Tokyo, Japan

Friday, October 2, 2026

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Tokyo, Japan Friday 2 October 2026 High 71°F, low 66°F.

Satellite

Tiangong space station

Bright pass, SW to ENE

Rose 4:31 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SW
Rising, then up to SE
When
4:31 AM
until 4:35 AM
Visible for
4m 40s
Highest
60° SE
Ends
Sets ENE

Steady, silent, and about as fast as a high aircraft.

Milky Way

Milky Way

Washed out by city light

Visible from 6:49 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
6:49 PM to 8:19 PM
Where to look
South-southwestern horizon, up to 19° above it
Highest at
6:49 PM
Sky fully dark
6:49 PM to 4:12 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

Fair

5:36 AM

Very LowExcellent
5:11 AM Blue hour
5:36 AM Sunrise
6:10 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

Low

5:24 PM

Very LowExcellent
4:50 PM Golden hour
4:59 PM Best color
5:24 PM Sunset
5:49 PM Blue hour ends

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 17 camera photos of past sunsets here.

Moon

Waning gibbous

66% lit

9:06 PM – 12:41 PM

ENE WNW
9:06 PM Moonrise
9:30 PM 4°
4:54 AM Highest, 82°
12:18 PM 4°
12:41 PM Moonset

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

How this day turned out

Morning
71°F
Partly cloudy 68% clouds · no rain
Afternoon
69°F
Mainly clear 43% clouds · no rain
Evening
68°F
Partly cloudy 69% clouds · no rain

Sunrise

5:11 AM Blue hour
5:36 AM Sunrise
6:10 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

4:50 PM Golden hour
4:59 PM Best color
5:24 PM Sunset
5:49 PM Blue hour ends

Moon, waning gibbous

9:06 PM Moonrise
9:30 PM 4°
4:54 AM Highest, 82°
12:18 PM 4°
12:41 PM Moonset
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Next day → Saturday Sat, Oct 3

Upcoming celestial events for Tokyo, Japan

Milky Way Visible 6:47 PM to 8:17 PM with no moon, 19° above the south-southwestern horizon - 11 nights 3 Oct to 13 Oct
Sat 3 Oct 2026 6:47 PM Tiangong space station Brilliant pass, NW to ENE, 73 deg up
Sun 4 Oct 2026 4:11 AM Tiangong space station Bright pass, WNW to NE, 33 deg up
Mon 5 Oct 2026 4:47 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 Hunter's Moon Rises 4:34 PM in the ENE Mon 26 Oct 2026 4:34 PM

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