Tokyo, Japan

Monday, May 11, 2026

TODAY
Tokyo, Japan

Meteor shower

Eta Aquariids

Active, around 7 an hour

Best around 3:05 AM

Radiant climbs to
25°
Under a perfect sky
50/hour
Moonlight
11% 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

4:39 AM

4:39 AM

4:11 AM Blue hour, best color
4:39 AM Sunrise
5:15 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

6:35 PM

6:35 PM

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

5:59 PM Golden hour
6:35 PM Sunset
7:03 PM Blue hour ends

Milky Way

Milky Way

Washed out by city light

Visible from 10:34 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
10:34 PM to 1:34 AM
Where to look
Southern horizon, up to 25° above it
Highest at
1:34 AM
Sky fully dark
8:14 PM to 2:59 AM
Sky darkness
None
Cloud
Not forecast yet

The bright center of the Milky Way: when it is above the horizon with the sky fully dark and the Moon set, brought down for how dark the sky is here (estimated from the towns around by Walker's law) and for cloud where the forecast reaches.

Moon

Last quarter

37% lit

1:10 AM – 12:25 PM

ESE WSW
1:10 AM Moonrise
1:30 AM 4°
6:47 AM Highest, 43°
12:04 PM 4°
12:25 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 1:10 AM
  • Morning blue hour 4:11 AM–4:39 AM
  • Morning best color 4:13 AM
  • Sunrise 4:39 AM
  • Morning golden hour 4:39 AM–5:15 AM
  • Moonset 12:25 PM
  • Evening golden hour 5:59 PM–6:35 PM
  • Evening best color 6:10 PM
  • Sunset 6:35 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:35 PM–7:03 PM
  • Fully dark 8:14 PM–2:59 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 8:14 PM–1:44 AM
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