Lunar Frame

Lunar Frame is a free browser-based app for planning Moon photography shots.

It helps photographers plan compositions where the Moon aligns with a specific target, such as a church, tower, bridge, chimney, hill or other landmark. You can set an observer point and a target on the map, check Moonrise and Moonset directions, search for good dates, preview the frame with your camera setup and analyze terrain visibility before going into the field.

The app includes calendar-based planning, a yearly alignment matrix, saved plans, terrain profile, frame simulation, custom map objects, Moon phases, conjunctions, eclipses and other sky events.

One of its key features is the ability to add your own simple buildings or objects on the map and see them later in the frame simulation, which helps estimate whether something may block or shape the planned composition.

Lunar Frame also includes an eclipse module with visibility maps, phase timelines, 3D visualization, comparison tools and educational explanations.

It works directly in the browser on desktop, tablet and mobile. It can also be installed as a PWA on a phone without using an app store.

Lunar Frame is actively developed and currently free to use.