Baikonur, Kazakhstan

Wednesday, December 25, 2024

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Baikonur, Kazakhstan

That morning

Sunrise

8:26 AM

8:26 AM

7:51 AM Blue hour
8:26 AM Sunrise
9:15 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

Soyuz 2.1b | Resurs-P No.5

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 12:45 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
NNE
Heading your way
When
12:45 PM
Highest around 12:47 PM
Distance
29 mi
Climbs to
77°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
31/6
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

In daylight it reads as a thin contrail, and only briefly.

Sunset

5:07 PM

5:07 PM

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

4:18 PM Golden hour
5:07 PM Sunset
5:42 PM Blue hour ends

Event

Christmas Day

Christmas night in Baikonur - waning crescent moon

Evening from 5:08 PM

Sunset and evening sky: not known yet

Sunset
5:08 PM
Sun toward WNW
Cloud this evening
Not known yet
Rain chance
Not known yet
This evening
Moon
27% lit
Rises 3:58 AM (after midnight)
Where the Moon is
Below the horizon
all through it

Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus. By the fourth century the church in Rome kept it on December 25, close to the winter solstice, when midwinter festivals of light were already held - and lights, evergreens and the star on the tree still brighten the darkest time of the year.

Many Orthodox churches, which follow the older Julian calendar, keep it on January 7.

Moon

Waning crescent

29% lit

2:49 AM – 1:19 PM

ESE WSW
2:49 AM Moonrise
3:13 AM 4°
8:04 AM Highest, 32°
12:55 PM 4°
1:19 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 2:49 AM
  • Morning blue hour 7:51 AM–8:26 AM
  • Morning best color 8:14 AM
  • Sunrise 8:26 AM
  • Morning golden hour 8:26 AM–9:15 AM
  • Moonset 1:19 PM
  • Evening golden hour 4:18 PM–5:07 PM
  • Sunset 5:07 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:07 PM–5:42 PM
  • Evening best color 5:25 PM
  • Fully dark 6:56 PM–6:38 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 6:56 PM–3:56 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Baikonur, Kazakhstan

Tiangong space station Bright pass, WSW to ESE, 34 deg up
Fri 30 Oct 2026 6:07 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Fri 30 Oct 2026 7:07 PM Halloween Halloween night in Baikonur - waning gibbous moon
Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:00 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