Tokyo, Japan

Thursday, July 23, 2026

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Tokyo, Japan Thursday 23 July 2026

Meteor shower

Southern Delta Aquariids

Active, around 6 an hour

Best around 2:11 AM

Radiant climbs to
38°
Under a perfect sky
25/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
41 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.

Stays near its best for several nights, not just one.

Meteor shower

Perseids

Active, around 9 an hour

Best around 3:41 AM

Radiant climbs to
52°
Under a perfect sky
100/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
59 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.

The most dependable shower of the year, on warm summer nights in the north.

That morning

Sunrise

4:42 AM

4:42 AM

4:13 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 20 camera photos of past sunrises here.

Sunset

6:53 PM

6:53 PM

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

6:16 PM Golden hour
6:53 PM Sunset
7:21 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing gibbous

66% lit

1:51 PM – 11:44 PM

ESE WSW
1:51 PM Moonrise
2:14 PM 4°
6:48 PM Highest, 31°
11:21 PM 4°
11:44 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 4:13 AM–4:42 AM
  • Sunrise 4:42 AM
  • Morning golden hour 4:42 AM–5:18 AM
  • Moonrise 1:51 PM
  • Evening golden hour 6:16 PM–6:53 PM
  • Evening best color 6:26 PM
  • Sunset 6:53 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:53 PM–7:21 PM
  • Fully dark 8:35 PM–3:01 AM
  • Moonset 11:45 PM
  • Dark, no Moon 11:55 PM–3:01 AM
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