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Tonight's Sky from Tokyo, Japan

35.69°N, 139.69°E · Asia/Tokyo · Sun, Nov 1 · 09:04 UTC

🌙 0 planets observable tonight

(mostly clear, no moon interference)

⏳Nearly full darkness — conditions improving by the minute.

Tokyo, Japan · 2 planets in the sky · 0 visible to the naked eye

Best thing to see tonight

ISS

Very bright, nearly overhead — unmissable (90° pass at 12:53 UTC). Moves from southwest across the sky, passes nearly overhead, and exits northeast

Excellent
Where to look
Look southwest
When
6 min pass (12:53 UTC)
Visibility score
90/100
2 planets in the sky, but none visible to the naked eye
  • Saturn — Saturn is bright, but sky conditions prevent observation.
  • Neptune — Neptune is too faint for the naked eye (mag 7.7).
5 planets below the horizon — Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus
  • Mercury — Below horizon
  • Venus — Below horizon
  • Mars — Below horizon
  • Jupiter — Below horizon
  • Uranus — Below horizon

Sky map

Zenith at center · Horizon at edge
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Observing conditions

Cloud cover
27%
Mostly clear
Moon
Last Quarter
55% lit — No impact — moon is below the horizon
Light pollution
Inner city
Bortle 9 — measured

Light pollution

Bortle scale · catalogued
9/9
Inner city
1 · Pristine5 · Suburban9 · Inner city

Inner-city sky. Only Moon, planets, and the very brightest stars. No stellar limiting magnitude worth reporting.

Naked-eye limit
mag 4.0

Next eclipse

Solar · total
274
days away

A total solar eclipse on Monday, 2 August 2027.

Visible: Spain, North Africa, Middle East, India. Confirm viewability from Tokyo on the detail page.

Duration
6m 24s
Magnitude
1.08

Targets tonight

Ranked by altitude × aperture reach

What this means

It is still daylight — check back after sunset.

Skies are mostly clear.

The Moon is below the horizon and will not interfere.

Sun

Astronomical twilight
Altitude
−16.3°
Astronomical twilight — nearly dark
Azimuth
264° W
Next sunrise
Sun, Nov 1 · 21:03 UTC
Next sunset
Mon, Nov 2 · 07:45 UTC

Moon

Below horizon
Phase
Last Quarter
55.4% illuminated
Altitude
−32.7°
Next moonrise
Sun, Nov 1 · 13:28 UTC

ISS passes (next 48 h)

5 passes
  • Sun, Nov 1 · 12:53 UTC
    peak 90°
    in 4 hoursrises SW → sets NE6m 42s
  • Sun, Nov 1 · 14:32 UTC
    peak 14°
    in 5 hoursrises WNW → sets N3m 32s
  • Sun, Nov 1 · 19:25 UTC
    peak 30°
    in 10 hoursrises NNW → sets E6m 6s
  • Sun, Nov 1 · 21:02 UTC
    peak 23°
    in 12 hoursrises WNW → sets S5m 31s
  • Mon, Nov 2 · 12:06 UTC
    peak 46°
    tomorrowrises SSW → sets ENE6m 26s

Active meteor showers

1 active
  • Orionids

    ~20/hr

    The other Halley's Comet shower; fast bright meteors.

    Peak: 10-21

Advanced — raw altitude, azimuth, magnitude for all planets

Planets

0 currently observable
  • Mercury
    Below horizon
  • Venus
    Below horizon
  • Mars
    Below horizon
  • Jupiter
    Below horizon
  • Saturnmag 0.5
    30°Not visible
  • Uranus
    Below horizon
  • Neptunemag 7.7
    34°Needs telescope
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