Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

Friday, August 11, 2028

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Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

Meteor shower

Perseids

Best around 3:16 AM

Very LowExcellent
8:31 PM Dark enough
9:50 PM Moonrise
3:16 AM Best
4:11 AM Too light
Estimate
~34/hour
from a dark spot here
Radiant climbs to
50°
Under a perfect sky
100/hour
Moonlight
53% lost
Speed
59 km/s

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.

The most dependable shower of the year, on warm summer nights in the north.

That morning

Sunrise

5:40 AM

5:40 AM

5:15 AM Blue hour
5:40 AM Sunrise
6:13 AM Golden hour ends

Event

Mountain Day

Japanese holiday

Mountain Day in Minamitane - sunset at 7:02 PM

Evening from 7:02 PM

Sunset and evening sky: not known yet

Sunset
7:02 PM
Sun toward S
Cloud this evening
Not known yet
Rain chance
Not known yet
This evening
Moon
78% lit
Rises 9:22 PM (after midnight)
Where the Sun is
S, 75° up
at 12:17 PM

Mountain Day, August 11, is the newest of Japan's holidays, first kept in 2016: a day to get close to the mountains and be grateful for them. Nearly three quarters of Japan is mountains.

Sunset

7:01 PM

7:01 PM

Behind the hills at 6:47 PM, 14 min before sunset

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

6:28 PM Golden hour
7:01 PM Sunset
7:27 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

72% lit

9:50 PM – 11:34 AM

ENE WNW
9:50 PM Moonrise
10:09 PM 4°
4:40 AM Highest, 76°
11:15 AM 4°
11:34 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 5:15 AM–5:40 AM
  • Morning best color 5:29 AM
  • Sunrise 5:40 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:40 AM–6:13 AM
  • Moonset 10:39 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:28 PM–7:01 PM
  • Sunset 7:01 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:01 PM–7:27 PM
  • Evening best color 7:19 PM
  • Fully dark 8:29 PM–4:14 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 8:29 PM–9:59 PM
  • Moonrise 9:51 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Minamitane, Kagoshima, Japan

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