Tokyo, Japan

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Tokyo, Japan

Lunar eclipse

Total lunar eclipse

Totality lasts 71 minutes

Best around 1:51 AM

Moon in shadow
125%
Totality
71 min
Moon's height
60°
11:05 PM Penumbral begins 76° up
12:08 AM Partial begins 76° up
1:16 AM Totality begins 66° up
1:51 AM Greatest eclipse 60° up
2:27 AM Totality ends 53° up
3:35 AM Partial ends 40° up
4:38 AM Penumbral ends 28° up

Safe to look at with anything, unlike a solar eclipse - the Moon is only reflecting less light.

That morning

Sunrise

6:50 AM

6:50 AM

Clears the hills at 7:01 AM, 11 min after sunrise

6:22 AM Blue hour
6:50 AM Sunrise
7:30 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

4:37 PM

4:37 PM

Behind the hills at 4:33 PM, 4 min before sunset

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

3:58 PM Golden hour
4:37 PM Sunset
5:06 PM Blue hour ends

Full moon

Full Cold Moon

Blue moon - rises 4:07 PM in the ENE

4:07 PM – 7:06 AM

Named for the long, cold nights at the start of winter. A blue moon too: the second full moon in one calendar month.

ENE WNW
4:07 PM Moonrise
4:30 PM 4°
11:39 PM Highest, 78°
6:44 AM 4°
7:06 AM Moonset

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

Rises
4:07 PM in the ENE
Exactly full
1:48 AM
Distance
234,660 mi - blue moon

The disc is biggest and most orange in the first half hour above the horizon, and moonrise here is worked out to the minute for a flat horizon.

Timetable

  • Moonset 6:16 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:22 AM–6:50 AM
  • Sunrise 6:50 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:50 AM–7:30 AM
  • Morning best color 7:15 AM
  • Evening golden hour 3:58 PM–4:37 PM
  • Moonrise 4:08 PM
  • Evening best color 4:12 PM
  • Sunset 4:37 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:37 PM–5:06 PM
  • Fully dark 6:08 PM–5:19 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

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