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Is tonight a Moon night?

A daylight Moon window. The best window is 11:00–18:00; cloud cover looks cooperative.

Tokyo· JapanWednesday, 11 November 2026 · 16:49 · Tokyo

Tonight's verdict

A daylight Moon window

Weather-adjusted
54/100
Viewing score 54 out of 100, weather-adjusted, Daylight viewing.

Fair

Best window 11:00–18:00 · 7 hrs · Fair (54/100)

Look SE · 20° above the horizon · 7 hrs

Phase

Waxing Crescent

Illumination

4%

Next moonrise

Tomorrow 08:59

Next moonset

Today 17:32

View tonight's outlookHow the score works

Open-Meteo hourly forecast for 17:00 local · cached up to 20 min

Current moon
Phase-correct

Waxing Crescent · 4% lit

Altitude 6° · Azimuth 230° · 402,935 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

11:00–18:00

7 hrs · look SE · 20° altitude · 0% mean cloud

Thu 12 Nov · local time in Tokyo

DaylightSee it on the timeline

Viewing score

Cloud-weighted, per hour

Weather
54/100
Viewing score 54 out of 100, weather-adjusted, Daylight viewing.

Fair

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

Daylight

11:00–18:00

7 hrs · look SE · 20° altitude

Starts Thu 12 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

Mostly clear

21%

Cloud cover · 0% chance of precipitation

14°C nowValid 17:00 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

Thu 12 Nov · 11:00Moon 16°Cloud 0%Score 54 (Fair)Daylight
0°30°60°90°BEST WINDOWNOW · 16:4917:0020:0023:0002:0005:0008:0011:0014:0017:0017:00 · Moon 5° · Cloud 21% · Score 3718:00 · Moon -5° · Cloud 26% · Score 019:00 · Moon -15° · Cloud 27% · Score 020:00 · Moon -26° · Cloud 26% · Score 021:00 · Moon -38° · Cloud 28% · Score 022:00 · Moon -50° · Cloud 27% · Score 023:00 · Moon -61° · Cloud 23% · Score 000:00 · Moon -73° · Cloud 23% · Score 001:00 · Moon -81° · Cloud 54% · Score 002:00 · Moon -78° · Cloud 61% · Score 003:00 · Moon -67° · Cloud 46% · Score 004:00 · Moon -56° · Cloud 40% · Score 005:00 · Moon -44° · Cloud 36% · Score 006:00 · Moon -32° · Cloud 34% · Score 007:00 · Moon -21° · Cloud 28% · Score 008:00 · Moon -10° · Cloud 19% · Score 009:00 · Moon 0° · Cloud 9% · Score 010:00 · Moon 8° · Cloud 2% · Score 4811:00 · Moon 16° · Cloud 0% · Score 5412:00 · Moon 22° · Cloud 0% · Score 5513:00 · Moon 25° · Cloud 0% · Score 5514:00 · Moon 26° · Cloud 0% · Score 5515:00 · Moon 23° · Cloud 0% · Score 5516:00 · Moon 18° · Cloud 0% · Score 5517:00 · Moon 11° · Cloud 0% · Score 51
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
Wed 11 Nov 17:005 degrees21%0%37 out of 100Twilight
Wed 11 Nov 18:00-5 degrees26%0%0 out of 100Night
Wed 11 Nov 19:00-15 degrees27%0%0 out of 100Night
Wed 11 Nov 20:00-26 degrees26%0%0 out of 100Night
Wed 11 Nov 21:00-38 degrees28%0%0 out of 100Night
Wed 11 Nov 22:00-50 degrees27%0%0 out of 100Night
Wed 11 Nov 23:00-61 degrees23%0%0 out of 100Night
Thu 12 Nov 00:00-73 degrees23%0%0 out of 100Night
Thu 12 Nov 01:00-81 degrees54%0%0 out of 100Night
Thu 12 Nov 02:00-78 degrees61%0%0 out of 100Night
Thu 12 Nov 03:00-67 degrees46%0%0 out of 100Night
Thu 12 Nov 04:00-56 degrees40%0%0 out of 100Night
Thu 12 Nov 05:00-44 degrees36%0%0 out of 100Night
Thu 12 Nov 06:00-32 degrees34%0%0 out of 100Twilight
Thu 12 Nov 07:00-21 degrees28%0%0 out of 100Daylight
Thu 12 Nov 08:00-10 degrees19%0%0 out of 100Daylight
Thu 12 Nov 09:000 degrees9%0%0 out of 100Daylight
Thu 12 Nov 10:008 degrees2%0%48 out of 100Daylight
Thu 12 Nov 11:0016 degrees0%0%54 out of 100Daylight
Thu 12 Nov 12:0022 degrees0%0%55 out of 100Daylight
Thu 12 Nov 13:0025 degrees0%0%55 out of 100Daylight
Thu 12 Nov 14:0026 degrees0%0%55 out of 100Daylight
Thu 12 Nov 15:0023 degrees0%0%55 out of 100Daylight
Thu 12 Nov 16:0018 degrees0%0%55 out of 100Daylight
Thu 12 Nov 17:0011 degrees0%0%51 out of 100Twilight

Why this recommendation

  • Waxing Crescent at 4% illumination. Only a slim crescent is lit; look soon after sunset or before sunrise, close to the horizon.
  • The Moon climbs to about 26° around 14:00.
  • Next moonrise: Thu 12 Nov at 08:59.
  • Forecast cloud cover averages 0% during the best window, with a 0% chance of precipitation.
Limitations & methodShow
  • The Moon is above the horizon in daylight. The daylight score is capped because sky contrast is much lower.
  • 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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First Quarter Moon

20:48 local · Tue 17 Nov

Above horizonMoon at 24° altitude

First Quarter Moon occurs at 20:48 local time in Tokyo on 17 November. Half of the visible disc is lit, and the terminator cuts across the middle. Long shadows make craters along the dividing line stand out.

Event details Above the horizon (24°) at the exact moment

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