Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

Thursday, October 8, 2026

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Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan
High 78°F, low 76°F.

Meteor shower

Draconids

A few an hour

Best around 7:23 PM

The night7:23 PM – 4:44 AM+1

Very LowExcellent
Radiant climbs to
52°
Under a perfect sky
10/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
20 km/s

The rate at the top 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.

Best in the early evening, unlike most showers, which are best before dawn. Usually quiet, but it has produced storms of thousands an hour, in 1933 and 1946. Comes from comet Giacobini-Zinner.

That morning

Sunrise

Fair

6:13 AM

Very LowExcellent
Cloud
74%around 9 AM
Rain
Dryaround 9 AM
Humidity
65%
Wind
22 mph
5:49 AM Blue hour
5:58 AM Best color
6:13 AM Sunrise
6:45 AM Golden hour ends

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 21 past sunrises rated excellent across every location Sky Time tracks.

Satellite

Tiangong space station

Modest pass, NNW to NNE

Rose 5:04 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
NNW
Rising, then up to N
When
5:04 AM
until 5:06 AM
Visible for
2m 0s
Highest
11° N
Ends
Sets NNE

Steady, silent, and about as fast as a high aircraft.

Sunset

Fair

5:53 PM

Very LowExcellent
Cloud
16%around 7 PM
Rain
Dryaround 7 PM
Humidity
59%
Wind
20 mph
5:21 PM Golden hour
5:53 PM Sunset
6:09 PM Best color
6:17 PM Blue hour ends

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 19 past sunsets rated excellent across every location Sky Time tracks.

Milky Way

Milky Way

Fair viewing

Visible from 7:13 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
7:13 PM to 8:53 PM
Where to look
South-southwestern horizon, up to 22° above it
Highest at
7:13 PM
Sky fully dark
7:13 PM to 4:54 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 crescent

7% lit

3:33 AM – 4:23 PM

E W
3:33 AM Moonrise
3:52 AM 4°
10:00 AM Highest, 65°
4:05 PM 4°
4:23 PM Moonset

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

How this day turned out

Morning 9 AM 77°F Partly cloudy
74% dry 65% 22 mph
Afternoon 2 PM 76°F Partly cloudy
77% dry 66% 23 mph
Evening 7 PM 77°F Clear sky
16% dry 59% 20 mph
Late Night 11 PM 78°F Mainly clear
32% dry 64% 13 mph

Timetable

  • Moonrise 3:34 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:49 AM–6:13 AM
  • Morning best color 5:58 AM
  • Sunrise 6:13 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:13 AM–6:45 AM
  • Moonset 4:24 PM
  • Evening golden hour 5:21 PM–5:53 PM
  • Sunset 5:53 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:53 PM–6:17 PM
  • Evening best color 6:09 PM
  • Fully dark 7:13 PM–4:54 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:13 PM–4:43 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

Sakurajima, often active Activity likely by day (99%), 1° up in the NNW
Sat 17 Oct 2026 4:39 PM Orionids Active, around 7 an hour
Sat 17 Oct 2026 7:13 PM International Space Station Modest pass, N to N, 16 deg up
Sun 18 Oct 2026 4:57 AM H3-24 | Martian Moons eXploration Good, look SSW
Tue 20 Oct 2026 4:41 AM Orionids Around 17 an hour
Wed 21 Oct 2026 7:09 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

Every celestial event, and where else to see it