Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

Thursday, January 1, 2026

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Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

Event

New Year's Day

New Year's Day in Minamitane - the year's first sunset at 5:25 PM

Evening from 5:25 PM

Sunset and evening sky: not known yet

Sunset
5:25 PM
Sun toward S
Cloud this evening
Not known yet
Rain chance
Not known yet
This evening
Moon
87% lit
Up from the start
Where the Sun is
S, 37° up
at 12:10 PM

January 1 has opened the year since the Romans, who gave the month to Janus, the two-faced god of doors and beginnings who looks back to the old year and ahead to the new. Most of the world now counts its years by the Gregorian calendar, and New Year's Day is a holiday nearly everywhere.

The celebrations start the night before, at midnight, and roll west around the world with the clock - from the islands of Kiribati first to American Samoa last.

That morning

Sunrise

7:12 AM

7:12 AM

6:46 AM Blue hour
7:12 AM Sunrise
7:49 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:26 PM

5:26 PM

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

4:49 PM Golden hour
5:26 PM Sunset
5:52 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing gibbous

92% lit

2:55 PM – 5:56 AM

ENE WNW
2:55 PM Moonrise
3:17 PM 4°
10:24 PM Highest, 87°
5:34 AM 4°
5:56 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 4:44 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:46 AM–7:12 AM
  • Morning best color 7:01 AM
  • Sunrise 7:12 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:12 AM–7:49 AM
  • Moonrise 2:55 PM
  • Evening golden hour 4:49 PM–5:26 PM
  • Sunset 5:26 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:26 PM–5:52 PM
  • Evening best color 5:43 PM
  • Fully dark 6:51 PM–5:47 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

Sakurajima, often active Activity likely by day (99%), 1° up in the NNW
Wed 28 Oct 2026 7:25 AM Tiangong space station Modest pass, N to NNE, 14 deg up
Wed 28 Oct 2026 5:56 PM 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 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