Tokyo, Japan

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Tokyo, Japan Monday 27 July 2026

Meteor shower

Southern Delta Aquariids

Around 11 an hour

Best around 1:53 AM

Radiant climbs to
38°
Under a perfect sky
25/hour
Moonlight
20% lost
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 14 an hour

Best around 3:53 AM

Radiant climbs to
56°
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

4:45 AM

4:45 AM

4:16 AM Blue hour, best color
4:45 AM Sunrise
5:21 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

6:50 PM

6:50 PM

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

6:14 PM Golden hour
6:50 PM Sunset
7:18 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing gibbous

94% lit

5:30 PM – 2:57 AM

SE SW
5:30 PM Moonrise
5:54 PM 4°
10:13 PM Highest, 28°
2:33 AM 4°
2:57 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 2:01 AM
  • Morning blue hour 4:16 AM–4:45 AM
  • Sunrise 4:45 AM
  • Morning golden hour 4:45 AM–5:21 AM
  • Moonrise 5:30 PM
  • Evening golden hour 6:14 PM–6:50 PM
  • Evening best color 6:23 PM
  • Sunset 6:50 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:50 PM–7:18 PM
  • Fully dark 8:30 PM–3:05 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 3:00 AM–3:05 AM
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