Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

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Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

Meteor shower

Quadrantids

Around 7 an hour

Best around 5:42 AM

The night6:57 PM – 5:43 AM+1

Very LowExcellent
Radiant climbs to
51°
Under a perfect sky
110/hour
Moonlight
53% lost
Speed
41 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.

Its peak is short: only a few hours either side of it are worth watching.

That morning

Sunrise

7:13 AM

7:13 AM

6:46 AM Blue hour
7:13 AM Sunrise
7:49 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:27 PM

5:27 PM

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

4:51 PM Golden hour
5:27 PM Sunset
5:53 PM Blue hour ends

Full moon

Full Wolf Moon

Rises 5:07 PM in the ENE

5:07 PM – 8:00 AM

Named for the wolves heard howling on long midwinter nights.

ENE WNW
5:07 PM Moonrise
5:29 PM 4°
12:36 AM Highest, 86°
7:38 AM 4°
8:00 AM Moonset

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

Rises
5:07 PM in the ENE
Exactly full
7:03 PM
Distance
225,151 mi

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

  • Morning blue hour 6:46 AM–7:13 AM
  • Morning best color 6:58 AM
  • Moonset 7:03 AM
  • Sunrise 7:13 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:13 AM–7:49 AM
  • Evening golden hour 4:51 PM–5:27 PM
  • Moonrise 5:08 PM
  • Sunset 5:27 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:27 PM–5:53 PM
  • Evening best color 5:43 PM
  • Fully dark 6:52 PM–5:48 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

Sakurajima, often active Activity likely by day (99%), 1° up in the NNW
Sat 17 Oct 2026 3:46 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