Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

Monday, May 5, 2025

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Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

Meteor shower

Eta Aquariids

Best around 3:11 AM

Very LowExcellent
8:26 PM Dark enough
2:00 AM Moonset
3:11 AM Best
3:58 AM Too light
Estimate
~14/hour
from a dark spot here
Radiant climbs to
17°
Under a perfect sky
50/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
66 km/s

Where they come from: Halley's Comet (1P/Halley)

Dust shed by Halley's Comet on its earlier passes. Earth meets Halley's stream twice a year: in May as the Eta Aquariids and in October as the Orionids.

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.

Comes from Halley's Comet. Best from the Southern Hemisphere, in the hours before dawn.

That morning

Sunrise

5:29 AM

5:29 AM

5:03 AM Blue hour
5:29 AM Sunrise
6:02 AM Golden hour ends

Milky Way

Milky Way

Fair viewing

Visible from 2:05 AM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
2:05 AM to 3:59 AM
Where to look
Southern horizon, up to 31° above it
Highest at
3:05 AM
Sky fully dark
8:25 PM to 3:59 AM
Sky darkness
Fair
Cloud
Not forecast yet

The bright center of the Milky Way: when it is above the horizon with the sky fully dark and the Moon set, brought down for how dark the sky is here (estimated from the towns around by Walker's law) and for cloud where the forecast reaches.

Event

Children's Day

Japanese holiday

Children's Day in Minamitane - sunset at 6:55 PM

Evening from 6:55 PM

Sunset and evening sky: not known yet

Sunset
6:55 PM
Sun toward S
Cloud this evening
Not known yet
Rain chance
Not known yet
This evening
Moon
48% lit
Up from the start
Where the Sun is
S, 76° up
at 12:10 PM

Children's Day, May 5, wishes children health and happiness. Families fly koinobori - carp streamers, one for each member of the family - because a carp swimming upstream stands for strength and determination.

Sunset

6:56 PM

6:56 PM

Behind the hills at 6:42 PM, 14 min before sunset

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

6:23 PM Golden hour
6:56 PM Sunset
7:22 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

First quarter

56% lit

12:21 PM – 2:00 AM

ENE WNW
12:21 PM Moonrise
12:41 PM 4°
7:13 PM Highest, 75°
1:41 AM 4°
2:00 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 1:28 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:03 AM–5:29 AM
  • Sunrise 5:29 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:29 AM–6:02 AM
  • Morning best color 5:40 AM
  • Moonrise 12:21 PM
  • Evening golden hour 6:23 PM–6:56 PM
  • Evening best color 6:38 PM
  • Sunset 6:56 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:56 PM–7:22 PM
  • Fully dark 8:25 PM–3:59 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 2:05 AM–3:59 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

Sakurajima, often active Activity likely by day (99%), 1° up in the NNW
Fri 6 Nov 2026 7:01 AM Tiangong space station Bright pass, WNW to SSE, 54 deg up
Fri 6 Nov 2026 6:36 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Fri 6 Nov 2026 6:55 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Fri 6 Nov 2026 6:55 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 6:50 PM to 5:10 AM Mon 9 Nov 2026 4:01 PM Mir | Demo Flight Long shot, look NW
Tue 10 Nov 2026 3:00 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