Tokyo, Japan

Thursday, October 8, 2026

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Tokyo, Japan
High 75°F, low 60°F.

Meteor shower

Draconids

A few an hour

Best around 6:46 PM

The night6:46 PM – 4:12 AM+1

Very LowExcellent
Radiant climbs to
56°
Under a perfect sky
10/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
20 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. The bar also counts the forecast cloud at the best time, so a clouded-out night sits at the bottom.

Best in the early evening, unlike most showers, which are best before dawn. Usually quiet, but it has produced storms of thousands an hour, in 1933 and 1946. Comes from comet Giacobini-Zinner.

That morning

Sunrise

Fair

5:41 AM

Very LowExcellent
Cloud
8%around 9 AM
Rain
Dryaround 9 AM
Humidity
57%
Wind
3 mph
5:15 AM Blue hour
5:21 AM Best color
5:41 AM Sunrise
6:15 AM Golden hour ends

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 30 camera photos of past sunrises here.

Satellite

Tiangong space station

Modest pass, NE to ENE

Rose 3:31 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
NE
Rising, then up to NE
When
3:31 AM
until 3:32 AM
Visible for
0m 50s
Highest
16° NE
Ends
Sets ENE

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

Satellite

Tiangong space station

Modest pass, NW to ENE

Rose 5:04 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
NW
Rising, then up to N
When
5:04 AM
until 5:09 AM
Visible for
5m 30s
Highest
29° N
Ends
Sets ENE

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

Sunset

Low

5:15 PM

Very LowExcellent
Cloud
0%around 7 PM
Rain
Dryaround 7 PM
Humidity
69%
Wind
2 mph
4:41 PM Golden hour
4:48 PM Best color
5:15 PM Sunset
5:41 PM Blue hour ends

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 31 camera photos of past sunsets here.

Moon

Waning crescent

7% lit

2:53 AM – 3:50 PM

E W
2:53 AM Moonrise
3:13 AM 4°
9:24 AM Highest, 60°
3:31 PM 4°
3:50 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 9 AM 67°F Clear sky
8% dry 57% 3 mph
Afternoon 2 PM 75°F Clear sky
0% dry 48% 2 mph
Evening 7 PM 68°F Clear sky
0% dry 69% 2 mph
Late Night 11 PM 64°F Clear sky
3% dry 81% 2 mph

Timetable

  • Moonrise 2:53 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:15 AM–5:41 AM
  • Morning best color 5:21 AM
  • Sunrise 5:41 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:41 AM–6:15 AM
  • Moonset 3:50 PM
  • Evening golden hour 4:41 PM–5:15 PM
  • Evening best color 4:48 PM
  • Sunset 5:15 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:15 PM–5:41 PM
  • Fully dark 6:40 PM–4:17 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 6:40 PM–4:00 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Tokyo, Japan

Orionids Active, around 7 an hour
Sat 17 Oct 2026 6:34 PM International Space Station Modest pass, WNW to NNE, 20 deg up
Sun 18 Oct 2026 4:57 AM Orionids Around 17 an hour
Wed 21 Oct 2026 6:28 PM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 4:34 PM in the ENE Mon 26 Oct 2026 4:34 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Thu 5 Nov 2026 6:12 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 6:10 PM to 4:40 AM Mon 9 Nov 2026 4:01 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 81% 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

Every celestial event, and where else to see it