Tokyo, Japan

Friday, May 1, 2026

TODAY
Tokyo, Japan

Meteor shower

Eta Aquariids

Active, around 5 an hour

Best around 3:12 AM

Radiant climbs to
19°
Under a perfect sky
50/hour
Moonlight
30% lost
Speed
66 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.

Comes from Halley's Comet. Best from the Southern Hemisphere, in the hours before dawn.

That morning

Sunrise

4:49 AM

4:49 AM

4:22 AM Blue hour, best color
4:49 AM Sunrise
5:24 AM Golden hour ends

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 25 camera photos of past sunrises here.

Sunset

6:27 PM

6:27 PM

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

5:52 PM Golden hour
6:27 PM Sunset
6:54 PM Blue hour ends

Full moon

Flower Moon

Rises 6:12 PM in the ESE

6:12 PM – 4:35 AM

ESE WSW
6:12 PM Moonrise
6:33 PM 4°
11:23 PM Highest, 35°
4:13 AM 4°
4:35 AM Moonset

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

Rises
6:12 PM in the ESE
Exactly full
2:24 AM
Distance
249,484 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

  • Moonset 4:06 AM
  • Morning blue hour 4:22 AM–4:49 AM
  • Morning best color 4:24 AM
  • Sunrise 4:49 AM
  • Morning golden hour 4:49 AM–5:24 AM
  • Evening golden hour 5:52 PM–6:27 PM
  • Evening best color 6:02 PM
  • Moonrise 6:12 PM
  • Sunset 6:27 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:27 PM–6:54 PM
  • Fully dark 8:02 PM–3:13 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up
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Upcoming celestial events for Tokyo, Japan

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Mon 12 Oct 2026 4:51 AM Milky Way Visible 6:35 PM to 7:35 PM with no moon, 16° above the southwestern horizon - 2 nights 12 Oct to 13 Oct
Mon 12 Oct 2026 6:35 PM Orionids Around 17 an hour
Wed 21 Oct 2026 3:58 AM 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 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 79% 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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