Tonight over Tokyo · JP · Thu 12 Nov
Go out now, look W, but thick cloud will probably hide it.
Saturn is the steady, pale-gold point there. Look about -22° up.
- Moon
- Waxing crescent, 9% lit. Rises 09:50 tomorrow. Sets 18:21. Full Moon Tue 24 Nov.
- Planets
- Saturn in the evening, from 17:11 until 02:11, 55° up in the south · in Cetus
- Mars before dawn, best around 05:41, 69° up in the south · in Leo
- Jupiter before dawn, best around 05:41, 67° up in the south · in Leo
- Venus before dawn, best around 05:56, 21° up in the south-east · in Virgo
- Mercury before dawn, best around 05:56, 11° up in the south-east · in Virgo
- Space Station
- No visible pass tonight.
Next: Fri 17:12 (87° SE); Fri 18:50 (12° NW); Sat 18:02 (19° NW)
- Meteors
- Leonids peak on the night of 17–18 Nov (in 6 nights), and a few are already about. Up to about 15 an hour under a perfectly dark sky, Moon 56% lit at the peak. TimeandDate gives the peak as 17–18 Nov; the American Meteor Society says 16–17 Nov.
- Cloud
Taller bars mean more cloud. 94% at the time above. Clearest around 04:00 (63%).
- Aurora
- No aurora this far from the poles, except in the rarest storms.
- Sun
- Sunset 16:36 · properly dark 17:34 · first light 05:16 · sunrise 06:14