1° | 18h 13.4m | -37° 32' | Corona Australis | 48.1° | | Apr 10, 15:00:00 | 78,808 | 12.3 | -56.2° | 262.0° | 18h 15.6m | -37° 36' | Corona Australis | 46.8° | | Apr 10, 15:10:00 | 77,176 | 12.3 | -57.6° | 262.9° | 18h 18.0m | -37° 39' | Corona Australis | 45.4° | | Apr 10, 15:20:00 | 75,518 | 12.2 | -59.1° | 263.7° | 18h 20.6m | -37° 43' | Corona Australis | 43.9° | | Apr 10, 15:30:00 | 73,830 | 12.2 | -60.4° | 264.6° | 18h 23.2m | -37° 47' | Corona Australis | 42.3° | | Apr 10, 15:40:00 | 72,113 | 12.1 | -61.8° | 265.5° | 18h 26.0m | -37° 51' | Corona Australis | 40.8° | | Apr 10, 15:50:00 | 70,365 | 12.1 | -63.2° | 266.3° | 18h 29.0m | -37° 55' | Corona Australis | 39.1° | | Apr 10, 16:00:00 | 68,585 | 12.0 | -64.5° | 267.2° | 18h 32.1m | -37° 59' | Corona Australis | 37.5° | | Apr 10, 16:10:00 | 66,771 | 12.0 | -65.7° | 268.0° | 18h 35.5m | -38° 4' | Corona Australis | 35.8° | | Apr 10, 16:20:00 | 64,921 | 11.9 | -67.0° | 268.8° | 18h 39.0m | -38° 8' | Corona Australis | 34.1° | | Apr 10, 16:30:00 | 63,035 | 11.9 | -68.2° | 269.6° | 18h 42.8m | -38° 13' | Corona Australis | 32.3° | | Apr 10, 16:40:00 | 61,110 | 11.8 | -69.3° | 270.4° | 18h 46.8m | -38° 18' | Corona Australis | 30.6° | | Apr 10, 16:50:00 | 59,144 | 11.7 | -70.4° | 271.2° | 18h 51.1m | -38° 23' | Corona Australis | 28.8° | | Apr 10, 17:00:00 | 57,135 | 11.7 | -71.4° | 271.9° | 18h 55.7m | -38° 28' | Corona Australis | 27.0° | | Apr 10, 17:10:00 | 55,079 | 11.6 | -72.4° | 272.6° | 19h 0.7m | -38° 33' | Corona Australis | 25.1° | | Apr 10, 17:20:00 | 52,975 | 11.5 | -73.3° | 273.3° | 19h 6.1m | -38° 38' | Corona Australis | 23.3° | | Apr 10, 17:30:00 | 50,819 | 11.5 | -74.1° | 273.9° | 19h 12.0m | -38° 42' | Corona Australis | 21.5° | | Apr 10, 17:40:00 | 48,607 | 11.4 | -74.8° | 274.4° | 19h 18.4m | -38° 46' | Corona Australis | 19.6° | | Apr 10, 17:50:00 | 46,333 | 11.3 | -75.3° | 274.9° | 19h 25.5m | -38° 50' | Sagittarius | 17.8° | | Apr 10, 18:00:00 | 43,994 | 11.2 | -75.8° | 275.3° | 19h 33.3m | -38° 52' | Sagittarius | 15.9° | | Apr 10, 18:10:00 | 41,582 | 11.1 | -76.0° | 275.5° | 19h 42.0m | -38° 53' | Sagittarius | 14.0° | | Apr 10, 18:20:00 | 39,090 | 11.0 | -76.1° | 275.7° | 19h 51.8m | -38° 52' | Sagittarius | 12.2° | | Apr 10, 18:30:00 | 36,507 | 10.9 | -75.8° | 275.7° | 20h 2.9m | -38° 48' | Sagittarius | 10.3° | | Apr 10, 18:40:00 | 33,821 | 10.7 | -75.3° | 275.7° | 20h 15.6m | -38° 39' | Sagittarius | 8.4° | | Apr 10, 18:50:00 | 31,016 | 10.6 | -74.3° | 275.6° | 20h 30.4m | -38° 23' | Microscopium | 6.6° | | Apr 10, 19:00:00 | 28,067 | 10.4 | -72.8° | 275.4° | 20h 48.0m | -37° 55' | Microscopium | 4.7° | | Apr 10, 19:10:00 | 24,942 | 10.2 | -70.4° | 275.3° | 21h 9.2m | -37° 10' | Microscopium | 2.9° | | Apr 10, 19:20:00 | 21,589 | 10.0 | -66.9° | 275.1° | 21h 35.6m | -35° 54' | Piscis Austrinus | 1.0° | | Apr 10, 19:30:00 | 17,917 | 9.7 | -61.6° | 274.9° | 22h 9.4m | -33° 44' | Piscis Austrinus | -0.8° | | Apr 10, 19:40:00 | 13,759 | 9.3 | -53.1° | 274.6° | 22h 54.8m | -29° 48' | Piscis Austrinus | -2.6° | | Apr 10, 19:50:00 | 8,811 | 8.7 | -38.8° | 273.7° | 23h 59.5m | -22° 20' | Cetus | -4.5° |
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