Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

Sunday, October 18, 2026

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Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan Sunday 18 October 2026

Meteor shower

Orionids

Active, around 10 an hour

Best around 4:45 AM

Radiant climbs to
75°
Under a perfect sky
20/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
66 km/s

Rates are what one person might count under a dark sky, already brought down for how high the radiant gets here and for the Moon - not the headline figure, which assumes the radiant overhead and no light at all. Cloud is the other half, and it is on the sunset tile.

Halley's Comet again, from the other side of its orbit. Fast, and often leaves trains.

That morning

Sunrise

6:20 AM

6:20 AM

5:55 AM Blue hour
6:20 AM Sunrise
6:52 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:42 PM

5:42 PM

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

5:09 PM Golden hour
5:42 PM Sunset
6:06 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

First quarter

45% lit

12:59 PM – 11:13 PM

ESE WSW
12:59 PM Moonrise
1:21 PM 4°
6:06 PM Highest, 35°
10:51 PM 4°
11:13 PM Moonset

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

This day at a glance

Sunrise

5:55 AM Blue hour
6:20 AM Sunrise
6:52 AM Golden hour ends

Moon, first quarter

12:59 PM Moonrise
1:21 PM 4°
6:06 PM Highest, 35°
10:51 PM 4°
11:13 PM Moonset

Sunset

5:09 PM Golden hour
5:42 PM Sunset
6:06 PM Blue hour ends
← Previous day Saturday Sat, Oct 17
Next day → Monday Mon, Oct 19

Upcoming celestial events for Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

Orionids Around 17 an hour
Wed 21 Oct 2026 4:39 AM Hunter's Moon Rises 5:19 PM in the ENE Mon 26 Oct 2026 5:19 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 6:50 PM to 5:10 AM Mon 9 Nov 2026 4:01 PM Leonids Around 11 an hour
Tue 17 Nov 2026 5:03 AM Beaver Moon Rises 4:38 PM in the ENE Tue 24 Nov 2026 4:38 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 6:50 PM to 5:30 AM Tue 8 Dec 2026 9:50 AM

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