Tokyo, Japan

Friday, July 31, 2026

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Tokyo, Japan Friday 31 July 2026

Meteor shower

Perseids

Active, around 9 an hour

Best around 3:50 AM

Radiant climbs to
57°
Under a perfect sky
100/hour
Moonlight
62% lost
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

4:48 AM

4:48 AM

4:20 AM Blue hour, best color
4:48 AM Sunrise
5:24 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

6:47 PM

6:47 PM

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

6:11 PM Golden hour
6:47 PM Sunset
7:15 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

98% lit

7:45 PM – 7:03 AM

ESE WSW
7:45 PM Moonrise
8:05 PM 4°
1:23 AM Highest, 44°
6:42 AM 4°
7:03 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 4:20 AM–4:48 AM
  • Sunrise 4:48 AM
  • Morning golden hour 4:48 AM–5:24 AM
  • Moonset 6:01 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:11 PM–6:47 PM
  • Evening best color 6:20 PM
  • Sunset 6:47 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:47 PM–7:15 PM
  • Moonrise 7:45 PM
  • Fully dark 8:26 PM–3:10 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up
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Next day → Saturday Sat, Aug 1

Upcoming celestial events for Tokyo, Japan

Milky Way Visible 6:42 PM to 8:02 PM with no moon, 17° above the south-southwestern horizon - 7 nights 7 Oct to 13 Oct
Wed 7 Oct 2026 6:42 PM Tiangong space station Modest pass, WNW to ENE, 29 deg up
Thu 8 Oct 2026 5:04 AM Draconids A few an hour
Thu 8 Oct 2026 6:46 PM Tiangong space station Modest pass, N to ENE, 27 deg up
Fri 9 Oct 2026 4:07 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 6:40 PM to 4:10 AM Sat 10 Oct 2026 12:50 AM Orionids Around 17 an hour
Wed 21 Oct 2026 3:58 AM

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