Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

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Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

That morning

Sunrise

6:25 AM

6:25 AM

6:01 AM Blue hour
6:25 AM Sunrise
6:58 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

H3-24 | HTV-X1

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 9:00 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSW
Heading away from you
When
9:00 AM
Highest around 9:01 AM
Distance
2 mi
Climbs to
56°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2
Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

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

Sunset

5:34 PM

5:34 PM

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

5:01 PM Golden hour
5:34 PM Sunset
5:58 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Orionids

Best around 4:04 AM

Very LowExcellent
7:04 PM Dark enough
8:28 PM Moonset
4:04 AM Best
4:56 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
75°
Under a perfect sky
20/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
66 km/s

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.

Also from Halley's Comet. Fast meteors that often leave glowing trails.

Meteor shower

Southern Taurids

Best around 1:19 AM

Very LowExcellent
7:04 PM Dark enough
8:28 PM Moonset
1:19 AM Best
4:56 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
75°
Under a perfect sky
5/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
27 km/s

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.

Not many meteors, but known for bright fireballs.

Meteor shower

Northern Taurids

Best around 1:49 AM

Very LowExcellent
7:04 PM Dark enough
8:28 PM Moonset
1:49 AM Best
4:56 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
82°
Under a perfect sky
5/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
29 km/s

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

Waxing crescent

18% lit

10:37 AM – 8:28 PM

SE SW
10:37 AM Moonrise
10:59 AM 4°
3:32 PM Highest, 31°
8:05 PM 4°
8:28 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 6:01 AM–6:25 AM
  • Morning best color 6:14 AM
  • Sunrise 6:25 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:25 AM–6:58 AM
  • Moonrise 10:37 AM
  • Evening golden hour 5:01 PM–5:34 PM
  • Sunset 5:34 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:34 PM–5:58 PM
  • Evening best color 5:51 PM
  • Fully dark 6:54 PM–5:05 AM
  • Moonset 8:28 PM
  • Dark, no Moon 8:34 PM–5:05 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Fri 30 Oct 2026 7:00 PM International Space Station Modest pass, N to ENE, 20 deg up
Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:00 AM Sakurajima, often active Activity likely by day (99%), 1° up in the NNW
Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:36 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 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