Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

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Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

That morning

Sunrise

7:05 AM

7:05 AM

6:38 AM Blue hour
7:05 AM Sunrise
7:41 AM Golden hour ends

Meteor shower

Geminids

Best around 2:01 AM

Very LowExcellent
6:46 PM Dark enough
2:01 AM Best
3:35 AM Moonrise
5:35 AM Too light
Estimate
~104/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
88°
Under a perfect sky
150/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
35 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 strongest shower of the year, and you can watch it most of the night.

Event

First day of Hanukkah

First day of Hanukkah in Minamitane - sunset at 5:16 PM

Evening from 5:16 PM

Sunset and evening sky: not known yet

Sunset
5:16 PM
Sun toward S
Cloud this evening
Not known yet
Rain chance
Not known yet
This evening
Moon
27% lit
Rises 2:46 AM
Where the Sun is
S, 36° up
at 12:16 PM

Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, lasts eight days from the 25th of Kislev in the Hebrew calendar - in late November or December. It remembers the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem after the Maccabees' revolt in the second century BCE, when, the story goes, one day's oil kept the menorah burning for eight.

Like every Jewish day, it begins at sundown: the first candle is lit on the evening before the first day, and one more each night after, lit from the shammash, the helper candle set apart from the rest.

Sunset

5:16 PM

5:16 PM

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

4:40 PM Golden hour
5:16 PM Sunset
5:43 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning crescent

20% lit

2:40 AM – 1:50 PM

ESE WSW
2:40 AM Moonrise
2:59 AM 4°
8:15 AM Highest, 46°
1:31 PM 4°
1:50 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 2:40 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:38 AM–7:05 AM
  • Morning best color 6:54 AM
  • Sunrise 7:05 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:05 AM–7:41 AM
  • Moonset 1:50 PM
  • Evening golden hour 4:40 PM–5:16 PM
  • Sunset 5:16 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:16 PM–5:43 PM
  • Evening best color 5:34 PM
  • Fully dark 6:42 PM–5:40 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 6:42 PM–3:42 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

Sakurajima, often active Activity likely by day (99%), 1° up in the NNW
Thu 29 Oct 2026 6:32 AM Tiangong space station Modest pass, NNW to NNE, 11 deg up
Thu 29 Oct 2026 6:32 PM 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 Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in Minamitane - sunset at 5:29 PM Mon 2 Nov 2026 5:29 PM Culture Day Culture Day in Minamitane - sunset at 5:28 PM Tue 3 Nov 2026 5:28 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