Your sky in Tokyo

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Tonight in Tokyo

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Suggested times are sampled estimates. Clear skies, darker surroundings and an open horizon help.

Find a constellation 88 constellations

Figures are ordered by how much is above your horizon at 19:28.

Recognition figures, rather than constellation boundaries. Figure data: d3-celestial · licence

Observing conditions Weather & moonlight

For 12 Nov around 19:28, Tokyo.

Moonlight
9% lit · below the horizon
Weather
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Astronomical visibility describes positions; clouds can still hide the view. Forecast cloud cover is an estimate, not a guarantee.

Choose your surroundings for practical tips. Local sky brightness has not been measured. This is your setting, rather than a measured light-pollution value.

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Times are local to Tokyo. Eclipses include local horizon checks; meteor periods are seasonal estimates.

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Local calendar dates in Tokyo. A dash means no horizon crossing on that date.

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Moon at 19:289% litWaxing crescent

Planets in Tokyo

12 Nov · rise, highest point and set
PlanetRise / highest / setLooking tonightExplore
Saturn
Rise14:46Highest20:50Set02:59

Look around 20:50 toward the south.Above 10° after dusk; weather permitting.

UranusOptical aid
Rise17:18Highest00:27Set07:32

Look around 00:2013 Nov toward the south.Above 10° after dusk; weather permitting.

NeptuneOptical aid
Rise14:23Highest20:24Set02:28

Look around 20:20 toward the south.Above 10° after dusk; weather permitting.

Jupiter
Rise23:23Highest06:09Set12:51

Look around 05:4013 Nov toward the south.Above 10° after dusk; weather permitting.

Mars
Rise23:15Highest06:04Set12:52

Look around 05:4013 Nov toward the south.Above 10° after dusk; weather permitting.

Venus
Rise04:08Highest09:38Set15:08

Look around 05:4013 Nov toward the southeast.Above 10° after dusk; weather permitting.

Mercury
Rise05:03Highest10:30Set15:59

Low or poorly placed after dusk.No suitable window in our estimate.

Times assume a level horizon. A rise time alone does not mean a planet can be seen.

Sun in Tokyo

12 Nov
Length of day10h 23m
Sunrise
06:13
Solar noon
11:25
Sunset
16:36
Civil twilight ends
17:03
Nautical twilight ends
17:34
Astronomical darkness begins
18:04
Astronomical dawn
04:45

Twilight fades in stages as the Sun moves below the horizon. A dash means no crossing on this local date.

Moon in Tokyo

At 19:28 · 12 Nov

Waxing crescent

9% illuminated

Moonrise · 12 Nov
08:59
Moonset · 12 Nov
18:21
Next full moon
24 Nov
Next new moon
9 Dec

Moonlight changes the experience of a dark sky. A crescent leaves more stars in view than a bright full moon.

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