Tsiolkovsky, Amur, Russia

Sunday, December 28, 2025

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Tsiolkovsky, Amur, Russia

Rocket launch

Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | AIST-2T 01 & 02

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 10:18 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
NE
Heading your way
When
10:18 PM
Highest around 10:27 PM
Distance
12 mi
Climbs to
85°
Lighting
Dark sky
Launch site
Cosmodrome Site 1S
Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation

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

That morning

Sunrise

8:34 AM

8:34 AM

7:53 AM Blue hour
8:34 AM Sunrise
9:36 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

4:23 PM

4:23 PM

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

3:21 PM Golden hour
4:23 PM Sunset
5:04 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

First quarter

54% lit

12:02 PM – 1:54 AM

E W
12:02 PM Moonrise
12:28 PM 4°
6:53 PM Highest, 47°
1:26 AM 4°
1:54 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 7:53 AM–8:34 AM
  • Morning best color 8:19 AM
  • Sunrise 8:34 AM
  • Morning golden hour 8:34 AM–9:36 AM
  • Moonrise 12:03 PM
  • Evening golden hour 3:21 PM–4:23 PM
  • Sunset 4:23 PM
  • Evening blue hour 4:23 PM–5:04 PM
  • Evening best color 4:39 PM
  • Fully dark 6:28 PM–6:29 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 1:58 AM–6:29 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Tsiolkovsky, Amur, Russia

International Space Station Modest pass, SSW to E, 22 deg up
Sat 17 Oct 2026 5:44 AM Orionids Around 14 an hour
Wed 21 Oct 2026 4:52 AM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 4:38 PM in the ENE Mon 26 Oct 2026 4:38 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Thu 5 Nov 2026 12:53 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 6:50 PM to 5:40 AM Mon 9 Nov 2026 4:01 PM Northern Taurids A few an hour
Thu 12 Nov 2026 12:57 AM 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

Every celestial event, and where else to see it