• celestial mechanics, al-A`raf 7:54; al-Hajj 22:65

• moon, Yunus 10:5; an-Nahl 16:12; al-Anbiya' 21:33; al-Hajj 22:18; al-Furqan 25:61; al-`Ankabut 29:61; Ha Mim Sajdah 41:37; al-Qamar 54:1; Nuh 71:16; al-Mudathir 74:32; al-Inshiqaq 84:18; ash-Shams 91:2
• solar and lunar orbits, al-An`am 6:96; Yunus 10:5; ar-Ra`d 13:2; Ibrahim 14:33; al-Anbiya' 21:33; Luqman 31:29; al-Fatir 35:13; Ya Sin 36:38-40; az-Zumar 39:5; ar-Rahman 55:5
• sun, Yunus 10:5; an-Nahl 16:12; al-Anbiya' 21:33; al-Hajj 22:18; al-Furqan 25:45,61; al-`Ankabut 29:61; Ha Mim Sajdah 41:37; Nuh 71:16; an-Naba' 78:13; at-Takwir 81:1; ash-Shams 91:1
• celestial navigation, al-An`am 6:97; an-Nahl 16:16
• constellations, al-Hijr 15:16; al-Furqan 25:61; al-Buruj 85:1
• motion of objects in the Universe, al-Fatir 35:41; ad-Dukhan 44:39; al-Jathiyah 45:22; al-Ahqaf 46:3; at-Taghabun 64:3; at-Tariq 86:11
• objects impacting Earth, Saba' 34:9
• planets, at-Takwir 81:16
• Sirius (Alpha Canis Major), an-Najm 53:49
• stars, al-Hajj 22:18; as-Saffat 37:88; adh-Dhariyat 51:7; an-Nazi`at 79:1; at-Takwir 81:2; at-Tariq 86:3

• neighborhood of Earth populated by, as-Saffat 37:6; Ha Mim Sajdah 41:12; al-Mulk 67:5

strictly speaking the neighborhood of Earth consists only of other planets, asteroids and moons. The nearest star is a couple of light years away.
• proper motion of, an-Nazi`at 79:2-4
• revolving, at-Takwir 81:15
• sunrise, * al-Kahf 18:86,89 *, as-Saffat 37:5; ar-Rahman 55:17; al-Ma`arij 70:40
• sunset, * al-Kahf 18:86,89 *, ar-Rahman 55:17; al-Ma`arij 70:40; al-Inshiqaq 84:16

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