Tsiolkovsky, Amur, Russia

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Tsiolkovsky, Amur, Russia

Rocket launch

Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Ionosfera-M 3 & 4

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 2:54 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
NE
Heading your way
When
2:54 PM
Highest around 3:03 PM
Distance
12 mi
Climbs to
85°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Cosmodrome Site 1S
Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation

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

That morning

Sunrise

4:40 AM

4:40 AM

3:57 AM Blue hour
4:40 AM Sunrise
5:30 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:28 PM

8:28 PM

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

7:37 PM Golden hour
8:28 PM Sunset
9:10 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Perseids

Best around 2:13 AM

Very LowExcellent
9:58 PM Dark enough
2:13 AM Best
3:11 AM Too light
Estimate
~10/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
47°
Under a perfect sky
100/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
59 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 most dependable shower of the year, on warm summer nights in the north.

Meteor shower

Southern Delta Aquariids

Best around 2:13 AM

Very LowExcellent
9:58 PM Dark enough
2:13 AM Best
3:11 AM Too light
Estimate
~6/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
21°
Under a perfect sky
25/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
41 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.

Stays near its best for several nights, not just one.

Moon

New moon

0% lit

4:26 AM – 9:04 PM

ENE WNW
4:26 AM Moonrise
4:59 AM 4°
12:54 PM Highest, 60°
8:35 PM 4°
9:04 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 3:57 AM–4:40 AM
  • Morning best color 4:25 AM
  • Moonrise 4:27 AM
  • Sunrise 4:40 AM
  • Morning golden hour 4:40 AM–5:30 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:37 PM–8:28 PM
  • Sunset 8:28 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:28 PM–9:10 PM
  • Evening best color 8:43 PM
  • Moonset 9:05 PM
  • Fully dark 11:48 PM–1:22 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 11:48 PM–1:22 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Tsiolkovsky, Amur, Russia

International Space Station Modest pass, E to E, 24 deg up
Fri 23 Oct 2026 4:17 AM Orionids Active, around 11 an hour
Thu 22 Oct 2026 6:50 PM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 4:38 PM in the ENE Mon 26 Oct 2026 4:38 PM Halloween Halloween night in Tsiolkovsky - waning gibbous moon Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:00 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Thu 5 Nov 2026 6:23 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 6:50 PM to 5:40 AM Mon 9 Nov 2026 4:01 PM Partial lunar eclipse 93% of it above your horizon
Thu 6 Jul 2028 3:20 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 71 minutes
Sun 31 Dec 2028 1:51 AM Total lunar eclipse 77% of it above your horizon
Thu 20 Dec 2029 7:42 AM Partial solar eclipse 86.2% of the Sun covered
Sat 1 Jun 2030 4:35 PM Partial lunar eclipse 86% of it above your horizon
Sat 15 Jun 2030 3:33 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 66 minutes
Sun 25 Apr 2032 12:13 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 46 minutes
Mon 18 Oct 2032 4:03 AM Partial solar eclipse 69% of the Sun covered
Wed 3 Nov 2032 2:57 PM Total lunar eclipse 93% of it above your horizon
Thu 14 Apr 2033 4:12 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 78 minutes
Sat 8 Oct 2033 7:55 PM Partial solar eclipse 56% of the Sun covered
Sun 2 Sep 2035 9:53 AM Total lunar eclipse 71% of it above your horizon
Mon 11 Feb 2036 7:12 AM Partial solar eclipse 25.7% of the Sun covered
Sun 20 Apr 2042 11:40 AM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it