Baikonur, Kazakhstan

Sunday, March 22, 2026

TODAY
Baikonur, Kazakhstan

Rocket launch

Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-33 (94P)

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 4:59 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
NNE
Heading away from you
When
4:59 PM
Highest around 5:08 PM
Distance
29 mi
Climbs to
77°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
31/6
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

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

That morning

Sunrise

6:46 AM

6:46 AM

6:16 AM Blue hour
6:46 AM Sunrise
7:25 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:01 PM

7:01 PM

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

6:22 PM Golden hour
7:01 PM Sunset
7:30 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing crescent

13% lit

7:54 AM – 11:39 PM

ENE WNW
7:54 AM Moonrise
8:20 AM 4°
3:41 PM Highest, 66°
11:12 PM 4°
11:39 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 6:16 AM–6:46 AM
  • Morning best color 6:31 AM
  • Sunrise 6:46 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:46 AM–7:25 AM
  • Moonrise 7:55 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:22 PM–7:01 PM
  • Sunset 7:01 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:01 PM–7:30 PM
  • Evening best color 7:16 PM
  • Fully dark 8:41 PM–5:03 AM
  • Moonset 11:40 PM
  • Dark, no Moon 11:41 PM–5:03 AM
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Tue 20 Oct 2026 5:08 AM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 4:57 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 4:57 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Thu 5 Nov 2026 1:13 AM 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
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