Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

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Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

Lunar eclipse

Total lunar eclipse

Totality lasts 71 minutes

Best around 1:51 AM

Moon in shadow
125%
Totality
71 min
Moon's height
68°
11:05 PM Penumbral begins 73° up
12:08 AM Partial begins 83° up
1:16 AM Totality begins 75° up
1:51 AM Greatest eclipse 68° up
2:27 AM Totality ends 61° up
3:35 AM Partial ends 47° up
4:38 AM Penumbral ends 34° up

Safe to look at with anything, unlike a solar eclipse - the Moon is only reflecting less light.

That morning

Sunrise

7:12 AM

7:12 AM

6:46 AM Blue hour
7:12 AM Sunrise
7:48 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:25 PM

5:25 PM

Behind the hills at 5:16 PM, 9 min before sunset

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

4:49 PM Golden hour
5:25 PM Sunset
5:51 PM Blue hour ends

Full moon

Full Cold Moon

Blue moon - rises 4:58 PM in the ENE

4:58 PM – 7:28 AM

Named for the long, cold nights at the start of winter. A blue moon too: the second full moon in one calendar month.

ENE WNW
4:58 PM Moonrise
5:20 PM 4°
12:15 AM Highest, 83°
7:08 AM 4°
7:28 AM Moonset

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

Rises
4:58 PM in the ENE
Exactly full
1:48 AM
Distance
234,660 mi - blue moon

The disc is biggest and most orange in the first half hour above the horizon, and moonrise here is worked out to the minute for a flat horizon.

Timetable

  • Moonset 6:38 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:46 AM–7:12 AM
  • Sunrise 7:12 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:12 AM–7:48 AM
  • Morning best color 7:23 AM
  • Evening golden hour 4:49 PM–5:25 PM
  • Moonrise 4:59 PM
  • Evening best color 5:07 PM
  • Sunset 5:25 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:25 PM–5:51 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

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

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