Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

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Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

Meteor shower

Eta Aquariids

Best around 3:11 AM

Very LowExcellent
8:26 PM Dark enough
11:12 PM Moonrise
3:11 AM Best
3:57 AM Too light
Estimate
~7/hour
from a dark spot here
Radiant climbs to
17°
Under a perfect sky
50/hour
Moonlight
48% lost
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.

Comes from Halley's Comet. Best from the Southern Hemisphere, in the hours before dawn.

That morning

Sunrise

5:28 AM

5:28 AM

5:02 AM Blue hour
5:28 AM Sunrise
6:01 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:56 PM

6:56 PM

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

6:23 PM Golden hour
6:56 PM Sunset
7:22 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

83% lit

11:12 PM – 9:11 AM

SE SW
11:12 PM Moonrise
11:34 PM 4°
4:12 AM Highest, 33°
8:49 AM 4°
9:11 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 5:02 AM–5:28 AM
  • Morning best color 5:17 AM
  • Sunrise 5:28 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:28 AM–6:01 AM
  • Moonset 8:16 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:23 PM–6:56 PM
  • Sunset 6:56 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:56 PM–7:22 PM
  • Evening best color 7:14 PM
  • Fully dark 8:25 PM–3:58 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 8:25 PM–11:15 PM
  • Moonrise 11:12 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

Sakurajima, often active Activity likely by day (99%), 1° up in the NNW
Sat 24 Oct 2026 6:36 AM Tiangong space station Bright pass, W to NNE, 38 deg up
Sat 24 Oct 2026 6:38 PM Orionids Active, around 6 an hour
Sat 24 Oct 2026 7:06 PM Tiangong space station Modest pass, WNW to NNW, 16 deg up
Sun 25 Oct 2026 7:16 PM Tropical Storm Champi Rain bands and gusts possible, passing to the north
Mon 26 Oct 2026 3:40 PM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 5:19 PM in the ENE Mon 26 Oct 2026 5:19 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