Baikonur, Kazakhstan

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Baikonur, Kazakhstan

That morning

Sunrise

7:54 AM

7:54 AM

7:21 AM Blue hour
7:54 AM Sunrise
8:41 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:10 PM

5:10 PM

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

4:24 PM Golden hour
5:10 PM Sunset
5:43 PM Blue hour ends

Rocket launch

Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-29

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 5:22 PM

Very LowExcellent

Space jellyfish low chance 5:25 PM–5:30 PM, NE about 26° up

Look
NNE
Heading away from you
When
5:22 PM
Highest around 5:24 PM
Distance
29 mi
Climbs to
30°
Lighting
Sky still bright
Launch site
31/6
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

The plume will be lit, but the sky behind it is still bright enough to wash it out. Twenty minutes later would be the shot.

Meteor shower

Northern Taurids

Best around 12:40 AM

Very LowExcellent
6:40 PM Dark enough
10:28 PM Moonrise
12:40 AM Best
6:26 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
66°
Under a perfect sky
5/hour
Moonlight
27% lost
Speed
29 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 second half of the Taurids, peaking about a week after the Southern Taurids.

Meteor shower

Southern Taurids

Best around 12:10 AM

Very LowExcellent
6:40 PM Dark enough
10:28 PM Moonrise
12:10 AM Best
6:26 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
59°
Under a perfect sky
5/hour
Moonlight
21% lost
Speed
27 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.

Not many meteors, but known for bright fireballs.

Moon

Waning gibbous

67% lit

9:15 PM – 1:13 PM

ENE WNW
9:15 PM Moonrise
9:43 PM 4°
5:20 AM Highest, 68°
12:47 PM 4°
1:13 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 7:21 AM–7:54 AM
  • Morning best color 7:43 AM
  • Sunrise 7:54 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:54 AM–8:41 AM
  • Moonset 1:13 PM
  • Evening golden hour 4:24 PM–5:10 PM
  • Sunset 5:10 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:10 PM–5:43 PM
  • Evening best color 5:28 PM
  • Fully dark 6:55 PM–6:11 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 6:55 PM–10:35 PM
  • Moonrise 10:28 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Baikonur, Kazakhstan

Halloween Halloween night in Baikonur - waning gibbous moon
Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:00 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Sat 31 Oct 2026 7:05 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Sat 31 Oct 2026 7:05 PM Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in Baikonur - sunset at 5:34 PM
Sun 1 Nov 2026 5:34 PM Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in Baikonur - sunset at 5:32 PM
Mon 2 Nov 2026 5:32 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 7:00 PM Partial solar eclipse 2.4% of the Sun covered
Mon 2 Aug 2027 3:18 PM Partial lunar eclipse 38% of the Moon in shadow
Thu 6 Jul 2028 11:20 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 71 minutes
Sun 31 Dec 2028 9:51 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 53 minutes
Thu 20 Dec 2029 3:42 AM Partial solar eclipse 68.5% of the Sun covered
Sat 1 Jun 2030 10:48 AM Partial lunar eclipse 50% of the Moon in shadow
Sat 15 Jun 2030 11:33 PM Total lunar eclipse 65% of it above your horizon
Sun 25 Apr 2032 8:13 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 46 minutes
Mon 18 Oct 2032 12:03 AM Partial solar eclipse 19.1% of the Sun covered
Wed 3 Nov 2032 9:22 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 48 minutes
Thu 14 Apr 2033 12:12 AM Partial solar eclipse 53.4% of the Sun covered
Mon 20 Mar 2034 4:39 PM Partial solar eclipse 10.2% of the Sun covered
Sun 2 Sep 2035 6:07 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 74 minutes
Mon 11 Feb 2036 3:12 AM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it