Baikonur, Kazakhstan

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Baikonur, Kazakhstan

Rocket launch

Soyuz 2.1b | Bion-M No. 2

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 10:13 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
NNE
Heading your way
When
10:13 PM
Highest around 10:22 PM
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

5:53 AM

5:53 AM

5:21 AM Blue hour
5:53 AM Sunrise
6:34 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:46 PM

7:46 PM

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

7:06 PM Golden hour
7:46 PM Sunset
8:18 PM Blue hour ends

Milky Way

Milky Way

Poor viewing

Visible from 9:39 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
9:39 PM to 11:09 PM
Where to look
South-southwestern horizon, up to 14° above it
Highest at
9:39 PM
Sky fully dark
9:39 PM to 4:01 AM
Sky darkness
Poor
Cloud
Not forecast yet

The bright center of the Milky Way: when it is above the horizon with the sky fully dark and the Moon set, brought down for how dark the sky is here (estimated from the towns around by Walker's law) and for cloud where the forecast reaches.

Moon

Waning crescent

10% lit

1:53 AM – 6:34 PM

NE WNW
1:53 AM Moonrise
2:23 AM 4°
10:19 AM Highest, 71°
6:06 PM 4°
6:34 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 1:54 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:21 AM–5:53 AM
  • Morning best color 5:38 AM
  • Sunrise 5:53 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:53 AM–6:34 AM
  • Moonset 6:34 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:06 PM–7:46 PM
  • Sunset 7:46 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:46 PM–8:18 PM
  • Evening best color 8:02 PM
  • Fully dark 9:39 PM–4:01 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 9:39 PM–3:09 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Baikonur, Kazakhstan

International Space Station Bright pass, WNW to NE, 32 deg up
Wed 21 Oct 2026 6:27 AM Orionids Around 15 an hour
Wed 21 Oct 2026 7:21 PM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 4:57 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 4:57 PM Halloween Halloween night in Baikonur - waning gibbous moon Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:00 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Thu 5 Nov 2026 6:58 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