Tokyo, Japan

Friday, May 8, 2026

TODAY
Tokyo, Japan

Meteor shower

Eta Aquariids

Active, around 8 an hour

Best around 3:03 AM

Radiant climbs to
23°
Under a perfect sky
50/hour
Moonlight
32% 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

4:42 AM

4:42 AM

4:14 AM Blue hour, best color
4:42 AM Sunrise
5:18 AM Golden hour ends

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 24 camera photos of past sunrises here.

Sunset

6:33 PM

6:33 PM

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

5:57 PM Golden hour
6:33 PM Sunset
7:01 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

67% lit

12:10 AM – 10:20 AM

ESE WSW
12:10 AM Moonrise
12:33 AM 4°
5:15 AM Highest, 33°
9:57 AM 4°
10:20 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 4:14 AM–4:42 AM
  • Morning best color 4:15 AM
  • Sunrise 4:42 AM
  • Morning golden hour 4:42 AM–5:18 AM
  • Moonset 9:19 AM
  • Evening golden hour 5:57 PM–6:33 PM
  • Evening best color 6:08 PM
  • Sunset 6:33 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:33 PM–7:01 PM
  • Fully dark 8:10 PM–3:03 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 8:10 PM–12:10 AM
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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 Partial lunar eclipse 38% of the Moon in shadow
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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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