Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

Monday, September 15, 2025

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Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

That morning

Sunrise

6:00 AM

6:00 AM

5:36 AM Blue hour
6:00 AM Sunrise
6:32 AM Golden hour ends

Milky Way

Milky Way

Good viewing

Visible from 7:42 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
7:42 PM to 10:22 PM
Where to look
South-southwestern horizon, up to 28° above it
Highest at
7:42 PM
Sky fully dark
7:42 PM to 4:40 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

Respect for the Aged Day

Japanese holiday

Respect for the Aged Day in Minamitane - sunset at 6:23 PM

Evening from 6:23 PM

Sunset and evening sky: not known yet

Sunset
6:23 PM
Sun toward S
Cloud this evening
Not known yet
Rain chance
Not known yet
This evening
Moon
51% lit
Rises 11:03 PM (after midnight)
Where the Sun is
S, 63° up
at 12:08 PM

Respect for the Aged Day, the third Monday of September, honors older people and wishes them long life. Japan has the world's oldest population, and nearly 100,000 of its people are 100 or older.

Sunset

6:22 PM

6:22 PM

Behind the hills at 6:04 PM, 18 min before sunset

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

5:50 PM Golden hour
6:22 PM Sunset
6:46 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Last quarter

42% lit

10:59 PM – 2:04 PM

ENE WNW
10:59 PM Moonrise
11:21 PM 4°
6:31 AM Highest, 88°
1:41 PM 4°
2:04 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 5:36 AM–6:00 AM
  • Morning best color 5:49 AM
  • Sunrise 6:00 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:00 AM–6:32 AM
  • Moonset 2:04 PM
  • Evening golden hour 5:50 PM–6:22 PM
  • Sunset 6:22 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:22 PM–6:46 PM
  • Evening best color 6:40 PM
  • Fully dark 7:42 PM–4:40 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:42 PM–12:02 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in Minamitane - sunset at 5:29 PM
Sun 1 Nov 2026 5:29 PM Sakurajima, often active Activity likely by day (99%), 1° up in the NNW
Sun 1 Nov 2026 8:42 AM Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in Minamitane - sunset at 5:29 PM
Mon 2 Nov 2026 5:29 PM Tiangong space station Modest pass, NNW to N, 16 deg up
Sun 1 Nov 2026 6:46 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Sun 1 Nov 2026 6:58 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Sun 1 Nov 2026 6:58 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