Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

Friday, May 5, 2023

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Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

Meteor shower

Eta Aquariids

Best around 3:11 AM

Very LowExcellent
8:26 PM Dark enough
3:11 AM Best
3:58 AM Too light
Estimate
~6/hour
from a dark spot here
Radiant climbs to
17°
Under a perfect sky
50/hour
Moonlight
52% lost
Speed
66 km/s

Where they come from: Halley's Comet (1P/Halley)

Dust shed by Halley's Comet on its earlier passes. Earth meets Halley's stream twice a year: in May as the Eta Aquariids and in October as the Orionids.

The estimate is how many you might really see from a dark spot here, allowing for how high the shower climbs and for moonlight. "Under a perfect sky" is the best case. The bar also counts the forecast cloud at the best time, so a clouded-out night sits at the bottom, as does rain on the radar now.

Comes from Halley's Comet. Best from the Southern Hemisphere, in the hours before dawn.

That morning

Sunrise

5:29 AM

5:29 AM

5:03 AM Blue hour
5:29 AM Sunrise
6:02 AM Golden hour ends

Event

Children's Day

Japanese holiday

Children's Day in Minamitane - sunset at 6:55 PM

Evening from 6:55 PM

Sunset and evening sky: not known yet

Sunset
6:55 PM
Sun toward S
Cloud this evening
Not known yet
Rain chance
Not known yet
This evening
Moon
98% lit
Up from the start
Where the Sun is
S, 76° up
at 12:10 PM

Children's Day, May 5, wishes children health and happiness. Families fly koinobori - carp streamers, one for each member of the family - because a carp swimming upstream stands for strength and determination.

Sunset

6:56 PM

6:56 PM

Behind the hills at 6:42 PM, 14 min before sunset

Too far ahead for a weather forecast. These are the sunrise and sunset times - they will not change.

6:22 PM Golden hour
6:56 PM Sunset
7:21 PM Blue hour ends

Full moon

Full Flower Moon

Rises 6:33 PM in the ESE

6:33 PM – 5:33 AM

Named for the flowers that bloom everywhere in May.

ESE WSW
6:33 PM Moonrise
6:53 PM 4°
12:03 AM Highest, 43°
5:13 AM 4°
5:33 AM Moonset

Between the two 4° marks the Moon is clear of haze and most of what stands on the horizon.

Rises
6:33 PM in the ESE
Exactly full
2:36 AM
Distance
236,175 mi

The disc is biggest and most orange in the first half hour above the horizon, and moonrise here is worked out to the minute for a flat horizon.

Timetable

  • Moonset 4:59 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:03 AM–5:29 AM
  • Sunrise 5:29 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:29 AM–6:02 AM
  • Morning best color 5:40 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:22 PM–6:56 PM
  • Moonrise 6:34 PM
  • Evening best color 6:38 PM
  • Sunset 6:56 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:56 PM–7:21 PM
  • Fully dark 8:24 PM–4:00 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Sun 15 Nov 2026 6:49 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Sun 15 Nov 2026 6:49 PM Leonids Still active, a few an hour
Sun 15 Nov 2026 6:49 PM Sakurajima, often active Activity likely by day (99%), 1° up in the NNW
Mon 16 Nov 2026 6:53 AM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Mon 16 Nov 2026 6:48 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Mon 16 Nov 2026 6:48 PM Partial lunar eclipse 38% of the Moon in shadow
Thu 6 Jul 2028 3:20 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 71 minutes
Sun 31 Dec 2028 1:51 AM Partial solar eclipse 49% of the Sun covered
Sat 1 Jun 2030 5:13 PM Partial lunar eclipse 50% of the Moon in shadow
Sat 15 Jun 2030 3:33 AM Partial solar eclipse 0.3% of the Sun covered
Wed 21 May 2031 5:50 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 66 minutes
Sun 25 Apr 2032 12:13 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 46 minutes
Mon 18 Oct 2032 4:03 AM Partial solar eclipse 31.8% of the Sun covered
Wed 3 Nov 2032 3:33 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 48 minutes
Thu 14 Apr 2033 4:12 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 78 minutes
Sat 8 Oct 2033 7:55 PM Partial solar eclipse 71.5% of the Sun covered
Sun 2 Sep 2035 9:53 AM Partial solar eclipse 80.2% of the Sun covered
Sun 20 Apr 2042 11:12 AM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it