Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

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Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

That morning

Sunrise

6:46 AM

6:46 AM

6:20 AM Blue hour
6:46 AM Sunrise
7:21 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:17 PM

5:17 PM

Behind the hills at 5:07 PM, 10 min before sunset

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

4:42 PM Golden hour
5:17 PM Sunset
5:42 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Northern Taurids

Best around 12:47 AM

Very LowExcellent
6:47 PM Dark enough
9:23 PM Moonrise
12:47 AM Best
5:17 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
83°
Under a perfect sky
5/hour
Moonlight
57% lost
Speed
29 km/s

Where they come from: Comet Encke (2P/Encke)

The other half of Comet Encke's wide, old stream: the same dust as the Southern Taurids, met a little later and from a little further north. Known, with them, for slow, bright fireballs.

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.

The second half of the Taurids, peaking about a week after the Southern Taurids.

Moon

Waning gibbous

78% lit

9:23 PM – 11:52 AM

ENE WNW
9:23 PM Moonrise
9:44 PM 4°
4:40 AM Highest, 83°
11:31 AM 4°
11:52 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 6:20 AM–6:46 AM
  • Sunrise 6:46 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:46 AM–7:21 AM
  • Morning best color 6:57 AM
  • Moonset 11:10 AM
  • Evening golden hour 4:42 PM–5:17 PM
  • Evening best color 4:59 PM
  • Sunset 5:17 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:17 PM–5:42 PM
  • Fully dark 6:40 PM–5:23 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 6:40 PM–9:30 PM
  • Moonrise 9:23 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

Sakurajima, often active Activity likely by day (99%), 1° up in the NNW
Sun 8 Nov 2026 8:36 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