Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

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Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

That morning

Sunrise

5:24 AM

5:24 AM

4:57 AM Blue hour
5:24 AM Sunrise
5:58 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

S-310 | Sporadic E study

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 12:00 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
N
Crossing your sky
When
12:00 PM
Highest around 12:09 PM
Distance
57 mi
Climbs to
66°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
K
Uchinoura Space Center, Kagoshima (formerly Kagoshima)
Mission
Ionos
Suborbital, planned or reached apogee about 110 km. From GCAT (2025-S32).

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

Sunset

7:19 PM

7:19 PM

Behind the hills at 7:04 PM, 15 min before sunset

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

6:45 PM Golden hour
7:19 PM Sunset
7:46 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

80% lit

10:17 PM – 10:31 AM

E W
10:17 PM Moonrise
10:36 PM 4°
4:23 AM Highest, 58°
10:12 AM 4°
10:31 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 4:57 AM–5:24 AM
  • Sunrise 5:24 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:24 AM–5:58 AM
  • Morning best color 5:35 AM
  • Moonset 9:28 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:45 PM–7:19 PM
  • Evening best color 7:01 PM
  • Sunset 7:19 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:19 PM–7:46 PM
  • Fully dark 8:54 PM–3:50 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 8:54 PM–10:24 PM
  • Moonrise 10:18 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

Culture Day Culture Day in Minamitane - sunset at 5:28 PM
Tue 3 Nov 2026 5:28 PM Sakurajima, often active Activity likely by day (99%), 1° up in the NNW
Tue 3 Nov 2026 3:30 PM Tiangong space station Modest pass, NW to NE, 22 deg up
Tue 3 Nov 2026 6:23 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Tue 3 Nov 2026 6:57 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Tue 3 Nov 2026 6:57 PM Mir | Demo Flight Long shot, look NW
Wed 4 Nov 2026 2:00 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

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