NASA APOD

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) REST API providing daily astronomy images and explanations curated by NASA scientists. Supports retrieval by specific date, date ranges, and random selection, with high-definition image URLs, media type detection, and optional concept tags derived from image metadata. Data is available from 1995-06-16 onward.

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NASA APOD API

Single-endpoint REST API returning the Astronomy Picture of the Day with title, explanation, image URL, HD image URL, media type, copyright, and optional concept tags. Supports ...

Pricing Plans

Nasa Apod Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits

Nasa Apod Rate Limits

3 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps

Nasa Apod Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies

Nasa Apod Context

0 classes · 13 properties

JSON-LD

Example Payloads

Apod Single Date

9 fields

EXAMPLE

Resources

Sources

aid: nasa-apod
name: NASA APOD
description: 'NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) REST API providing daily astronomy images and explanations curated
  by NASA scientists. Supports retrieval by specific date, date ranges, and random selection, with high-definition image URLs,
  media type detection, and optional concept tags derived from image metadata. Data is available from 1995-06-16 onward.

  '
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nasa-apod/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
type: Index
tags:
- NASA
- Astronomy
- Space
- Images
- Science
- Education
- Open Data
apis:
- aid: nasa-apod:nasa-apod
  name: NASA APOD API
  description: 'Single-endpoint REST API returning the Astronomy Picture of the Day with title, explanation, image URL, HD
    image URL, media type, copyright, and optional concept tags. Supports date-based filtering and random image selection.

    '
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://api.nasa.gov/
  baseURL: https://api.nasa.gov
  tags:
  - NASA
  - Astronomy
  - Space
  - Images
  - APOD
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/nasa/apod-api
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nasa-apod/refs/heads/main/openapi/openapi.yml
  contact:
  - FN: NASA API Support
    url: https://api.nasa.gov/
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://api.nasa.gov/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://github.com/nasa/apod-api
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/nasa
- type: Blog
  url: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://api.nasa.gov/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.api.nasa.gov/
- type: X
  url: https://x.com/apod
- type: Plans
  url: plans/nasa-apod-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/nasa-apod-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/nasa-apod-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com