Tokyo, Japan

Tuesday, December 22, 2026

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Tokyo, Japan Tuesday 22 December 2026

Meteor shower

Ursids

A few an hour

Best around 5:49 AM

Radiant climbs to
47°
Under a perfect sky
10/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
33 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.

From most of the Northern Hemisphere it never sets, so you can watch it all night.

Equinox or solstice

Winter solstice

The moment itself, 5:50 AM

Sunrise
6:47 AM, ESE (119°)
Sunset
4:31 PM, WSW (241°)
Daylight
9h 44m

That morning

Sunrise

6:47 AM

6:47 AM

6:19 AM Blue hour, best color
6:47 AM Sunrise
7:27 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

4:31 PM

4:31 PM

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

3:52 PM Golden hour
4:31 PM Sunset
5:00 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing gibbous

94% lit

2:22 PM – 5:49 AM

ENE WNW
2:22 PM Moonrise
2:45 PM 4°
10:03 PM Highest, 81°
5:25 AM 4°
5:49 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 4:35 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:19 AM–6:47 AM
  • Sunrise 6:47 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:47 AM–7:27 AM
  • Moonrise 2:22 PM
  • Evening golden hour 3:52 PM–4:31 PM
  • Evening best color 4:04 PM
  • Sunset 4:31 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:31 PM–5:00 PM
  • Fully dark 6:03 PM–5:16 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up
← Previous day Monday Mon, Dec 21
Next day → Wednesday Wed, Dec 23

Upcoming celestial events for Tokyo, Japan

Cold Moon (supermoon) Supermoon - rises 4:31 PM in the ENE Thu 24 Dec 2026 4:31 PM Quadrantids Around 61 an hour
Sun 3 Jan 2027 5:09 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 6:20 PM to 5:20 AM Thu 7 Jan 2027 5:22 AM Wolf Moon (supermoon) Supermoon - rises 4:35 PM in the ENE Fri 22 Jan 2027 4:35 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 6:50 PM to 5:10 AM Sat 6 Feb 2027 12:56 AM Snow Moon Rises 5:52 PM in the E Sun 21 Feb 2027 5:52 PM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it