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Tonight's Sky from Tokyo, Japan

35.69°N, 139.69°E · Asia/Tokyo · Tue, Apr 28 · 20:54 UTC

☀️ Daytime — but ISS passes tonight

Set a reminder for the ISS pass. 🌇 Sunset later today — check back this evening. ☁️ Overcast — visibility may be limited tonight, including ISS. 🔭 Better ISS pass tomorrow (67°).

⏳Wait for sunset — nothing visible in daylight.

Tokyo, Japan · 4 planets in the sky (daylight — none visible)

Best thing to see tonight

ISS

38° pass — but likely hidden by cloud cover. Moves from west-southwest, passes moderate height, exits north-northeast

Fair
Where to look
Look west-southwest
When
6 min pass (15:02 UTC)
Visibility score
30/100
4 planets in the sky, but none visible to the naked eye
  • Mercury — Daylight is too bright — planets are washed out by the sun.
  • Mars — Daylight is too bright — planets are washed out by the sun.
  • Saturn — Daylight is too bright — planets are washed out by the sun.
  • Neptune — Daylight is too bright — planets are washed out by the sun.
3 planets below the horizon — Venus, Jupiter, Uranus
  • Venus — Below horizon
  • Jupiter — Below horizon
  • Uranus — Below horizon

Observing conditions

Cloud cover
94%
Overcast
Moon
Waxing Gibbous
92% 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
106
days away

A total solar eclipse on Wednesday, 12 August 2026.

Visible: Greenland, Iceland, Spain, North Africa. Confirm viewability from Tokyo on the detail page.

Duration
2m 18s
Magnitude
1.04

What this means

It is still daylight — check back after sunset.

The sky is overcast — outdoor viewing is not recommended tonight.

The Moon is below the horizon and will not interfere.

Sun

Above horizon
Altitude
11.4°
Sun is up
Azimuth
80° E
Next sunrise
Wed, Apr 29 · 19:50 UTC
Next sunset
Wed, Apr 29 · 09:25 UTC

Moon

Below horizon
Phase
Waxing Gibbous
92.2% illuminated
Altitude
−31.9°
Next moonrise
Wed, Apr 29 · 07:11 UTC

ISS passes (next 48 h)

5 passes
  • Tue, Apr 28 · 22:21 UTC
    peak 64°
    in 1 hourrises NW → sets SE6m 42s
  • Wed, Apr 29 · 13:26 UTC
    peak 17°
    in 17 hoursrises S → sets E4m 35s
  • Wed, Apr 29 · 15:02 UTC
    peak 38°
    in 18 hoursrises WSW → sets NNE6m 18s
  • Wed, Apr 29 · 19:58 UTC
    peak 12°
    in 23 hoursrises N → sets NE2m 34s
  • Wed, Apr 29 · 21:33 UTC
    peak 67°
    tomorrowrises NW → sets SE6m 44s

Active meteor showers

1 active

  • Eta Aquariids

    ~50/hr

    Halley's Comet debris; favors the Southern Hemisphere.

    Peak: 05-06

Advanced — raw altitude, azimuth, magnitude for all planets

Planets

0 currently observable
  • Mercurymag -0.6
    19.1°Not visible
  • Venus
    Below horizon
  • Marsmag 1.2
    24°Not visible
  • Jupiter
    Below horizon
  • Saturnmag 0.9
    25.7°Not visible
  • Uranus
    Below horizon
  • Neptunemag 7.8
    29°Not visible
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