Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

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Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

Equinox or solstice

Autumn equinox

The moment itself, 3:01 PM

Sunrise
6:04 AM, E (90°)
Sunset
6:12 PM, W (270°)
Daylight
12h 08m

Event

Autumnal Equinox Day

Japanese holiday

Autumnal Equinox Day in Minamitane - the Sun sets due west at 6:13 PM

Evening from 6:13 PM

Sunset and evening sky: not known yet

Sunset
6:13 PM
Sun toward S
Cloud this evening
Not known yet
Rain chance
Not known yet
This evening
Moon
62% lit
Rises 10:13 PM (after midnight)
Where the Sun is
S, 60° up
at 12:13 PM

Autumnal Equinox Day falls on the day of the September equinox in Japan, when day and night are nearly equal and the Sun rises due east and sets due west. Like the spring one, it sits in the middle of Higan, a week for remembering ancestors and tending their graves.

That morning

Sunrise

6:04 AM

6:04 AM

5:40 AM Blue hour
6:04 AM Sunrise
6:36 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:12 PM

6:12 PM

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

5:40 PM Golden hour
6:12 PM Sunset
6:36 PM Blue hour ends

Milky Way

Milky Way

Fair viewing

Visible from 7:32 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
7:32 PM to 9:52 PM
Where to look
South-southwestern horizon, up to 26° above it
Highest at
7:32 PM
Sky fully dark
7:32 PM to 4:45 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

Last quarter

53% lit

10:08 PM – 1:02 PM

ENE WNW
10:08 PM Moonrise
10:30 PM 4°
5:35 AM Highest, 87°
12:40 PM 4°
1:02 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 5:40 AM–6:04 AM
  • Morning best color 5:53 AM
  • Sunrise 6:04 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:04 AM–6:36 AM
  • Moonset 1:02 PM
  • Evening golden hour 5:40 PM–6:12 PM
  • Sunset 6:12 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:12 PM–6:36 PM
  • Evening best color 6:30 PM
  • Fully dark 7:32 PM–4:45 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:32 PM–11:12 PM
  • Moonrise 11:10 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:30 PM to 4:40 AM Wed 29 Sep 2027 11:33 AM Draconids A few an hour
Fri 8 Oct 2027 7:24 PM Sports Day Sports Day in Minamitane - sunset at 5:51 PM Mon 11 Oct 2027 5:51 PM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 5:16 PM in the ENE Fri 15 Oct 2027 5:16 PM Milky Way Visible 6:59 PM to 7:59 PM with no moon, 17° above the southwestern horizon - 3 nights 21 Oct to 23 Oct
Thu 21 Oct 2027 6:59 PM Orionids Around 9 an hour
Thu 21 Oct 2027 7:09 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