space.sky-tonight

Observer-local sky almanac for any lat/lon and time (default now). Returns the Sun's next rise/set + current altitude/azimuth; the Moon's rise/set, current alt/az, phase angle, phase name (New → Full → Waning Crescent), illuminated fraction, and next moon quarter; and for all seven non-Earth planets (Mercury→Neptune): altitude, azimuth, RA/dec, distance (AU), apparent magnitude, and whether each is currently above the horizon. Computed from first principles (astronomy-engine, sub-arcminute) — no external service, no key. Stargazing, astrophotography planning, 'what's up right now', is-it-dark-yet. `at` accepts any ISO timestamp.

price
$0.0010 USDC per call
method
GET/api/space/sky-tonight
payment
x402 v2 · USDC on Base (EIP-3009) or Solana (SPL transfer)
auth
None. Sign the payment, retry with PAYMENT-SIGNATURE.
tier
Tier 0 — no paid upstream

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
latrequirednumber
min -90 · max 90
lonrequirednumber
min -180 · max 180
altitudeMnumber
min -500 · max 9000
atstring
date-time

Code samples

cURLbash
# 1. Probe with no auth → 402 envelope with PaymentRequirements
curl -sS 'https://2s.io/api/space/sky-tonight?lat=-90&lon=-180&altitudeM=0&at=example'

# 2. Sign + retry with PAYMENT-SIGNATURE:
curl -sS 'https://2s.io/api/space/sky-tonight?lat=-90&lon=-180&altitudeM=0&at=example' \
  -H 'PAYMENT-SIGNATURE: <base64-json-payload>'

# Or use the canonical runner (handles probe → sign → retry):
#   EVM_PRIVATE_KEY=0x... node --env-file=.env.local \
#     --experimental-strip-types scripts/x402-pay.ts \
#     'https://2s.io/api/space/sky-tonight?lat=-90&lon=-180&altitudeM=0&at=example'
TypeScript / Node — @2sio/sdktypescript
import { TwoS } from '@2sio/sdk'

const client = new TwoS({
  privateKey: process.env.EVM_PRIVATE_KEY as `0x${string}`,
})

const result = await client.space.skyTonight({
  "lat": -90,
  "lon": -180,
  "altitudeM": 0,
  "at": "example"
})

console.log('endpoint:', result.endpoint)
console.log('cost:', result.costUsd, 'USDC')
console.log('tx:', result.settlement?.txHash)
console.log('data:', result.data)
Python — 2siopython
import os
from twosio import TwoS

client = TwoS(private_key=os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])

result = client.space.sky_tonight(lat=-90, lon=-180, altitudeM=0, at="example")

print("endpoint:", result.endpoint)
print("cost:", result.cost_usd, "USDC")
print("tx:", (result.settlement or {}).get("tx_hash"))
print("data:", result.data)
MCP — Claude Desktop / AgentKit / any MCP hostjson
// 1. Add @2sio/mcp to your MCP host config (Claude Desktop example below).
//    EVM_PRIVATE_KEY funds x402 payments per call.

// claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "2sio": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@2sio/mcp"],
      "env": { "EVM_PRIVATE_KEY": "0x..." }
    }
  }
}

// 2. Once the server is running, agents call this tool via standard MCP:

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "space.sky-tonight",
    "arguments": {
      "lat": -90,
      "lon": -180,
      "altitudeM": 0,
      "at": "example"
    }
  }
}

Response

FieldTypeDescription
skyobject
sourceobject
Example response datajson
{
  "sky": {
    "at": "example",
    "observer": {
      "lat": 1,
      "lon": 1,
      "altitudeM": 1
    },
    "sun": {},
    "moon": {},
    "planets": [
      {}
    ]
  },
  "source": {
    "provider": "example",
    "url": "example",
    "license": "example"
  }
}

Discovery

2s.io is x402-native. Every call is paid per-request from a USDC-funded EVM wallet on Base — no signup, no API keys, no monthly fees. Source code: github.com/2s-io/sdk.