Tokyo, Japan

Tuesday, March 3, 2026

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Tokyo, Japan

Lunar eclipse

Total lunar eclipse

Totality lasts 57 minutes

Best around 8:34 PM

Moon in shadow
115%
Totality
57 min
Moon's height
36°
5:46 PM Penumbral begins 4° up
6:51 PM Partial begins 17° up
8:05 PM Totality begins 31° up
8:34 PM Greatest eclipse 36° up
9:03 PM Totality ends 41° up
10:16 PM Partial ends 53° up
11:22 PM Penumbral ends 59° up

Safe to look at with anything, unlike a solar eclipse - the Moon is only reflecting less light.

That morning

Sunrise

6:08 AM

6:08 AM

5:43 AM Blue hour, best color
6:08 AM Sunrise
6:43 AM Golden hour ends

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 27 camera photos of past sunrises here.

Sunset

5:37 PM

5:37 PM

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

5:03 PM Golden hour
5:37 PM Sunset
6:03 PM Blue hour ends

Full moon

Full Worm Moon

Rises 5:26 PM in the E

5:26 PM – 6:20 AM

Named for the earthworms and beetle larvae that show again as the ground thaws.

E W
5:26 PM Moonrise
5:46 PM 4°
11:56 PM Highest, 60°
6:01 AM 4°
6:20 AM Moonset

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

Rises
5:26 PM in the E
Exactly full
8:41 PM
Distance
237,737 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 5:43 AM–6:08 AM
  • Morning best color 5:43 AM
  • Moonset 5:54 AM
  • Sunrise 6:08 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:08 AM–6:43 AM
  • Evening golden hour 5:03 PM–5:37 PM
  • Evening best color 5:10 PM
  • Moonrise 5:26 PM
  • Sunset 5:37 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:37 PM–6:03 PM
  • Fully dark 7:02 PM–4:42 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Tokyo, Japan

Tiangong space station Bright pass, ESE to ESE, 42 deg up
Wed 14 Oct 2026 4:03 AM International Space Station Bright pass, SSW to ENE, 42 deg up
Wed 14 Oct 2026 4:51 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

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