Sun Facts
Useful info about the sun
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6.0for iPhone, iPad and more
9.5
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Volker Voecking Software Engineering
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68 MB
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Jan 5, 2024
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About Sun Facts
Calculate times of sunrise, sunset, moonrise (pro), moonset (pro) and more for your location at any given date.
* Provides the following information:
- Sunrise
- Sunset
- Solar noon
- Twilight times
- Blue hour
- Golden hour
- Equation of time
- Declination
- Azimuth of sunrise and sunset
- Altitude of sun at noon
- Sun Path during the day
- Solstice and Equinox dates
- Widget for displaying sunrise and sunset times on the Today screen
- Date and time of next solar eclipse
Pro Version (In-app-purchase):
- Moon rise
- Moon transit
- Moon set
- Declination
- Azimuth of moon rise and moon set
- Altitude of moon during transit
- Date of next new/full moon
- Moon Path during the day
- Date and time of next lunar eclipse
* Location from :
- GPS receiver
- map
- list of more than 30000 cities
- WGS-84 coordinates
* Provides the following information:
- Sunrise
- Sunset
- Solar noon
- Twilight times
- Blue hour
- Golden hour
- Equation of time
- Declination
- Azimuth of sunrise and sunset
- Altitude of sun at noon
- Sun Path during the day
- Solstice and Equinox dates
- Widget for displaying sunrise and sunset times on the Today screen
- Date and time of next solar eclipse
Pro Version (In-app-purchase):
- Moon rise
- Moon transit
- Moon set
- Declination
- Azimuth of moon rise and moon set
- Altitude of moon during transit
- Date of next new/full moon
- Moon Path during the day
- Date and time of next lunar eclipse
* Location from :
- GPS receiver
- map
- list of more than 30000 cities
- WGS-84 coordinates
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What's New in the Latest Version 6.0
Last updated on Jan 5, 2024
Old Versions
- Sun and moon path now show the position of both bodies during the complete day
- Some widgets are available on the lock screen
- Added option for hiding the POIs on map (Apple Maps)
- Some widgets are available on the lock screen
- Added option for hiding the POIs on map (Apple Maps)
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Version History
6.0
Jan 5, 2024
- Sun and moon path now show the position of both bodies during the complete day
- Some widgets are available on the lock screen
- Added option for hiding the POIs on map (Apple Maps)
- Some widgets are available on the lock screen
- Added option for hiding the POIs on map (Apple Maps)
5.5.1
Jun 20, 2022
Fixed incorrect times in the Sun&Moon Widget
5.5
Feb 19, 2022
- Added time of the solar midnight
- Added time of the lower culmination of the moon
- Improved precision of the sun-earth distance calculation
- Added time of the lower culmination of the moon
- Improved precision of the sun-earth distance calculation
5.4.1
Nov 16, 2021
- Fixed an issue on the Overview page that occasionally lead to an incorrect display of the moon rise / set times
5.4
Aug 24, 2021
- Added new home screen widget "Now" which show the current position (altitude and azimuth) of sun and moon for the selected location
- Fixed an issue in the "Next Events" widget: Occasionally the moon times from the next day were displayed
- Fixed an issue with one of the settings pages not working correctly in dark mode.
- Fixed an issue in the "Next Events" widget: Occasionally the moon times from the next day were displayed
- Fixed an issue with one of the settings pages not working correctly in dark mode.
5.3.1
May 31, 2021
- Fixed an issue that occasionally made the map show the user's location instead of the selected location.
5.3
May 25, 2021
- Added support for Apple's new App Tracking Transparency framework
- All ads are non-personalized.
- All ads are non-personalized.
5.2.1
Mar 24, 2021
- Fixed an issue that could occasionally terminate the app when deleting one of the saved locations
5.2
Mar 20, 2021
- The large sun home screen widget now shows the sun's altitude at noon and the difference in day length from the previous day.
- Moon age and visibility are always calculated at the time of the moon transit (meridian passing).
- Moon phase is the phase of the moon at the time of the moon transit if that day is NOT the day of full or new moon.
- Moon age and visibility are always calculated at the time of the moon transit (meridian passing).
- Moon phase is the phase of the moon at the time of the moon transit if that day is NOT the day of full or new moon.
5.1.2
Dec 3, 2020
- Fixed an issue with the "Next Events"-Widget not updating correctly on full or new moon days.
5.1.1
Oct 22, 2020
- Fixed an issue with the map page resetting the current location when disabling GPS tracking
- Fixed: Twilight times in the large sun widget were converted using an incorrect time zone
- Fixed: Twilight times in the large sun widget were converted using an incorrect time zone
5.1
Oct 16, 2020
- Widgets: Added a new widgets which shows the next events
- Widgets: You can select GPS as location source.
- Widgets: Made some adjustments to better perform when an accessibility text size is used
- Fixed some issues
- Widgets: You can select GPS as location source.
