Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

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Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

That morning

Sunrise

6:55 AM

6:55 AM

6:29 AM Blue hour
6:55 AM Sunrise
7:31 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

S-520 | S-520-RD2

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 4:00 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
N
Crossing your sky
When
4:00 PM
Highest around 4:09 PM
Distance
57 mi
Climbs to
66°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
K
Uchinoura Space Center, Kagoshima (formerly Kagoshima)
Mission
Tech
Suborbital, planned or reached apogee about 304 km. From GCAT (2023-S66).

In daylight it reads as a thin contrail, and only briefly.

Sunset

5:14 PM

5:14 PM

Behind the hills at 5:05 PM, 9 min before sunset

Too far ahead for a weather forecast. These are the sun's own times - they will not change.

4:39 PM Golden hour
5:14 PM Sunset
5:41 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

78% lit

9:33 PM – 11:44 AM

ENE WNW
9:33 PM Moonrise
9:54 PM 4°
4:42 AM Highest, 81°
11:24 AM 4°
11:44 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:29 AM–6:55 AM
  • Sunrise 6:55 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:55 AM–7:31 AM
  • Morning best color 7:06 AM
  • Moonset 11:08 AM
  • Evening golden hour 4:39 PM–5:14 PM
  • Evening best color 4:56 PM
  • Sunset 5:14 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:14 PM–5:41 PM
  • Fully dark 6:39 PM–5:31 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 6:39 PM–9:39 PM
  • Moonrise 9:33 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

Sakurajima, often active Activity likely by day (99%), 1° up in the NNW
Fri 13 Nov 2026 1:11 PM 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 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