Baikonur, Kazakhstan

Friday, July 4, 2025

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Baikonur, Kazakhstan

Rocket launch

Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-31

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 12:32 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
NNE
Heading away from you
When
12:32 AM
Highest around 12:41 AM
Distance
29 mi
Climbs to
77°
Lighting
Dark sky
Launch site
31/6
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

A bright climbing star and a flame. The vehicle is in shadow itself, so there is no lit plume behind it.

That morning

Sunrise

5:03 AM

5:03 AM

4:25 AM Blue hour
5:03 AM Sunrise
5:48 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:38 PM

8:38 PM

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

7:53 PM Golden hour
8:38 PM Sunset
9:16 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing gibbous

64% lit

2:45 PM – 12:49 AM

ESE WSW
2:45 PM Moonrise
3:10 PM 4°
7:47 PM Highest, 29°
12:24 AM 4°
12:49 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 12:31 AM
  • Morning blue hour 4:25 AM–5:03 AM
  • Morning best color 4:48 AM
  • Sunrise 5:03 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:03 AM–5:48 AM
  • Moonrise 2:45 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:53 PM–8:38 PM
  • Sunset 8:38 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:38 PM–9:16 PM
  • Evening best color 8:54 PM
  • Fully dark 11:12 PM–2:30 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 12:52 AM–2:30 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Baikonur, Kazakhstan

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Thu 5 Nov 2026 6:58 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:10 PM to 5:50 AM Mon 9 Nov 2026 12:01 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