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.
Event
Tanabata
Japanese festival
Tanabata in Tokyo - Vega and Altair after dark
Stars from
8:30 PM
Starry sky: not known yet
Sunset
7:00 PM
Cloud tonight
Not known yet
Rain chance
Not known yet
Tonight
Moon
25% lit
Rises 12:40 AM
Where the Vega (Orihime) is
N, 87° up
at 11:15 PM
Where the Altair (Hikoboshi) is
S, 63° up
at 12:30 AM
Tanabata, the star festival on July 7, tells of two lovers in the sky: Orihime the weaver - the star Vega - and Hikoboshi the cowherd - Altair - parted by the Milky Way and allowed to meet only on this night. People write wishes on strips of colored paper, tanzaku, and hang them on bamboo.
Look up after dark: Vega is the bright star high in the east, Altair lower and to its right, with the Milky Way running between them where the sky is dark. It is a festival, not a day off; some places, Sendai among them, keep it in August by the old calendar.
Sunset
7:00 PM
7:00 PM
Too far ahead for a weather forecast. These are the sun's own times - they will not change.
6:22 PMGolden hour
7:00 PMSunset
7:30 PMBlue hour ends
Moon
Waning crescent
20% lit
12:31 AM –
3:09 PM
ENEWNW
12:31 AMMoonrise
12:53 AM4°
7:48 AMHighest, 76°
2:46 PM4°
3:09 PMMoonset
Between the two 4° marks the Moon is clear of haze and most of what stands on the horizon.
Timetable
Moonrise12:31 AM
Morning blue hour4:02 AM–4:32 AM
Sunrise4:32 AM
Morning golden hour4:32 AM–5:09 AM
Morning best color4:56 AM
Moonset3:09 PM
Evening golden hour6:22 PM–7:00 PM
Evening best color6:34 PM
Sunset7:00 PM
Evening blue hour7:00 PM–7:30 PM
Fully dark8:47 PM–2:45 AM
Dark, no Moon8:47 PM–1:17 AM
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