Tokyo, Japan

Sunday, August 9, 2026

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Tokyo, Japan Sunday 9 August 2026

Meteor shower

Perseids

Active, around 60 an hour

Best around 3:56 AM

Radiant climbs to
62°
Under a perfect sky
100/hour
Moonlight
6% 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.

Milky Way

Milky Way

Washed out by city light

Visible from 8:14 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
8:14 PM to 11:54 PM
Where to look
Southern horizon, up to 25° above it
Highest at
8:14 PM
Sky fully dark
8:14 PM to 3:20 AM
Sky darkness
None
Cloud
Not forecast yet

The bright center of the Milky Way: when it is above the horizon with the sky fully dark and the Moon set, brought down for how dark the sky is here (estimated from the towns around by Walker's law) and for cloud where the forecast reaches.

That morning

Sunrise

4:55 AM

4:55 AM

4:27 AM Blue hour, best color
4:55 AM Sunrise
5:30 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

6:38 PM

6:38 PM

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

6:02 PM Golden hour
6:38 PM Sunset
7:05 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning crescent

18% lit

12:18 AM – 3:56 PM

ENE WNW
12:18 AM Moonrise
12:42 AM 4°
8:07 AM Highest, 82°
3:32 PM 4°
3:56 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 12:18 AM
  • Morning blue hour 4:27 AM–4:55 AM
  • Sunrise 4:55 AM
  • Morning golden hour 4:55 AM–5:30 AM
  • Moonset 3:56 PM
  • Evening golden hour 6:02 PM–6:38 PM
  • Evening best color 6:10 PM
  • Sunset 6:38 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:38 PM–7:05 PM
  • Fully dark 8:14 PM–3:20 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 8:14 PM–1:24 AM
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