What time is sunset in Sendai today?

Sunset in Sendai is at 5:09 PM local time (Asia/Tokyo) on 2026-10-08.

What phase is the Moon tonight in Sendai?

The Moon is a Waning Crescent and about 9% illuminated.

Astronomical twilight ends at 6:37 PM local time, so the sky is fully dark from then until 4:11 AM.

Moonrise in Sendai is at 2:46 AM and moonset is at 3:47 PM local time.

Sendai is too far from the poles for regular aurora; it would take a very strong geomagnetic storm.

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Source: NOAA SWPC

2026-10-08 · times in Asia/Tokyo · 38.27°N, 140.87°E

Event	Time
Sunrise	5:38 AM
Sunset	5:09 PM
Day length	11 h 31 min
End of civil twilight	5:35 PM
End of nautical twilight	6:06 PM
End of astronomical twilight	6:37 PM
Night length (sunset to sunrise)	12 h 30 min
Fully dark sky tonight	9 h 34 min
Astronomical twilight starts (morning)	4:11 AM

Moonrise	2:46 AM
Moonset	3:47 PM
Illumination	9.4%
Phase	Waning Crescent
Sublunar point (Moon overhead)	7.45°N, 132.65°W
Sublunar point ground speed	1,602 km/h

Moon values are for the moment this page was generated (18:25 UTC). A moonrise or moonset can be missing on a given date.

Planet	Rise	Set	Meridian	Visibility
Mercury (mag -0.1)	7:47 AM	6:01 PM	12:54 PM	Not visible tonight: below the horizon (or too low) while the sky is dark.
Venus (mag -4.6)	7:50 AM	5:32 PM	12:41 PM	Not visible tonight: below the horizon (or too low) while the sky is dark.
Mars (mag 1.1)	11:53 PM	2:12 PM	7:03 AM	Visible about 4.8 h after dark, highest 59° toward the SE.
Jupiter (mag -1.9)	1:12 AM	2:55 PM	8:03 AM	Visible about 3.5 h after dark, highest 45° toward the E.
Saturn (mag 0.2)	5:04 PM	5:24 AM	11:12 PM	Visible about 11.5 h after dark, highest 54° toward the S.

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