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Life & fun · June 3, 2018

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Augmented Reality App to Predict the Sun and Moon's Location

Sun Locator is an Android app that predicts the Sun and Moon position and interactively displays them

Augmented Reality App to Predict the Sun and Moon's Location launched on June 3, 2018 with 21 votes, #784 of 2,653 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 8 years on.

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Sun Locator is an Android app that predicts and displays the positions of the Sun and Moon using augmented reality. Users can view where these celestial bodies are located in the sky interactively on their device. The app is designed for anyone interested in astronomy, photography, or outdoor planning who needs to know the exact location of the Sun or Moon at any given time.

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