SeleneA live wallpaper and desktop scene for Windows 10 and 11Pro
Selene renders the Moon exactly as it hangs tonight. The phase is computed locally from the date — no network — and the terminator, the line between lunar day and night, is drawn true to it, sweeping from a hair-thin crescent to the full face and back. The near-side maria and brightest craters are in their real places, limb-darkened toward the edge, with a faint blue earthshine lighting the dark limb when the Moon is young. Around it, an engraved brass dial marks where we are in the lunation — new at the top, full at the bottom — with a lit marker riding the cycle. A museum-placard footer names the phase and reads out illumination, moon age, days to the next full or new moon, and the Moon's current distance. In the southern hemisphere the disc turns to match your sky. It's calm and near-still by design — a precise instrument, not a busy animation.
What it does
- Physically-lit Moon with a true terminator for tonight's phase
- Real near-side maria, craters and blue earthshine on the dark limb
- Engraved lunation dial with a marker riding the cycle
- Placard readout: phase, illumination, age, next full/new, distance
- Hemisphere-aware; computed locally with no network needed
Where it runs
Live wallpaper
Painted behind your desktop icons, in place of a static background, drawn independently on each monitor.
Scene window
Placed and resized like a widget, so it can sit in a corner rather than take the whole screen.
Get Selene
Selene is included with WidgetSpark Pro, along with every other scene and Pro widget.