Tokyo, Japan

Tuesday, August 4, 2026

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Tokyo, Japan Tuesday 4 August 2026

Meteor shower

Perseids

Active, around 18 an hour

Best around 4:01 AM

Radiant climbs to
60°
Under a perfect sky
100/hour
Moonlight
52% 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

4:51 AM

4:51 AM

4:23 AM Blue hour, best color
4:51 AM Sunrise
5:27 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

6:43 PM

6:43 PM

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

6:07 PM Golden hour
6:43 PM Sunset
7:11 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

71% lit

9:28 PM – 11:16 AM

ENE WNW
9:28 PM Moonrise
9:48 PM 4°
4:18 AM Highest, 68°
10:55 AM 4°
11:16 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 4:23 AM–4:51 AM
  • Sunrise 4:51 AM
  • Morning golden hour 4:51 AM–5:27 AM
  • Moonset 10:10 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:07 PM–6:43 PM
  • Evening best color 6:15 PM
  • Sunset 6:43 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:43 PM–7:11 PM
  • Fully dark 8:21 PM–3:14 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 8:21 PM–9:31 PM
  • Moonrise 9:28 PM
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Next day → Wednesday Wed, Aug 5

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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