Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

Saturday, October 11, 2025

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Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

That morning

Sunrise

6:15 AM

6:15 AM

5:51 AM Blue hour
6:15 AM Sunrise
6:47 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

Gravity-1 | 3 satellites

Launched - a long shot from here

Lifted off 11:20 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
NW
Crossing your sky
When
11:20 AM
Highest around 11:27 AM
Distance
707 mi
Climbs to
5°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Haiyang offshore launch location
Haiyang Oriental Spaceport

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

Sunset

5:50 PM

5:50 PM

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

5:17 PM Golden hour
5:50 PM Sunset
6:14 PM Blue hour ends

Milky Way

Milky Way

Poor viewing

Visible from 7:09 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
7:09 PM to 8:39 PM
Where to look
Southwestern horizon, up to 21° above it
Highest at
7:09 PM
Sky fully dark
7:09 PM to 4:56 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.

Moon

Waning gibbous

78% lit

8:51 PM – 11:56 AM

ENE WNW
8:51 PM Moonrise
9:13 PM 4°
4:22 AM Highest, 88°
11:33 AM 4°
11:56 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 5:51 AM–6:15 AM
  • Morning best color 6:04 AM
  • Sunrise 6:15 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:15 AM–6:47 AM
  • Moonset 10:48 AM
  • Evening golden hour 5:17 PM–5:50 PM
  • Sunset 5:50 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:50 PM–6:14 PM
  • Evening best color 6:07 PM
  • Fully dark 7:09 PM–4:56 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:09 PM–8:59 PM
  • Moonrise 8:51 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

Sakurajima, often active Activity likely by day (99%), 1° up in the NNW
Sat 31 Oct 2026 9:28 AM Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in Minamitane - sunset at 5:29 PM
Sun 1 Nov 2026 5:29 PM Halloween Halloween night in Minamitane - waning gibbous moon
Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:00 PM Tiangong space station Modest pass, NNW to NNE, 11 deg up
Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:09 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:59 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:59 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