Baikonur, Kazakhstan

Monday, April 20, 2026

TODAY
Baikonur, Kazakhstan

Meteor shower

Lyrids

Active, around 8 an hour

Best around 4:08 AM

Radiant climbs to
75°
Under a perfect sky
18/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
49 km/s

The rate at the top 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. Clouds are not counted here: check the sunset page for those.

Usually steady, but now and then it has a short burst of many more.

That morning

Sunrise

5:52 AM

5:52 AM

5:20 AM Blue hour
5:52 AM Sunrise
6:32 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:38 PM

7:38 PM

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

6:58 PM Golden hour
7:38 PM Sunset
8:10 PM Blue hour ends

Milky Way

Milky Way

Poor viewing

Visible from 2:01 AM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
2:01 AM to 3:58 AM
Where to look
Southern horizon, up to 15° above it
Highest at
3:51 AM
Sky fully dark
9:31 PM to 3:58 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

Waxing crescent

11% lit

7:05 AM – 11:59 PM

NE NW
7:05 AM Moonrise
7:34 AM 4°
3:28 PM Highest, 72°
11:29 PM 4°
11:59 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 5:20 AM–5:52 AM
  • Morning best color 5:37 AM
  • Sunrise 5:52 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:52 AM–6:32 AM
  • Moonrise 7:06 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:58 PM–7:38 PM
  • Sunset 7:38 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:38 PM–8:10 PM
  • Evening best color 7:52 PM
  • Fully dark 9:31 PM–3:58 AM
  • Moonset 12:00 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 12:01 AM–3:58 AM
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Upcoming celestial events for Baikonur, Kazakhstan

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Tue 13 Oct 2026 5:36 AM Orionids Around 16 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 5:08 AM 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
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