Tokyo, Japan

Monday, October 14, 2024

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Tokyo, Japan

That morning

Sunrise

5:47 AM

5:47 AM

Clears the hills at 5:59 AM, 12 min after sunrise

5:21 AM Blue hour
5:47 AM Sunrise
6:21 AM Golden hour ends

Meteor shower

Orionids

Best around 3:22 AM

Very LowExcellent
6:37 PM Dark enough
2:42 AM Moonset
3:22 AM Best
4:17 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
67°
Under a perfect sky
20/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
66 km/s

Where they come from: Halley's Comet (1P/Halley)

Dust shed by Halley's Comet, the same stream as May's Eta Aquariids. The comet itself last came round in 1986 and returns in 2061; its dust arrives every October.

The estimate is how many you might really see from a dark spot here, allowing for how high the shower climbs and for moonlight. "Under a perfect sky" is the best case. The bar also counts the forecast cloud at the best time, so a clouded-out night sits at the bottom, as does rain on the radar now.

Also from Halley's Comet. Fast meteors that often leave glowing trails.

Event

Sports Day

Japanese holiday

Sports Day in Tokyo - sunset at 5:08 PM

Evening from 5:08 PM

Sunset and evening sky: not known yet

Sunset
5:08 PM
Sun toward S
Cloud this evening
Not known yet
Rain chance
Not known yet
This evening
Moon
77% lit
Up from the start
Where the Sun is
S, 46° up
at 11:23 AM

Sports Day, the second Monday of October, began as Health and Sports Day on October 10, 1966, the anniversary of the opening of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. Schools hold undokai, field days of races and relays, around this time.

Sunset

5:07 PM

5:07 PM

Behind the hills at 5:03 PM, 4 min before sunset

Too far ahead for a weather forecast. These are the sun's own times - they will not change.

4:32 PM Golden hour
5:07 PM Sunset
5:33 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing gibbous

84% lit

3:19 PM – 2:42 AM

ESE WSW
3:19 PM Moonrise
3:39 PM 4°
8:59 PM Highest, 44°
2:21 AM 4°
2:42 AM Moonset

Between the two 4° marks the Moon is clear of haze and most of what stands on the horizon.

Timetable

  • Moonset 1:30 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:21 AM–5:47 AM
  • Sunrise 5:47 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:47 AM–6:21 AM
  • Morning best color 6:10 AM
  • Moonrise 3:19 PM
  • Evening golden hour 4:32 PM–5:07 PM
  • Evening best color 4:41 PM
  • Sunset 5:07 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:07 PM–5:33 PM
  • Fully dark 6:32 PM–4:23 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 2:52 AM–4:23 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Tokyo, Japan

Culture Day Culture Day in Tokyo - sunset at 4:45 PM
Tue 3 Nov 2026 4:45 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Tue 3 Nov 2026 6:14 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Tue 3 Nov 2026 6:14 PM Mir | Demo Flight Long shot, look W
Wed 4 Nov 2026 2:00 PM Typhoon In-fa Outer clouds at most, passing to the southeast
Thu 5 Nov 2026 9:20 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Thu 5 Nov 2026 6:12 PM Partial lunar eclipse 38% of the Moon in shadow
Thu 6 Jul 2028 3:20 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 71 minutes
Sun 31 Dec 2028 1:51 AM Partial solar eclipse 72.6% of the Sun covered
Sat 1 Jun 2030 5:07 PM Partial lunar eclipse 93% of it above your horizon
Sat 15 Jun 2030 3:33 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 66 minutes
Sun 25 Apr 2032 12:13 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 46 minutes
Mon 18 Oct 2032 4:03 AM Partial solar eclipse 39.5% of the Sun covered
Wed 3 Nov 2032 3:35 PM Total lunar eclipse 81% of it above your horizon
Thu 14 Apr 2033 4:12 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 78 minutes
Sat 8 Oct 2033 7:55 PM Partial solar eclipse Totality here
Sun 2 Sep 2035 10:09 AM Partial solar eclipse 86.5% of the Sun covered
Sun 20 Apr 2042 11:35 AM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it