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Tokyo, Japan — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 57.4%
Third Quarter
Current Time: May 9, 2026 at 12:35:12 pm
Sunrise Today: 4:41 am 68° East
Sunset Today: 6:34 pm 292° Northwest
Moonrise Today: 12:10 am 117° Southeast
Moonset Today: 10:20 am 245° Southwest
Daylight Hours: 13 hours, 52 minutes (+1m 45s)

Today's Sun Position in Tokyo

Time: 12:35 pm
Altitude: 67.7°
Direction: 219° SW
Phase: Daylight

Day length today: 13h 52m 23s (May 9, 2026)

1 minute, 45 seconds longer than yesterday (May 8, 2026)

4 hours, 7 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 22, 2025)

42 minutes, 15 seconds shorter than summer solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Tokyo Today

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Night 12:00 am – 3:04 am
Astro. Twilight 3:04 am – 3:40 am
Nautical Twilight 3:40 am – 4:13 am
Civil Twilight 4:13 am – 4:41 am
Daylight 4:41 am – 6:34 pm
Civil Twilight 6:34 pm – 7:02 pm
Nautical Twilight 7:02 pm – 7:35 pm
Astro. Twilight 7:35 pm – 8:12 pm
Night 8:12 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Tokyo - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
May Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
May 9 4:41 am 6:34 pm 13:52:23 +1:45 11:37 am (71.6°) 93.830
May 10 4:40 am 6:34 pm 13:54:07 +1:44 11:37 am (71.9°) 93.852
May 11 4:39 am 6:35 pm 13:55:50 +1:42 11:37 am (72.2°) 93.874
May 12 4:39 am 6:36 pm 13:57:32 +1:41 11:37 am (72.4°) 93.895
May 13 4:38 am 6:37 pm 13:59:12 +1:39 11:37 am (72.7°) 93.917
May 14 4:37 am 6:38 pm 14:00:50 +1:38 11:37 am (72.9°) 93.938
May 15 4:36 am 6:39 pm 14:02:26 +1:36 11:37 am (73.2°) 93.958
* All times are local time for Tokyo. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Tokyo

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Tokyo - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
May 9 12:10 am 10:20 am - 5:12 am (32.5°) 247,391 60.3%
May 10 12:41 am 11:22 am - 5:58 am (37.1°) 244,461 50.2%
May 11 1:10 am 12:25 pm - 6:43 am (42.6°) 240,969 39.8%
May 12 1:36 am 1:28 pm - 7:27 am (48.8°) 237,099 29.5%
May 13 2:02 am 2:34 pm - 8:13 am (55.4°) 233,117 19.8%
May 14 2:29 am 3:43 pm - 9:00 am (62.2°) 229,346 11.4%
May 15 2:59 am 4:56 pm - 9:51 am (68.8°) 226,132 4.9%
* All times are local time for Tokyo. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon.

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Planets Visible in the Sky in Tokyo This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, May 9, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 4:26 am Sat 6:00 pm Sat 11:12 am Difficult to see
Venus Sat 6:21 am Sat 8:59 pm Sat 1:40 pm Good visibility
Mars Sat 3:32 am Sat 4:24 pm Sat 9:58 am Slightly difficult to see
Jupiter Sat 8:49 am Sat 11:10 pm Sat 4:00 pm Fairly good visibility
Saturn Sat 3:06 am Sat 3:21 pm Sat 9:14 am Average visibility
Uranus Sat 5:24 am Sat 7:30 pm Sat 12:27 pm Extremely difficult to see
Neptune Sat 2:46 am Sat 2:51 pm Sat 8:48 am Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Tokyo.

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