Tokyo, Japan

Friday, May 5, 2028

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Tokyo, Japan

Meteor shower

Eta Aquariids

Best around 2:16 AM

Very LowExcellent
8:01 PM Dark enough
2:16 AM Best
2:34 AM Moonset
3:13 AM Too light
Estimate
~9/hour
from a dark spot here
Radiant climbs to
12°
Under a perfect sky
50/hour
Moonlight
7% lost
Speed
66 km/s

Where they come from: Halley's Comet (1P/Halley)

Dust shed by Halley's Comet on its earlier passes. Earth meets Halley's stream twice a year: in May as the Eta Aquariids and in October as the Orionids.

The estimate 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, as does rain on the radar now.

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

That morning

Sunrise

4:44 AM

4:44 AM

Clears the hills at 4:53 AM, 9 min after sunrise

4:17 AM Blue hour
4:44 AM Sunrise
5:20 AM Golden hour ends

Event

Children's Day

Japanese holiday

Children's Day in Tokyo - sunset at 6:30 PM

Evening from 6:30 PM

Sunset and evening sky: not known yet

Sunset
6:30 PM
Sun toward S
Cloud this evening
Not known yet
Rain chance
Not known yet
This evening
Moon
75% lit
Up from the start
Where the Sun is
S, 71° up
at 11:30 AM

Children's Day, May 5, wishes children health and happiness. Families fly koinobori - carp streamers, one for each member of the family - because a carp swimming upstream stands for strength and determination.

Sunset

6:31 PM

6:31 PM

Behind the hills at 6:28 PM, 3 min before sunset

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

5:55 PM Golden hour
6:31 PM Sunset
6:58 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing gibbous

82% lit

2:37 PM – 2:34 AM

E W
2:37 PM Moonrise
2:57 PM 4°
8:37 PM Highest, 50°
2:15 AM 4°
2:34 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 2:04 AM
  • Morning blue hour 4:17 AM–4:44 AM
  • Sunrise 4:44 AM
  • Morning golden hour 4:44 AM–5:20 AM
  • Morning best color 5:09 AM
  • Moonrise 2:38 PM
  • Evening golden hour 5:55 PM–6:31 PM
  • Evening best color 6:04 PM
  • Sunset 6:31 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:31 PM–6:58 PM
  • Fully dark 8:07 PM–3:06 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 2:37 AM–3:06 AM

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