Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

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Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

That morning

Sunrise

5:54 AM

5:54 AM

5:30 AM Blue hour
5:54 AM Sunrise
6:26 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:35 PM

6:35 PM

Behind the hills at 6:17 PM, 18 min before sunset

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

6:03 PM Golden hour
6:35 PM Sunset
6:59 PM Blue hour ends

Rocket launch

Ceres-1S | Tianqi 21-24

Launched - a long shot from here

Lifted off 6:34 PM

Very LowExcellent

Space jellyfish low chance 6:40 PM–6:43 PM, NNW about 4° up

Look
NW
Crossing your sky
When
6:34 PM
Highest around 6:41 PM
Distance
707 mi
Climbs to
4°
Lighting
Sky still bright
Launch site
Haiyang offshore launch location
Haiyang Oriental Spaceport

The plume will be lit, but the sky behind it is still bright enough to wash it out. Twenty minutes later would be the shot.

Milky Way

Milky Way

Fair viewing

Visible from 7:57 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
7:57 PM to 9:47 PM
Where to look
South-southwestern horizon, up to 29° above it
Highest at
7:57 PM
Sky fully dark
7:57 PM to 4:33 AM
Sky darkness
Fair
Cloud
Not forecast yet

The bright center of the Milky Way: when it is above the horizon with the sky fully dark and the Moon set, brought down for how dark the sky is here (estimated from the towns around by Walker's law) and for cloud where the forecast reaches.

Moon

Waning gibbous

69% lit

9:57 PM – 12:21 PM

ENE WNW
9:57 PM Moonrise
10:17 PM 4°
5:06 AM Highest, 83°
12:00 PM 4°
12:21 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 5:30 AM–5:54 AM
  • Sunrise 5:54 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:54 AM–6:26 AM
  • Morning best color 6:05 AM
  • Moonset 11:17 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:03 PM–6:35 PM
  • Evening best color 6:17 PM
  • Sunset 6:35 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:35 PM–6:59 PM
  • Fully dark 7:57 PM–4:33 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:57 PM–9:57 PM
  • Moonrise 9:57 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

Sakurajima, often active Activity likely by day (99%), 1° up in the NNW
Sat 14 Nov 2026 6:46 AM International Space Station Modest pass, W to N, 18 deg up
Sat 14 Nov 2026 6:00 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Sat 14 Nov 2026 6:49 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Sat 14 Nov 2026 6:49 PM 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