Baikonur, Kazakhstan

Thursday, September 11, 2025

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Baikonur, Kazakhstan

Rocket launch

Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-32

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 8:54 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
NNE
Heading away from you
When
8:54 PM
Highest around 9:03 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

6:20 AM

6:20 AM

5:50 AM Blue hour
6:20 AM Sunrise
6:59 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:06 PM

7:06 PM

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

6:27 PM Golden hour
7:06 PM Sunset
7:36 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

84% lit

8:31 PM – 12:10 PM

ENE WNW
8:31 PM Moonrise
8:56 PM 4°
4:14 AM Highest, 66°
11:43 AM 4°
12:10 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 5:50 AM–6:20 AM
  • Morning best color 6:05 AM
  • Sunrise 6:20 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:20 AM–6:59 AM
  • Moonset 10:46 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:27 PM–7:06 PM
  • Sunset 7:06 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:06 PM–7:36 PM
  • Evening best color 7:21 PM
  • Moonrise 8:31 PM
  • Fully dark 8:49 PM–4:38 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Baikonur, Kazakhstan

International Space Station Bright pass, ENE to ENE, 37 deg up
Wed 21 Oct 2026 4:54 AM Orionids Around 16 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 7:23 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 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