Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

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Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

That morning

Sunrise

6:27 AM

6:27 AM

6:02 AM Blue hour
6:27 AM Sunrise
7:00 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:32 PM

5:32 PM

Behind the hills at 5:20 PM, 12 min before sunset

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

4:59 PM Golden hour
5:32 PM Sunset
5:57 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Orionids

Best around 4:02 AM

Very LowExcellent
7:02 PM Dark enough
4:02 AM Best
4:57 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
74°
Under a perfect sky
20/hour
Moonlight
62% lost
Speed
66 km/s

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

Dust shed by Halley's Comet, the same stream as May's Eta Aquariids. The comet itself last came round in 1986 and returns in 2061; its dust arrives every October.

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.

Also from Halley's Comet. Fast meteors that often leave glowing trails.

Lunar eclipse

Partial lunar eclipse

12% of the Moon in shadow

Best around 5:14 AM

Moon in shadow
12%
Moon's height
16°
3:02 AM Penumbral begins 43° up
4:36 AM Partial begins 24° up
5:14 AM Greatest eclipse 16° up
5:52 AM Partial ends 9° up
7:25 AM Penumbral ends Moon down

Safe to look at with anything, unlike a solar eclipse - the Moon is only reflecting less light.

Full moon

Full Hunter's Moon

Rises 5:07 PM in the ENE

5:07 PM – 6:35 AM

The full moon after the Harvest Moon. Hunters tracked game across the fields the harvest had cleared, by its light.

E WNW
5:07 PM Moonrise
5:26 PM 4°
11:48 PM Highest, 72°
6:15 AM 4°
6:35 AM Moonset

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

Rises
5:07 PM in the ENE
Exactly full
5:26 AM
Distance
229,643 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 5:28 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:02 AM–6:27 AM
  • Sunrise 6:27 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:27 AM–7:00 AM
  • Morning best color 6:38 AM
  • Evening golden hour 4:59 PM–5:32 PM
  • Moonrise 5:08 PM
  • Evening best color 5:14 PM
  • Sunset 5:32 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:32 PM–5:57 PM
  • Fully dark 6:53 PM–5:06 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

International Space Station Modest pass, NW to NNW, 11 deg up
Fri 13 Nov 2026 6:49 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Fri 13 Nov 2026 6:50 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Fri 13 Nov 2026 6:50 PM 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 Leonids Around 10 an hour
Tue 17 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