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Tonight's Sky from Tokyo, Japan

35.69°N, 139.69°E · Asia/Tokyo · Tue, Sep 15 · 18:45 UTC

☁️ Cloudy tonight — 5 planets in sky but blocked

Cloud cover: 75%. Occasional gaps may reveal Jupiter — they're bright enough to punch through.

Tonight's sky quality25/100

Limited — only brightest objects

⏳Mostly cloudy — gaps may appear. Worth checking periodically.

Tokyo, Japan · 5 planets in the sky (clouds blocking — not visible right now)

Best object right now

Jupiter

Jupiter is very bright but low in the sky, and patchy clouds (75%) may interfere.

Fair
Where to look
Look east
When
Visible now
Visibility score
22/100
5 planets in the sky, but none visible to the naked eye
  • Mars — Mars is moderately bright, but patchy clouds (75%) may interfere.
  • Jupiter — Jupiter is very bright but low in the sky, and patchy clouds (75%) may interfere.
  • Saturn — Saturn is bright, but patchy clouds (75%) may interfere.
  • Uranus — Uranus is too faint for current sky conditions.
  • Neptune — Neptune is too faint for the naked eye (mag 7.7).
2 planets below the horizon — Mercury, Venus
  • Mercury — Below horizon
  • Venus — Below horizon

Sky map

Zenith at center · Horizon at edge
Tonight's sky from your location30°60°ISSMars ⛅Jupiter ⛅Saturn ⛅Uranus ⛅NESW

Observing conditions

Cloud cover
75%
Mostly cloudy
Moon
Waxing Crescent
22% 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
321
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

Cloud cover is blocking most of the sky tonight — not recommended.

Heavy cloud cover will block most of the sky tonight.

The Moon is below the horizon and will not interfere.

Sun

Below horizon
Altitude
−20.3°
Full night — darkest sky
Azimuth
71° ENE
Next sunrise
Tue, Sep 15 · 20:24 UTC
Next sunset
Wed, Sep 16 · 08:47 UTC

Moon

Below horizon
Phase
Waxing Crescent
22% illuminated
Altitude
−73.8°
Next moonrise
Wed, Sep 16 · 01:27 UTC

ISS passes (next 48 h)

5 passes
  • Wed, Sep 16 · 06:39 UTC
    peak 37°
    in 12 hoursrises SSW → sets ENE6m 17s
  • Wed, Sep 16 · 08:17 UTC
    peak 21°
    in 14 hoursrises W → sets NNE5m 21s
  • Wed, Sep 16 · 13:11 UTC
    peak 18°
    in 18 hoursrises NNW → sets ENE4m 42s
  • Wed, Sep 16 · 14:47 UTC
    peak 53°
    in 20 hoursrises WNW → sets SSE6m 31s
  • Thu, Sep 17 · 05:52 UTC
    peak 20°
    tomorrowrises S → sets E5m 9s
Advanced — raw altitude, azimuth, magnitude for all planets

Planets

0 currently observable
  • Mercury
    Below horizon
  • Venus
    Below horizon
  • Marsmag 1.2
    37.8°Partially blocked
  • Jupitermag -1.8
    14.7°Partially blocked
  • Saturnmag 0.4
    38.2°Partially blocked
  • Uranusmag 5.7
    73.8°Not visible
  • Neptunemag 7.7
    29.8°Needs telescope
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