Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

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Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

That morning

Sunrise

6:41 AM

6:41 AM

6:15 AM Blue hour
6:41 AM Sunrise
7:15 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

S-520 | DES/RATS-2

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 11:30 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
N
Crossing your sky
When
11:30 AM
Highest around 11:39 AM
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 217 km. From GCAT (2024-S71).

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

Sunset

5:19 PM

5:19 PM

Behind the hills at 5:07 PM, 12 min before sunset

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

4:45 PM Golden hour
5:19 PM Sunset
5:45 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing gibbous

95% lit

3:57 PM – 5:40 AM

ENE WNW
3:57 PM Moonrise
4:16 PM 4°
10:45 PM Highest, 75°
5:20 AM 4°
5:40 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 4:28 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:15 AM–6:41 AM
  • Sunrise 6:41 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:41 AM–7:15 AM
  • Morning best color 6:52 AM
  • Moonrise 3:57 PM
  • Evening golden hour 4:45 PM–5:19 PM
  • Evening best color 5:01 PM
  • Sunset 5:19 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:19 PM–5:45 PM
  • Fully dark 6:42 PM–5:19 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 9:48 AM 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 Typhoon Cempaka Outer clouds at most, passing to the southeast
Mon 9 Nov 2026 4:40 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