Tokyo, Japan

Tuesday, May 5, 2026

TODAY
Tokyo, Japan

Meteor shower

Eta Aquariids

Around 9 an hour

Best around 3:00 AM

Radiant climbs to
20°
Under a perfect sky
50/hour
Moonlight
45% 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

4:45 AM

4:45 AM

4:17 AM Blue hour, best color
4:45 AM Sunrise
5:20 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

6:30 PM

6:30 PM

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

5:55 PM Golden hour
6:30 PM Sunset
6:58 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

90% lit

10:05 PM – 7:22 AM

SE SW
10:05 PM Moonrise
10:30 PM 4°
2:44 AM Highest, 26°
6:57 AM 4°
7:22 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 4:17 AM–4:45 AM
  • Morning best color 4:20 AM
  • Sunrise 4:45 AM
  • Morning golden hour 4:45 AM–5:20 AM
  • Moonset 6:31 AM
  • Evening golden hour 5:55 PM–6:30 PM
  • Evening best color 6:05 PM
  • Sunset 6:30 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:30 PM–6:58 PM
  • Fully dark 8:07 PM–3:07 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 8:07 PM–10:07 PM
  • Moonrise 10:05 PM
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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 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 79% of it above your horizon
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Sat 8 Oct 2033 7:55 PM Partial solar eclipse Totality here
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