Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

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Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

That morning

Sunrise

6:55 AM

6:55 AM

6:30 AM Blue hour
6:55 AM Sunrise
7:28 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

H3-22 | VEP 4, CE-SAT-1E & TIRSAT

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 9:22 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSW
Heading away from you
When
9:22 AM
Highest around 9:24 AM
Distance
2 mi
Climbs to
53°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2
Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

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

Sunset

6:04 PM

6:04 PM

Behind the hills at 5:52 PM, 12 min before sunset

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

5:32 PM Golden hour
6:04 PM Sunset
6:29 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

First quarter

55% lit

11:32 AM – 2:12 AM

ENE WNW
11:32 AM Moonrise
11:52 AM 4°
6:50 PM Highest, 85°
1:51 AM 4°
2:12 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 1:08 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:30 AM–6:55 AM
  • Sunrise 6:55 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:55 AM–7:28 AM
  • Morning best color 7:06 AM
  • Moonrise 11:32 AM
  • Evening golden hour 5:32 PM–6:04 PM
  • Evening best color 5:47 PM
  • Sunset 6:04 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:04 PM–6:29 PM
  • Fully dark 7:25 PM–5:33 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 2:15 AM–5:33 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

Sakurajima, often active Activity likely by day (99%), 1° up in the NNW
Fri 13 Nov 2026 6:48 AM 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