Tokyo, Japan

Sunday, May 9, 2027

TODAY
Tokyo, Japan

Meteor shower

Eta Aquariids

Active, around 11 an hour

Best around 3:03 AM

Radiant climbs to
23°
Under a perfect sky
50/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
66 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.

Comes from Halley's Comet. Best from the Southern Hemisphere, in the hours before dawn.

That morning

Sunrise

4:41 AM

4:41 AM

4:13 AM Blue hour, best color
4:41 AM Sunrise
5:17 AM Golden hour ends

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 25 camera photos of past sunrises here.

Sunset

6:33 PM

6:33 PM

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

5:58 PM Golden hour
6:33 PM Sunset
7:01 PM Blue hour ends

Milky Way

Milky Way

Washed out by city light

Visible from 10:41 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
10:41 PM to 3:02 AM
Where to look
Southern horizon, up to 25° above it
Highest at
2:21 AM
Sky fully dark
8:11 PM to 3:02 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.

Moon

Waxing crescent

9% lit

6:27 AM – 9:57 PM

ENE WNW
6:27 AM Moonrise
6:50 AM 4°
2:12 PM Highest, 82°
9:34 PM 4°
9:57 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 4:13 AM–4:41 AM
  • Morning best color 4:16 AM
  • Sunrise 4:41 AM
  • Morning golden hour 4:41 AM–5:17 AM
  • Moonrise 6:27 AM
  • Evening golden hour 5:58 PM–6:33 PM
  • Evening best color 6:08 PM
  • Sunset 6:33 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:33 PM–7:01 PM
  • Fully dark 8:11 PM–3:02 AM
  • Moonset 9:58 PM
  • Dark, no Moon 10:01 PM–3:02 AM
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Upcoming celestial events for Tokyo, Japan

Flower Moon Rises 6:48 PM in the ESE Thu 20 May 2027 6:48 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 8:40 PM to 2:30 AM Fri 4 Jun 2027 4:48 AM Milky Way Visible 8:51 PM to 2:38 AM with no moon, 25° above the southern horizon - 17 nights 28 May to 13 Jun
Sun 6 Jun 2027 8:51 PM Strawberry Moon Rises 7:28 PM in the SE Sat 19 Jun 2027 7:28 PM Summer solstice Longest day, 14h 35m of light · sunset 7:00 PM in the WNW Mon 21 Jun 2027 11:10 PM Milky Way Visible 8:49 PM to 2:19 AM with no moon, 25° above the southern horizon - 17 nights 26 Jun to 12 Jul
Fri 2 Jul 2027 8:49 PM Partial lunar eclipse 38% of the Moon in shadow
Thu 6 Jul 2028 3:20 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 71 minutes
Sun 31 Dec 2028 1:51 AM Partial solar eclipse 72.6% of the Sun covered
Sat 1 Jun 2030 5:07 PM Partial lunar eclipse 93% of it above your horizon
Sat 15 Jun 2030 3:33 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 66 minutes
Sun 25 Apr 2032 12:13 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 46 minutes
Mon 18 Oct 2032 4:03 AM Partial solar eclipse 39.5% of the Sun covered
Wed 3 Nov 2032 3:35 PM Total lunar eclipse 79% of it above your horizon
Thu 14 Apr 2033 4:12 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 78 minutes
Sat 8 Oct 2033 7:55 PM Partial solar eclipse Totality here
Sun 2 Sep 2035 10:09 AM

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