Tokyo, Japan

Saturday, August 1, 2026

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Tokyo, Japan Saturday 1 August 2026

Meteor shower

Perseids

Active, around 7 an hour

Best around 3:49 AM

Radiant climbs to
58°
Under a perfect sky
100/hour
Moonlight
72% 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

4:49 AM

4:49 AM

4:20 AM Blue hour, best color
4:49 AM Sunrise
5:25 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

6:46 PM

6:46 PM

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

6:10 PM Golden hour
6:46 PM Sunset
7:14 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

94% lit

8:11 PM – 8:04 AM

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8:11 PM Moonrise
8:30 PM 4°
2:06 AM Highest, 50°
7:44 AM 4°
8:04 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–4:49 AM
  • Sunrise 4:49 AM
  • Morning golden hour 4:49 AM–5:25 AM
  • Moonset 7:03 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:10 PM–6:46 PM
  • Evening best color 6:19 PM
  • Sunset 6:46 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:46 PM–7:14 PM
  • Moonrise 8:11 PM
  • Fully dark 8:24 PM–3:11 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up
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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, NW to ENE, 29 deg up
Thu 8 Oct 2026 5:04 AM Draconids A few an hour
Thu 8 Oct 2026 6:46 PM 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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