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, 13:00:00 | 128,689 | 13.3 | -32.5° | 229.5° | 17h 33.8m | -33° 12' | Scorpius | 73.3° | | Apr 10, 13:10:00 | 127,606 | 13.3 | -34.2° | 228.6° | 17h 34.8m | -33° 11' | Scorpius | 71.1° | | Apr 10, 13:20:00 | 126,510 | 13.2 | -35.8° | 227.5° | 17h 35.8m | -33° 10' | Scorpius | 68.8° | | Apr 10, 13:30:00 | 125,398 | 13.2 | -37.5° | 226.4° | 17h 36.8m | -33° 10' | Scorpius | 66.5° | | Apr 10, 13:40:00 | 124,271 | 13.2 | -39.1° | 225.2° | 17h 37.9m | -33° 10' | Scorpius | 64.1° | | Apr 10, 13:50:00 | 123,128 | 13.2 | -40.7° | 223.8° | 17h 39.0m | -33° 9' | Scorpius | 61.7° | | Apr 10, 14:00:00 | 121,970 | 13.2 | -42.2° | 222.4° | 17h 40.2m | -33° 9' | Scorpius | 59.3° | | Apr 10, 14:10:00 | 120,795 | 13.2 | -43.6° | 220.9° | 17h 41.4m | -33° 9' | Scorpius | 56.9° | | Apr 10, 14:20:00 | 119,604 | 13.1 | -45.1° | 219.2° | 17h 42.6m | -33° 9' | Scorpius | 54.5° | | Apr 10, 14:30:00 | 118,395 | 13.1 | -46.4° | 217.5° | 17h 43.9m | -33° 9' | Scorpius | 52.1° | | Apr 10, 14:40:00 | 117,170 | 13.1 | -47.7° | 215.6° | 17h 45.2m | -33° 9' | Scorpius | 49.6° | | Apr 10, 14:50:00 | 115,926 | 13.1 | -48.9° | 213.6° | 17h 46.6m | -33° 10' | Scorpius | 47.2° | | Apr 10, 15:00:00 | 114,665 | 13.1 | -50.1° | 211.5° | 17h 48.0m | -33° 10' | Scorpius | 44.7° | | Apr 10, 15:10:00 | 113,386 | 13.0 | -51.2° | 209.2° | 17h 49.4m | -33° 11' | Scorpius | 42.3° | | Apr 10, 15:20:00 | 112,089 | 13.0 | -52.2° | 206.8° | 17h 50.9m | -33° 11' | Scorpius | 39.8° | | Apr 10, 15:30:00 | 110,772 | 13.0 | -53.1° | 204.3° | 17h 52.4m | -33° 12' | Scorpius | 37.4° | | Apr 10, 15:40:00 | 109,437 | 13.0 | -53.9° | 201.6° | 17h 54.0m | -33° 13' | Scorpius | 34.9° | | Apr 10, 15:50:00 | 108,082 | 12.9 | -54.6° | 198.9° | 17h 55.6m | -33° 14' | Scorpius | 32.5° | | Apr 10, 16:00:00 | 106,708 | 12.9 | -55.2° | 196.0° | 17h 57.3m | -33° 16' | Scorpius | 30.0° | | Apr 10, 16:10:00 | 105,314 | 12.9 | -55.7° | 193.1° | 17h 59.0m | -33° 17' | Sagittarius | 27.5° | | Apr 10, 16:20:00 | 103,900 | 12.9 | -56.1° | 190.1° | 18h 0.8m | -33° 19' | Sagittarius | 25.1° | | Apr 10, 16:30:00 | 102,465 | 12.8 | -56.4° | 187.1° | 18h 2.6m | -33° 20' | Sagittarius | 22.6° | | Apr 10, 16:40:00 | 101,010 | 12.8 | -56.5° | 184.0° | 18h 4.5m | -33° 22' | Sagittarius | 20.1° | | Apr 10, 16:50:00 | 99,534 | 12.8 | -56.6° | 180.9° | 18h 6.5m | -33° 24' | Sagittarius | 17.6° | | Apr 10, 17:00:00 | 98,037 | 12.8 | -56.5° | 177.9° | 18h 8.5m | -33° 26' | Sagittarius | 15.2° | | Apr 10, 17:10:00 | 96,518 | 12.7 | -56.4° | 174.9° | 18h 10.5m | -33° 29' | Sagittarius | 12.7° | | Apr 10, 17:20:00 | 94,978 | 12.7 | -56.1° | 172.0° | 18h 12.7m | -33° 31' | Sagittarius | 10.2° | | Apr 10, 17:30:00 | 93,415 | 12.7 | -55.7° | 169.1° | 18h 14.9m | -33° 34' | Sagittarius | 7.7° | | Apr 10, 17:40:00 | 91,831 | 12.6 | -55.3° | 166.4° | 18h 17.1m | -33° 37' | Sagittarius | 5.3° | | Apr 10, 17:50:00 | 90,224 | 12.6 | -54.8° | 163.8° | 18h 19.5m | -33° 40' | Sagittarius | 2.8° | | Apr 10, 18:00:00 | 88,594 | 12.6 | -54.1° | 161.3° | 18h 21.9m | -33° 43' | Sagittarius | 0.3° | | Apr 10, 18:10:00 | 86,941 | 12.5 | -53.5° | 158.9° | 18h 24.5m | -33° 46' | Sagittarius | -2.2° | | Apr 10, 18:20:00 | 85,264 | 12.5 | -52.7° | 156.7° | 18h 27.1m | -33° 50' | Sagittarius | -4.6° | | Apr 10, 18:30:00 | 83,563 | 12.4 | -51.9° | 154.6° | 18h 29.8m | -33° 53' | Sagittarius | -7.1° | | Apr 10, 18:40:00 | 81,838 | 12.4 | -51.0° | 152.6° | 18h 32.6m | -33° 57' | Sagittarius | -9.6° | | Apr 10, 18:50:00 | 80,089 | 12.4 | -50.2° | 150.7° | 18h 35.6m | -34° 1' | Sagittarius | -12.1° | | Apr 10, 19:00:00 | 78,314 | 12.3 | -49.2° | 149.0° | 18h 38.6m | -34° 5' | Sagittarius | -14.5° | | Apr 10, 19:10:00 | 76,514 | 12.3 | -48.3° | 147.4° | 18h 41.8m | -34° 9' | Sagittarius | -17.0° | | Apr 10, 19:20:00 | 74,687 | 12.2 | -47.3° | 146.0° | 18h 45.2m | -34° 13' | Sagittarius | -19.5° | | Apr 10, 19:30:00 | 72,834 | 12.2 | -46.3° | 144.6° | 18h 48.7m | -34° 17' | Sagittarius | -21.9° | | Apr 10, 19:40:00 | 70,954 | 12.1 | -45.3° | 143.3° | 18h 52.3m | -34° 22' | Sagittarius | -24.4° | | Apr 10, 19:50:00 | 69,046 | 12.1 | -44.4° | 142.2° | 18h 56.2m | -34° 26' | Sagittarius | -26.9° | | Apr 10, 20:00:00 | 67,109 | 12.0 | -43.4° | 141.1° | 19h 0.3m | -34° 30' | Sagittarius | -29.4° | | Apr 10, 20:10:00 | 65,143 | 12.0 | -42.4° | 140.2° | 19h 4.6m | -34° 34' | Sagittarius | -31.8° | | Apr 10, 20:20:00 | 63,147 | 11.9 | -41.5° | 139.3° | 19h 9.1m | -34° 38' | Sagittarius | -34.3° | | Apr 10, 20:30:00 | 61,120 | 11.9 | -40.6° | 138.5° | 19h 14.0m | -34° 42' | Sagittarius | -36.7° | | Apr 10, 20:40:00 | 59,061 | 11.8 | -39.8° | 137.8° | 19h 19.1m | -34° 46' | Sagittarius | -39.2° | | Apr 10, 20:50:00 | 56,969 | 11.7 | -39.0° | 137.2° | 19h 24.6m | -34° 49' | Sagittarius | -41.7° | | Apr 10, 21:00:00 | 54,843 | 11.7 | -38.3° | 136.6° | 19h 30.6m | -34° 51' | Sagittarius | -44.1° | | Apr 10, 21:10:00 | 52,681 | 11.6 | -37.6° | 136.1° | 19h 37.0m | -34° 53' | Sagittarius | -46.6° | | Apr 10, 21:20:00 | 50,482 | 11.5 | -37.1° | 135.7° | 19h 43.9m | -34° 53' | Sagittarius | -49.0° | | Apr 10, 21:30:00 | 48,245 | 11.4 | -36.7° | 135.4° | 19h 51.5m | -34° 52' | Sagittarius | -51.4° | | Apr 10, 21:40:00 | 45,969 | 11.4 | -36.4° | 135.1° | 19h 59.8m | -34° 48' | Sagittarius | -53.9° | | Apr 10, 21:50:00 | 43,651 | 11.3 | -36.3° | 134.8° | 20h 9.0m | -34° 42' | Sagittarius | -56.3° | | Apr 10, 22:00:00 | 41,290 | 11.2 | -36.4° | 134.7° | 20h 19.1m | -34° 32' | Sagittarius | -58.7° | | Apr 10, 22:10:00 | 38,885 | 11.1 | -36.8° | 134.6° | 20h 30.5m | -34° 17' | Microscopium | -61.1° | | Apr 10, 22:20:00 | 36,434 | 11.0 | -37.5° | 134.5° | 20h 43.4m | -33° 55' | Microscopium | -63.5° | | Apr 10, 22:30:00 | 33,936 | 10.9 | -38.6° | 134.6° | 20h 58.0m | -33° 23' | Microscopium | -65.8° | | Apr 10, 22:40:00 | 31,393 | 10.7 | -40.2° | 134.7° | 21h 14.9m | -32° 37' | Microscopium | -68.2° | | Apr 10, 22:50:00 | 28,805 | 10.6 | -42.5° | 135.0° | 21h 34.5m | -31° 31' | Piscis Austrinus | -70.4° | | Apr 10, 23:00:00 | 26,180 | 10.5 | -45.8° | 135.4° | 21h 57.7m | -29° 54' | Piscis Austrinus | -72.7° | | Apr 10, 23:10:00 | 23,526 | 10.4 | -50.3° | 136.0° | 22h 25.5m | -27° 31' | Piscis Austrinus | -74.8° | | Apr 10, 23:20:00 | 20,866 | 10.3 | -56.7° | 137.2° | 22h 59.2m | -23° 55' | Aquarius | -76.8° | | Apr 10, 23:30:00 | 18,232 | 10.3 | -65.9° | 139.9° | 23h 41.0m | -18° 22' | Aquarius | -78.7° | | Apr 10, 23:40:00 | 15,657 | 10.6 | -79.1° | 151.3° | 0h 34.4m | -9° 41' | Cetus | -80.2° | | Apr 10, 23:50:00 | 13,088 | 11.2 | -79.3° | 291.4° | 1h 45.5m | 3° 45' | Pisces | -81.3° |
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