Tokyo, Japan

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Tokyo, Japan

Equinox or solstice

Spring equinox

The moment itself, 6:01 PM

Sunrise
5:44 AM, E (90°)
Sunset
5:52 PM, W (270°)
Daylight
12h 08m

Event

Vernal Equinox Day

Japanese holiday

Vernal Equinox Day in Tokyo - the Sun sets due west at 5:51 PM

Evening from 5:51 PM

Sunset and evening sky: not known yet

Sunset
5:51 PM
Sun toward S
Cloud this evening
Not known yet
Rain chance
Not known yet
This evening
Moon
78% lit
Rises 10:41 PM (after midnight)
Where the Sun is
S, 54° up
at 11:51 AM

Vernal Equinox Day falls on the day of the March equinox in Japan, when day and night are nearly equal and the Sun rises due east and sets due west. It sits in the middle of Higan, a week when families visit and tend their ancestors' graves.

That morning

Sunrise

5:44 AM

5:44 AM

5:19 AM Blue hour
5:44 AM Sunrise
6:18 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:52 PM

5:52 PM

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

5:18 PM Golden hour
5:52 PM Sunset
6:18 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

72% lit

11:39 PM – 9:04 AM

SE SW
11:39 PM Moonrise
12:04 AM 4°
4:22 AM Highest, 27°
8:40 AM 4°
9:04 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 5:19 AM–5:44 AM
  • Morning best color 5:22 AM
  • Sunrise 5:44 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:44 AM–6:18 AM
  • Moonset 8:24 AM
  • Evening golden hour 5:18 PM–5:52 PM
  • Evening best color 5:25 PM
  • Sunset 5:52 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:52 PM–6:18 PM
  • Fully dark 7:17 PM–4:18 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:17 PM–11:47 PM
  • Moonrise 11:40 PM

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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
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Every celestial event, and where else to see it