Frequently asked questions

You enter a date, two names, and optionally a location. We calculate the exact moon phase for that night using astronomical algorithms and generate a print-quality 300 DPI poster. You receive the image instantly by email after payment.

Immediately after payment — you receive an email with the download link within minutes. No waiting, no shipping.

Yes! The image is 300 DPI and fits A4, A3, A2, A1 or any custom size. You can print at home or at any print shop.

Choose any meaningful date — your wedding night, anniversary, birthday, the night you first met, or the day of a birth.

Yes. We calculate the exact moon phase using SunCalc astronomical algorithms — not approximations. Illumination, phase name and moon position are all precise to the day.

A gift tied to your own date feels more personal than something off the shelf. With Lumeries you pick the date of your wedding night or the night you met, and get the moon or the night sky of exactly that night as a poster with your names — €9.90 as an instant download.

A digital poster from Lumeries is ready within minutes of ordering. Print it at home, at a copy shop or through a photo service — or send the file with a few personal words. No shipping, no waiting.

Personalized digital prints are the cheapest way to give something genuinely individual. A Lumeries poster with your date, your names and the real night sky of that night costs €9.90 — printing costs depend on size and provider.

The first anniversary is traditionally the paper anniversary, so a printed poster fits the symbolism exactly. A popular choice is the moon or star map of your wedding night with the date and both names.

The file is 300 DPI and prints anywhere. For A4 a home printer with photo paper is enough. From A3 upwards a photo service is worth it: printing A3 costs roughly €4–6, A2 around €8–12 at most providers. You upload the file there and either collect the print or have it delivered.

The posters use a 5:7 ratio and fit standard frames in A4, A3, A2 and A1 — everything you find at IKEA, a drugstore or a furniture shop. A plain frame in black, white or oak costs between €5 and €20 depending on size. A passe-partout looks more premium but is not required.

Matte or satin suits these designs better than gloss and does not reflect behind glass. Photo services usually call it "matte" or "silk". A paper weight from 200 gsm upwards feels substantial and will not warp inside a frame.

The file arrives within minutes of ordering — nothing is shipped. How fast you hold the printed poster depends only on your printing route: at home immediately, at a copy shop often the same day, with mail-order photo services usually 1–3 working days.

Frequent travellers collect experiences, not objects — souvenirs usually end up stacked and unused. What lasts is the one city that matters to them: the place of a formative trip, the city of a year abroad, the destination of the last big journey. As a map on the wall it stays visible every day without taking up space.

After a move, one thing is usually missing at the new place: something on the walls. A map of the old hometown keeps the connection; a map of the new city marks the beginning. Both work even when you do not know their taste in furnishing.

A minimalist map of that place — no labels, just the street lines — reads as art while remaining unmistakable. Lumeries can generate any city and any address worldwide, with a name and date underneath, for €9.90 as an instant download.

Practical things are usually already sorted or given twice over. A map of the new city or the coordinates of the new address stand out, cost little and suit any interior — unlike decor chosen by taste.

All you need is a date and one or two names. Enter both, check the poster in the preview, buy — the download link arrives within minutes. Print at home, at a copy shop or through a photo service. Total time to a finished gift: under an hour if a printer is nearby.

A date that matters — plus names, a place or a time, depending on the design. No account, no signup, no software. The preview updates as you type, so you see exactly what you will get.

Yes. You can create different designs one after another and buy them together — for instance the moon of your wedding night and the star map of the same evening as a pair on the wall.

Check the preview before buying — it shows exactly the text that will appear on the poster. If something is still wrong, write to us: we recreate the poster for typing errors.

The moon phase of any date can be calculated exactly — the lunar cycle runs about 29.5 days and follows fixed laws. lumeries.com has a page for every date between 1900 and 2032 with the phase, illumination, moonrise and moonset times and the moon's zodiac sign.

Four main phases — new moon, first quarter, full moon and last quarter — with the transitions in between: waxing and waning crescent, and waxing and waning gibbous.

A full moon occurs roughly every 29.5 days. The monthly overviews on lumeries.com list the exact dates of full moon, new moon and both quarter phases for each month — including future years.

Yes. The moon of a given date can be made into a personalized poster with names and the date — €9.90 as an instant download, printable up to A1. Looking it up costs nothing.

The sky above a place can be calculated exactly for any date — star positions follow fixed astronomical laws. Date, time and coordinates together produce exactly one constellation pattern. Lumeries computes that for any date between 1900 and 2032 and renders it as a poster, from €9.90.

At Lumeries the actual sky view is computed: star positions, constellations and the horizon line for the coordinates and date you enter. No random patterns, no templates — two different dates produce two different maps.

Most often the night two people met, the wedding night, or a birth. Any date works where both people were in the same place — then the map really shows the sky they stood under.

At Lumeries €9.90 as an instant 300 DPI download, printable up to A1. Physical sellers usually charge €25 to €70 plus shipping for comparable star maps — the difference is the printing, not the content.