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Astronomy & Aurora Tonight in Matsumoto, JP

2026-10-08 · times in Asia/Tokyo · 36.23°N, 137.97°E

Sunrise, Sunset & Twilight

EventTime
Sunrise5:48 AM
Sunset5:22 PM
Day length11 h 34 min
End of civil twilight5:48 PM
End of nautical twilight6:17 PM
End of astronomical twilight6:47 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)12 h 27 min
Fully dark sky tonight9 h 37 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)4:24 AM

Moon

Moonrise3:00 AM
Moonset3:57 PM
Illumination9.2%
PhaseWaning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)7.19°N, 146.99°W
Sublunar point ground speed1,603 km/h

Moon values are for the moment this page was generated (19:24 UTC). A moonrise or moonset can be missing on a given date.

Planets Tonight

PlanetRiseSetMeridianVisibility
Mercury (mag -0.1)7:54 AM6:16 PM1:06 PMNot visible tonight: below the horizon (or too low) while the sky is dark.
Venus (mag -4.6)7:57 AM5:48 PM12:53 PMNot visible tonight: below the horizon (or too low) while the sky is dark.
Mars (mag 1.1)12:10 AM2:19 PM7:15 AMVisible about 4.8 h after dark, highest 60° toward the SE.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)1:27 AM3:03 PM8:15 AMVisible about 3.5 h after dark, highest 46° toward the E.
Saturn (mag 0.2)5:16 PM5:35 AM11:23 PMVisible about 11.5 h after dark, highest 56° toward the S.

Aurora Tonight

Aurora near poles only. Matsumoto is too far from them to see regular aurora; it would take an extreme geomagnetic storm. See the live aurora forecast.

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