This is going to be unsightly... The following Mathematica code: <pre> Needs["VectorAnalysis`"] Simplify@ CoordinatesFromCartesian[ CoordinatesToCartesian[{r, theta, phi}, Spherical] + CoordinatesToCartesian[{r0, theta0, phi0}, Spherical], Spherical ] </pre> gives the following output (doctored so that it looks nicer): $$ r' = \sqrt{r^2+2 r_0 r \left(\sin (\theta ) \sin \left(\theta _0\right) \cos \left(\phi -\phi _0\right)+\cos (\theta ) \cos \left(\theta _0\right)\right)+r_0^2} $$ $$ \theta' = \cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{r \cos (\theta )+r_0 \cos \left(\theta _0\right)}{\sqrt{r^2+2 r_0 r \left(\sin (\theta ) \sin \left(\theta _0\right) \cos \left(\phi -\phi _0\right)+\cos (\theta ) \cos \left(\theta _0\right)\right)+r_0^2}}\right) $$ $$ \phi' = \tan ^{-1}\left(r \sin (\theta ) \cos (\phi )+r_0 \sin \left(\theta _0\right) \cos \left(\phi _0\right),r \sin (\theta ) \sin (\phi )+r_0 \sin \left(\theta _0\right) \sin \left(\phi _0\right)\right) $$ In this last line, there is a two-argument variant of arctan, which is explained [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverse_trigonometric_functions#Two-argument_variant_of_arctangent), for example.