Tokyo, Japan

Sunday, November 3, 2024

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Tokyo, Japan

That morning

Sunrise

6:05 AM

6:05 AM

Clears the hills at 6:14 AM, 9 min after sunrise

5:38 AM Blue hour
6:05 AM Sunrise
6:41 AM Golden hour ends

Meteor shower

Southern Taurids

Best around 12:14 AM

Very LowExcellent
6:14 PM Dark enough
12:14 AM Best
4:36 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
69°
Under a perfect sky
5/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
27 km/s

Where they come from: Comet Encke (2P/Encke)

Dust from Comet Encke, which goes round the Sun every 3.3 years, the shortest of any bright comet. Its stream is old and spread wide, so the Taurids last for weeks and carry larger pieces than most: the 'Halloween fireballs'.

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.

Not many meteors, but known for bright fireballs.

Meteor shower

Northern Taurids

Best around 12:14 AM

Very LowExcellent
6:14 PM Dark enough
12:14 AM Best
4:36 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
75°
Under a perfect sky
5/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
29 km/s

Where they come from: Comet Encke (2P/Encke)

The other half of Comet Encke's wide, old stream: the same dust as the Southern Taurids, met a little later and from a little further north. Known, with them, for slow, bright fireballs.

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.

The second half of the Taurids, peaking about a week after the Southern Taurids.

Event

Culture Day

Japanese holiday

Culture Day in Tokyo - sunset at 4:45 PM

Evening from 4:45 PM

Sunset and evening sky: not known yet

Sunset
4:45 PM
Sun toward S
Cloud this evening
Not known yet
Rain chance
Not known yet
This evening
Moon
1% lit
Up from the start
Where the Sun is
S, 39° up
at 11:15 AM

Culture Day, November 3, celebrates culture, the arts and learning, and freedom and peace; the Order of Culture is presented at the Imperial Palace that day. November 3 was the birthday of Emperor Meiji, and the postwar constitution was proclaimed on it in 1946.

Sunset

4:44 PM

4:44 PM

Behind the hills at 4:40 PM, 4 min before sunset

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

4:08 PM Golden hour
4:44 PM Sunset
5:10 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing crescent

2% lit

7:36 AM – 5:25 PM

ESE SW
7:36 AM Moonrise
7:59 AM 4°
12:30 PM Highest, 30°
5:01 PM 4°
5:25 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 5:38 AM–6:05 AM
  • Sunrise 6:05 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:05 AM–6:41 AM
  • Morning best color 6:27 AM
  • Moonrise 7:36 AM
  • Evening golden hour 4:08 PM–4:44 PM
  • Evening best color 4:18 PM
  • Sunset 4:44 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:44 PM–5:10 PM
  • Moonset 5:25 PM
  • Fully dark 6:10 PM–4:39 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 6:10 PM–4:39 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
Mon 2 Nov 2026 6:15 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Mon 2 Nov 2026 6:15 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