Tokyo, Japan

Saturday, January 3, 2026

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Tokyo, Japan

Meteor shower

Quadrantids

Around 8 an hour

Best around 5:09 AM

Radiant climbs to
55°
Under a perfect sky
110/hour
Moonlight
54% lost
Speed
41 km/s

The rate at the top 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. Clouds are not counted here: check the sunset page for those.

Its peak is short: only a few hours either side of it are worth watching.

That morning

Sunrise

6:51 AM

6:51 AM

6:23 AM Blue hour
6:51 AM Sunrise
7:30 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

4:39 PM

4:39 PM

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

4:00 PM Golden hour
4:39 PM Sunset
5:08 PM Blue hour ends

Full moon

Full Wolf Moon

Rises 4:13 PM in the NE

4:13 PM – 7:39 AM

Named for the wolves heard howling on long midwinter nights.

ENE WNW
4:13 PM Moonrise
4:37 PM 4°
11:59 PM Highest, 81°
7:16 AM 4°
7:39 AM Moonset

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

Rises
4:13 PM in the NE
Exactly full
7:03 PM
Distance
225,151 mi

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

  • Morning blue hour 6:23 AM–6:51 AM
  • Morning best color 6:29 AM
  • Moonset 6:44 AM
  • Sunrise 6:51 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:51 AM–7:30 AM
  • Evening golden hour 4:00 PM–4:39 PM
  • Evening best color 4:13 PM
  • Moonrise 4:14 PM
  • Sunset 4:39 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:39 PM–5:08 PM
  • Fully dark 6:10 PM–5:20 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Tokyo, Japan

Orionids Active, around 5 an hour
Fri 16 Oct 2026 4:05 AM International Space Station Brilliant pass, ENE to NE, 76 deg up
Sat 17 Oct 2026 4:09 AM Orionids Around 17 an hour
Wed 21 Oct 2026 3:58 AM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 4:34 PM in the ENE Mon 26 Oct 2026 4:34 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Thu 5 Nov 2026 12:12 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 6:10 PM to 4:40 AM Mon 9 Nov 2026 4:01 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

Every celestial event, and where else to see it