Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

Friday, October 8, 2027

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Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

Meteor shower

Draconids

A few an hour

Best around 7:24 PM

The night7:24 PM – 4:44 AM+1

Very LowExcellent
Radiant climbs to
52°
Under a perfect sky
10/hour
Moonlight
42% lost
Speed
20 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, 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

Sunset

5:54 PM

5:54 PM

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

5:22 PM Golden hour
5:54 PM Sunset
6:18 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

First quarter

56% lit

1:45 PM – 12:12 AM

ESE WSW
1:45 PM Moonrise
2:06 PM 4°
6:59 PM Highest, 37°
11:51 PM 4°
12:12 AM 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
  • Morning best color 5:58 AM
  • Sunrise 6:13 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:13 AM–6:45 AM
  • Moonrise 1:46 PM
  • Evening golden hour 5:22 PM–5:54 PM
  • Sunset 5:54 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:54 PM–6:18 PM
  • Evening best color 6:09 PM
  • Fully dark 7:13 PM–4:54 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 12:13 AM–4:54 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

Full Hunter's Moon Rises 5:16 PM in the ENE Fri 15 Oct 2027 5:16 PM Milky Way Visible 6:59 PM to 7:59 PM with no moon, 17° above the southwestern horizon - 3 nights 21 Oct to 23 Oct
Thu 21 Oct 2027 6:59 PM Orionids Around 10 an hour
Thu 21 Oct 2027 7:09 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:00 PM to 5:00 AM Fri 29 Oct 2027 10:34 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Fri 5 Nov 2027 6:55 PM Northern Taurids A few an hour
Fri 12 Nov 2027 6:51 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