LunarMap Lite

3.8
252 reviews
50K+
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Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

Moon maps galore! Scroll, zoom and search through high resolution US Geological Survey and NASA maps. LunarMap is fun for anybody who wants to see and know more about earth's lovely satellite and is a great companion for amateur astronomy observations through a telescope.

The Lite version watermarks zoom levels above 8X and does not include terminator (shadow line) display and satellite features (e.g., it includes Plato but not Plato B).

Features of LunarMap include:
- Nearside and farside of the moon
- Realistic US Geological Survey relief map (5120x5120 resolution)
- Beautiful photographic map from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's Wide Angle Camera (nearside 20480x20480)
- Color-coded topological maps from both the USGS and NASA
- Realtime terminator (shadow) line
- Searchable labels for over 1900 craters, maria, mountains, valleys, Apollo landing sites and more, based on International Astronomical Union data; tap on feature for more information or to lookup in Wikipedia
- Rotate and/or flip the map to match your telescope's eyepiece view, or for users in the southern hemisphere
- Zoom with two fingers (multitouch devices only), on-screen buttons or volume keys
- Customize colors, labels shown and other features
- Optionally lock screen rotation or make it harder to change so you need to turn the device further than usual to rotate to prevent accidental screen rotations while observing
- The maps are 2D. The nearside maps are projected to show a small portion of the farside, since libration can reveal a small portion of the farside

Note: To save app download time, maps other than the USGS relief nearside map involve an additional free in-app download, hence the Internet permission.
Updated on
Aug 8, 2023

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Ratings and reviews

3.8
218 reviews
A Google user
February 8, 2015
Nothing spectacular but probably worth the download even ifts only for a day or so. Good to start learning the names of craters etc
37 people found this review helpful
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A Google user
May 29, 2017
I got ripped off , paid for hd long time ago ..now they take app away.
9 people found this review helpful
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A Google user
December 18, 2017
Not useful. Difficult to roam map.
4 people found this review helpful
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What's new

1.45: Modern devices
1.40: Optimization; new map format; giant farside WAC map
1.34: Giant 20480x20480 nearside WAC map
1.30: Actionbar
1.21: Restore some missing labels
1.20: Lite version now watermarks the map at zoom levels above 8X (the previous version pixelated at that point) but now includes all the maps from the HD version!
1.14: Minor optimization and bug fixes
1.12: Add option to remove zoom buttons
1.11: Add astronaut named features
1.10: Add over 7000 satellite features