Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

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Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

That morning

Sunrise

6:19 AM

6:19 AM

5:55 AM Blue hour
6:19 AM Sunrise
6:52 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:42 PM

5:42 PM

Behind the hills at 5:30 PM, 12 min before sunset

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

5:10 PM Golden hour
5:42 PM Sunset
6:07 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Orionids

Best around 3:57 AM

Very LowExcellent
7:12 PM Dark enough
3:57 AM Best
4:50 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
72°
Under a perfect sky
20/hour
Moonlight
70% 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.

Full moon

Full Hunter's Moon

Supermoon - rises 5:28 PM in the ENE

5:28 PM – 6:54 AM

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

E WNW
5:28 PM Moonrise
5:47 PM 4°
12:08 AM Highest, 72°
6:34 AM 4°
6:54 AM Moonset

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

Rises
5:28 PM in the ENE
Exactly full
8:29 PM
Distance
221,760 mi - supermoon

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 5:43 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:55 AM–6:19 AM
  • Sunrise 6:19 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:19 AM–6:52 AM
  • Morning best color 6:30 AM
  • Evening golden hour 5:10 PM–5:42 PM
  • Evening best color 5:25 PM
  • Moonrise 5:29 PM
  • Sunset 5:42 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:42 PM–6:07 PM
  • Fully dark 7:03 PM–5:00 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

Sakurajima, often active Activity likely by day (99%), 1° up in the NNW
Sun 8 Nov 2026 2:07 PM Tiangong space station Modest pass, W to SSE, 25 deg up
Sun 8 Nov 2026 6:13 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Sun 8 Nov 2026 6:53 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Sun 8 Nov 2026 6:53 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 6:50 PM to 5:10 AM Mon 9 Nov 2026 4:01 PM International Space Station Brilliant pass, SW to ESE, 64 deg up
Mon 9 Nov 2026 6:44 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