Cloud cover and visibility load from the Open-Meteo forecast.
Today at a glance (local time)
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✨ Golden Hour
Morning
05:42 AM – 06:33 AM
52 min
Evening
04:25 PM – 05:16 PM
52 min
Sun between 4° below and 6° above the horizon.
💙 Blue Hour
Morning
05:32 AM – 05:42 AM
10 min
Evening
05:16 PM – 05:26 PM
10 min
Sun between 6° and 4° below the horizon.
🌕 Moon
🌔
Waxing Gibbous
About 76% illuminated
🌤 Conditions
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Cloud Cover
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Visibility
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Weather
Photography planning for Nagaoka
Today in Nagaoka, the evening golden hour runs from 04:25 PM to 05:16 PM
and the evening blue hour from 05:16 PM to 05:26 PM.
Golden hour gives warm, directional light for portraits and landscapes; blue hour gives a cool, even glow for cityscapes and long exposures.
The moon is waxing gibbous, about 76% illuminated.
See today's sunrise and sunset times for Nagaoka
or check the UV index for Nagaoka
to plan safe outdoor shoots.
About Nagaoka
Located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, Nagaoka covers an area of 890.9 square kilometers and has existed as a municipality since 1906. The city sits along the Shinano River and reaches the Sea of Japan. As of 2021, the population was 265,868. Infrastructure includes Nagaoka Station, which functions as both a railway station and an over-track railway station. The city is also home to the Nagaoka University of Technology, a national university. Local transit is served by various passenger and above-ground railway stations, such as Echigo-Kawaguchi Station. Nagaoka maintains twin town relationships with Bamberg, Romainmôtier-Envy, Trier, Fort Worth, and Shirataka.
AI-assisted description based on geographic data and editorial notes.