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Kagoshima, Japan — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 56.9%
Third Quarter
Current Time: May 9, 2026 at 1:50:09 pm
Sunrise Today: 5:26 am 69° East
Sunset Today: 7:02 pm 291° Northwest
Moonrise Today: 12:37 am 116° Southeast
Moonset Today: 11:07 am 246° West
Daylight Hours: 13 hours, 37 minutes (+1m 30s)

Today's Sun Position in Kagoshima

Time: 1:50 pm
Altitude: 64.1°
Direction: 242° SW
Phase: Daylight

Day length today: 13h 36m 49s (May 9, 2026)

1 minute, 30 seconds longer than yesterday (May 8, 2026)

3 hours, 31 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 22, 2025)

35 minutes, 46 seconds shorter than summer solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Kagoshima Today

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Night 12:00 am – 3:55 am
Astro. Twilight 3:55 am – 4:28 am
Nautical Twilight 4:28 am – 4:59 am
Civil Twilight 4:59 am – 5:26 am
Daylight 5:26 am – 7:02 pm
Civil Twilight 7:02 pm – 7:29 pm
Nautical Twilight 7:29 pm – 8:00 pm
Astro. Twilight 8:00 pm – 8:34 pm
Night 8:34 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Kagoshima - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
May Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
May 9 5:26 am 7:02 pm 13:36:49 +1:30 12:14 pm (75.8°) 93.830
May 10 5:25 am 7:03 pm 13:38:18 +1:28 12:14 pm (76.0°) 93.852
May 11 5:24 am 7:04 pm 13:39:46 +1:27 12:14 pm (76.3°) 93.874
May 12 5:23 am 7:04 pm 13:41:12 +1:26 12:14 pm (76.5°) 93.896
May 13 5:23 am 7:05 pm 13:42:37 +1:24 12:14 pm (76.8°) 93.917
May 14 5:22 am 7:06 pm 13:44:00 +1:23 12:14 pm (77.0°) 93.938
May 15 5:21 am 7:07 pm 13:45:22 +1:21 12:14 pm (77.3°) 93.959
* All times are local time for Kagoshima. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Kagoshima

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Kagoshima - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
May 9 12:37 am 11:07 am - 5:50 am (36.7°) 247,325 60.1%
May 10 1:11 am 12:07 pm - 6:36 am (41.4°) 244,378 49.9%
May 11 1:42 am 1:07 pm - 7:21 am (46.9°) 240,874 39.5%
May 12 2:11 am 2:08 pm - 8:05 am (53.1°) 236,998 29.2%
May 13 2:39 am 3:11 pm - 8:51 am (59.8°) 233,017 19.6%
May 14 3:09 am 4:16 pm - 9:38 am (66.6°) 229,256 11.2%
May 15 3:42 am 5:26 pm - 10:29 am (73.2°) 226,060 4.8%
* All times are local time for Kagoshima. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon.

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Planets Visible in the Sky in Kagoshima This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Sat, May 9, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 5:09 am Sat 6:31 pm Sat 11:49 am Difficult to see
Venus Sat 7:09 am Sat 9:25 pm Sat 2:17 pm Good visibility
Mars Sat 4:12 am Sat 4:57 pm Sat 10:34 am Slightly difficult to see
Jupiter Sat 9:36 am Sat 11:37 pm Sat 4:36 pm Fairly good visibility
Saturn Sat 3:44 am Sat 3:57 pm Sat 9:50 am Average visibility
Uranus Sat 6:10 am Sat 7:58 pm Sat 1:04 pm Extremely difficult to see
Neptune Sat 3:23 am Sat 3:27 pm Sat 9:25 am Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Kagoshima.

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