Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

Monday, October 8, 2029

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Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

Meteor shower

Draconids

Best around 7:23 PM

Very LowExcellent
7:23 PM Dark enough
4:44 AM Too light
Estimate
~7/hour
from a dark spot here
Radiant climbs to
52°
Under a perfect sky
10/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
20 km/s

Where they come from: Comet Giacobini-Zinner (21P)

Dust from Comet Giacobini-Zinner, which returns every six and a half years. Most years it is quiet, but when Earth meets a fresh trail, as in 1933 and 1946, it has given storms of thousands an hour.

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.

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

6:13 AM

6:13 AM

5:49 AM Blue hour
6:13 AM Sunrise
6:45 AM Golden hour ends

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.

Event

Sports Day

Japanese holiday

Sports Day in Minamitane - sunset at 5:54 PM

Evening from 5:54 PM

Sunset and evening sky: not known yet

Sunset
5:54 PM
Sun toward S
Cloud this evening
Not known yet
Rain chance
Not known yet
This evening
Moon
0% lit
Rises 6:34 AM
Where the Sun is
S, 54° up
at 12:09 PM

Sports Day, the second Monday of October, began as Health and Sports Day on October 10, 1966, the anniversary of the opening of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. Schools hold undokai, field days of races and relays, around this time.

Sunset

5:53 PM

5:53 PM

Behind the hills at 5:42 PM, 11 min before sunset

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

5:21 PM Golden hour
5:53 PM Sunset
6:17 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

New moon

0% lit

6:27 AM – 5:53 PM

ESE WSW
6:27 AM Moonrise
6:46 AM 4°
12:10 PM Highest, 48°
5:34 PM 4°
5:53 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 5:49 AM–6:13 AM
  • Sunrise 6:13 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:13 AM–6:45 AM
  • Morning best color 6:24 AM
  • Moonrise 6:27 AM
  • Evening golden hour 5:21 PM–5:53 PM
  • Evening best color 5:35 PM
  • Sunset 5:53 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:53 PM–6:17 PM
  • Moonset 5:54 PM
  • Fully dark 7:13 PM–4:54 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:13 PM–4:54 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

Partial solar eclipse 49% of the Sun covered
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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
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