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Is tonight a Moon night?

A good Moon night. The best window is 03:00–12:00; cloud cover looks cooperative.

Tokyo· JapanTuesday, 3 November 2026 · 02:27 · Tokyo

Tonight's verdict

A good Moon night

Weather-adjusted
66/100
Viewing score 66 out of 100, weather-adjusted, Night viewing.

Good

Best window 03:00–12:00 · 9 hrs · Good (66/100)

Look E · 51° above the horizon · 9 hrs

Phase

Last Quarter

Illumination

40%

Next moonrise

Tomorrow 00:46

Next moonset

Today 13:26

Open-Meteo hourly forecast for 02:00 local · cached up to 20 min

Current moon
Phase-correct

Last Quarter · 40% lit

Altitude 32° · Azimuth 95° · 375,564 km

Northern-hemisphere orientation · NASA LRO surface

Tonight's outlook

The next 24 hours, without the guesswork

A deterministic viewing score, a recommended window, and the weather that could change the plan. All times are local to Tokyo.

Read the scoring method

Best viewing window

03:00–12:00

9 hrs · look E · 51° altitude · 25% mean cloud

Tue 3 Nov · local time in Tokyo

Viewing score

Cloud-weighted, per hour

Weather
66/100
Viewing score 66 out of 100, weather-adjusted, Night viewing.

Good

Mostly clear during the best window

Not a scientific measurement. The index favours a Moon that is easy to see, not necessarily the sharpest surface detail.

Best time to look

Best contiguous window in the next 24 hours

Night

03:00–12:00

9 hrs · look E · 51° altitude

Starts Tue 3 Nov local time. The window is the longest qualifying run at or above 50/100, selected by mean score.

Weather snapshot

Hourly forecast for the selected location

Open-Meteo

Clear

11%

Cloud cover · 0% chance of precipitation

12°C nowValid 02:00 local

Moon altitude & cloud cover

Next 24 hours · local time · cloud bars rise from the horizon

Hover or focus an hour for details

Moon altitude Cloud cover Daylight / twilight Now

Weather: Open-Meteo

Tue 3 Nov · 03:00Moon 38°Cloud 14%Score 84 (Excellent)Night
0°30°60°90°BEST WINDOWNOW · 02:2703:0006:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:0000:0003:0003:00 · Moon 38° · Cloud 14% · Score 8404:00 · Moon 49° · Cloud 14% · Score 8905:00 · Moon 59° · Cloud 15% · Score 8106:00 · Moon 66° · Cloud 20% · Score 6707:00 · Moon 67° · Cloud 49% · Score 5408:00 · Moon 61° · Cloud 35% · Score 5509:00 · Moon 51° · Cloud 30% · Score 5510:00 · Moon 40° · Cloud 25% · Score 5511:00 · Moon 28° · Cloud 22% · Score 5312:00 · Moon 16° · Cloud 22% · Score 4513:00 · Moon 4° · Cloud 22% · Score 3614:00 · Moon -7° · Cloud 30% · Score 015:00 · Moon -18° · Cloud 33% · Score 016:00 · Moon -27° · Cloud 44% · Score 017:00 · Moon -36° · Cloud 60% · Score 018:00 · Moon -42° · Cloud 77% · Score 019:00 · Moon -44° · Cloud 80% · Score 020:00 · Moon -42° · Cloud 67% · Score 021:00 · Moon -37° · Cloud 49% · Score 022:00 · Moon -29° · Cloud 46% · Score 023:00 · Moon -20° · Cloud 53% · Score 000:00 · Moon -9° · Cloud 47% · Score 001:00 · Moon 2° · Cloud 42% · Score 4602:00 · Moon 14° · Cloud 46% · Score 5203:00 · Moon 25° · Cloud 40% · Score 62
Moon altitude is in degrees above the horizon. Cloud-cover bars run from the bottom of the chart. The highlighted band is the recommended contiguous viewing window; the gold line marks the current local time. Times are local to the selected location.
Hourly Moon viewing forecast
Local timeMoon altitudeCloud coverPrecipitation chanceScoreLight
Tue 3 Nov 03:0038 degrees14%0%84 out of 100Night
Tue 3 Nov 04:0049 degrees14%0%89 out of 100Night
Tue 3 Nov 05:0059 degrees15%0%81 out of 100Night
Tue 3 Nov 06:0066 degrees20%0%67 out of 100Twilight
Tue 3 Nov 07:0067 degrees49%0%54 out of 100Daylight
Tue 3 Nov 08:0061 degrees35%0%55 out of 100Daylight
Tue 3 Nov 09:0051 degrees30%0%55 out of 100Daylight
Tue 3 Nov 10:0040 degrees25%0%55 out of 100Daylight
Tue 3 Nov 11:0028 degrees22%0%53 out of 100Daylight
Tue 3 Nov 12:0016 degrees22%0%45 out of 100Daylight
Tue 3 Nov 13:004 degrees22%0%36 out of 100Daylight
Tue 3 Nov 14:00-7 degrees30%0%0 out of 100Daylight
Tue 3 Nov 15:00-18 degrees33%0%0 out of 100Daylight
Tue 3 Nov 16:00-27 degrees44%0%0 out of 100Daylight
Tue 3 Nov 17:00-36 degrees60%0%0 out of 100Twilight
Tue 3 Nov 18:00-42 degrees77%0%0 out of 100Night
Tue 3 Nov 19:00-44 degrees80%3%0 out of 100Night
Tue 3 Nov 20:00-42 degrees67%6%0 out of 100Night
Tue 3 Nov 21:00-37 degrees49%8%0 out of 100Night
Tue 3 Nov 22:00-29 degrees46%7%0 out of 100Night
Tue 3 Nov 23:00-20 degrees53%4%0 out of 100Night
Wed 4 Nov 00:00-9 degrees47%2%0 out of 100Night
Wed 4 Nov 01:002 degrees42%2%46 out of 100Night
Wed 4 Nov 02:0014 degrees46%2%52 out of 100Night
Wed 4 Nov 03:0025 degrees40%4%62 out of 100Night

Why this recommendation

  • Last Quarter at 40% illumination. The terminator gives the strongest crater shadows for the next few nights.
  • The Moon climbs to about 67° around 07:00.
  • Next moonrise: Wed 4 Nov at 00:46.
  • Forecast cloud cover averages 25% during the best window, with a 0% chance of precipitation.
Limitations & methodShow
  • The viewing score is a convenience index, not a scientific measurement of sky quality.
  • The Moon disc on this page is phase-correct but its orientation and surface detail are schematic; libration and parallactic angle are not modelled.
Full methodology →

Local context

Moonwatching from Tokyo

At 35.7° N, the Moon follows a relatively high arc. The disc is shown in northern-hemisphere orientation with a NASA LRO surface.

All times on this page use the IANA time zone Asia/Tokyo, including daylight-saving changes. The weather forecast is for coordinates 35.68°, 139.65°. It can differ across a large metropolitan area.

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Next lunar event

Calculated phase · local to Tokyo

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Mon

9

Nov

New Moon

16:02 local · Mon 9 Nov

Not visibleMoon at 1° altitude

New Moon occurs at 16:02 local time in Tokyo on 9 November. The Moon passes near the Sun in the sky, so its Earth-facing side is unlit. Dark skies make this a good period for deep-sky observing.

Event details Not visible — lost in the Sun's glare

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