Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

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Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

Rocket launch

H3-22 | Michibiki 5

Launch failed - good from here

Lifted off 10:51 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SSW
Crossing your sky
When
10:51 AM
Highest around 11:00 AM
Distance
2 mi
Climbs to
89°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2
Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

In daylight it reads as a thin contrail, and only briefly.

Equinox or solstice

Winter solstice

The moment itself, 12:03 AM

Sunrise
7:09 AM, ESE (118°)
Sunset
5:19 PM, WSW (243°)
Daylight
10h 11m

That morning

Sunrise

7:09 AM

7:09 AM

6:42 AM Blue hour
7:09 AM Sunrise
7:45 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:19 PM

5:19 PM

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

4:43 PM Golden hour
5:19 PM Sunset
5:46 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing crescent

4% lit

8:55 AM – 7:08 PM

ESE WSW
8:55 AM Moonrise
9:17 AM 4°
2:02 PM Highest, 35°
6:47 PM 4°
7:08 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 6:42 AM–7:09 AM
  • Morning best color 6:54 AM
  • Sunrise 7:09 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:09 AM–7:45 AM
  • Moonrise 8:55 AM
  • Evening golden hour 4:43 PM–5:19 PM
  • Sunset 5:19 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:19 PM–5:46 PM
  • Evening best color 5:35 PM
  • Fully dark 6:45 PM–5:43 AM
  • Moonset 7:09 PM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:15 PM–5:43 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

International Space Station Modest pass, N to N, 16 deg up
Sun 18 Oct 2026 4:57 AM Sakurajima, often active Activity likely by day (99%), 1° up in the NNW
Sun 18 Oct 2026 6:30 AM Orionids Active, around 10 an hour
Sun 18 Oct 2026 7:12 PM H3-24 | Martian Moons eXploration Good, look SSW
Tue 20 Oct 2026 4:41 AM Tiangong space station Modest pass, SW to SSW, 21 deg up
Tue 20 Oct 2026 7:23 PM Orionids Around 17 an hour
Wed 21 Oct 2026 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