- Widgets: Made some adjustments to better perform when an accessibility text size is used
- Fixed some issues
5.0.2
Sep 25, 2020
- Widgets: Fixed support for the automatic switch between light and dark mode (Color Scheme: "System")
5.0.1
Sep 19, 2020
- Fix: Show correct moon phase in the new home screen widget
- Fix: Corrected formatting of geo coordinates on the new home screen widgets in case a location has no name
- Fix: Background color set to white for text fields on the page where you can specify geo coordinates
- Fix: Corrected formatting of geo coordinates on the new home screen widgets in case a location has no name
- Fix: Background color set to white for text fields on the page where you can specify geo coordinates
5.0
Sep 17, 2020
- New home screen widgets (iOS 14 and later)
4.2.3
Jun 20, 2020
- Fixed an issue that could cause location names not to be saved correctly after a change, so that after restarting the app the original name reappeared.
4.2.2
Apr 17, 2020
- Fixed the landscape orientation of the map page
- Some minor improvements in the drawing performance of the map
- Fixed an issue restoring an in-app purchase from the welcome screen
- Some minor improvements in the drawing performance of the map
- Fixed an issue restoring an in-app purchase from the welcome screen
4.2.1
Apr 3, 2020
- Fixed a crash at startup when an unexpected distance unit had been selected before
- Fixed an issue with the home screen actions (long tap on app icon)
- Made map animations a bit faster
- Fixed an issue with the home screen actions (long tap on app icon)
- Made map animations a bit faster
4.2
Feb 27, 2020
- Added date and time of the next aphelion and perihelion
- Added date and time of the next apogee and perigee
- Added an option to display distances in astronomical units.
- Added an option to use Google Maps instead of Apple Maps
- Fixed a drawing issue in the details page on iPad
- Added an image of the current moon phase to the calendar view when device is big enough (iPad or large iPhone in landscape mode)
- Make sure that the correct sign is shown for the Equation Of Time value.
- Fixed an issue with the today widgets not properly adapting when dark mode is active
- Added date and time of the next apogee and perigee
- Added an option to display distances in astronomical units.
- Added an option to use Google Maps instead of Apple Maps
- Fixed a drawing issue in the details page on iPad
- Added an image of the current moon phase to the calendar view when device is big enough (iPad or large iPhone in landscape mode)
- Make sure that the correct sign is shown for the Equation Of Time value.
- Fixed an issue with the today widgets not properly adapting when dark mode is active
4.1
Dec 6, 2019
- Fixed an issue that on the Map page occasionally led to an incorrect azimuth value being displayed
- Fixed some issue when the app was running while the dark appearance mode was active
- Fixed some issue when the app was running while the dark appearance mode was active
4.0
Sep 6, 2019
- Address search added to the map page (requires iOS11 or later)
- Added blue hour to the list of events (sun is between 4° and 8° below the horizon)
- Fixed a crash
- Fixed an issue with the map's zoom level sometimes not staying constant.
- Added blue hour to the list of events (sun is between 4° and 8° below the horizon)
- Fixed a crash
- Fixed an issue with the map's zoom level sometimes not staying constant.
3.1
Jul 27, 2019
- Fixed an issue that could lead to the sun icon not being presented correctly on the sun path.
- Improved search performance
- Added option for hiding the dotted lines on the map
- Improved search performance
- Added option for hiding the dotted lines on the map
3.0
Feb 16, 2019
- Map: The lines representing the sun and moon positions are continued as dashed lines in the opposite direction.
- Fixed some colors of the light color theme.
- Improved handling of the slider controls
- Added option for sharing saved locations between your iOS devices via iCloud
- Added: The places list can be sorted by name, latitude or longitude.
- Added: Import and export of places (Pro version)
- Fixed some colors of the light color theme.
- Improved handling of the slider controls
- Added option for sharing saved locations between your iOS devices via iCloud
- Added: The places list can be sorted by name, latitude or longitude.
- Added: Import and export of places (Pro version)
2.5.1
Nov 3, 2018
- Fixed: Support for landscape orientation
- Fixed some minor layout issues
- Updated: Cities database
- Added compass mode to the map view to facilitate finding e.g. the current position of sun or moon
- Fixed some minor layout issues
- Updated: Cities database
- Added compass mode to the map view to facilitate finding e.g. the current position of sun or moon
2.5
May 23, 2018
- New: Saved locations are accessible via the local search index
- Updated timezone database
- Enabled support device orientation "portait upside down"
- Updated timezone database
- Enabled support device orientation "portait upside down"
Sun Facts FAQ
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Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of Sun Facts.
iPhone
Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 13.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
Sun Facts supports English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish
Sun Facts contains in-app purchases. Please check the pricing plan as below:
Sun Facts Pro
$4.99
