Tokyo, Japan

Thursday, October 17, 2024

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Tokyo, Japan

That morning

Sunrise

5:49 AM

5:49 AM

Clears the hills at 6:01 AM, 12 min after sunrise

5:23 AM Blue hour
5:49 AM Sunrise
6:24 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:03 PM

5:03 PM

Behind the hills at 4:59 PM, 4 min before sunset

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

4:28 PM Golden hour
5:03 PM Sunset
5:29 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Orionids

Best around 3:33 AM

Very LowExcellent
6:33 PM Dark enough
3:33 AM Best
4:20 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
69°
Under a perfect sky
20/hour
Moonlight
65% lost
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.

Full moon

Full Hunter's Moon

Supermoon - rises 4:47 PM in the ENE

4:47 PM – 6:25 AM

The full moon after the Harvest Moon. Hunters tracked game across the fields the harvest had cleared, by its light.

E WNW
4:47 PM Moonrise
5:07 PM 4°
11:32 PM Highest, 66°
6:04 AM 4°
6:25 AM Moonset

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

Rises
4:47 PM in the ENE
Exactly full
8:29 PM
Distance
221,760 mi - supermoon

The disc is biggest and most orange in the first half hour above the horizon, and moonrise here is worked out to the minute for a flat horizon.

Timetable

  • Moonset 5:10 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:23 AM–5:49 AM
  • Sunrise 5:49 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:49 AM–6:24 AM
  • Morning best color 6:13 AM
  • Evening golden hour 4:28 PM–5:03 PM
  • Evening best color 4:37 PM
  • Moonrise 4:48 PM
  • Sunset 5:03 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:03 PM–5:29 PM
  • Fully dark 6:28 PM–4:25 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

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 9:00 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