Baikonur, Kazakhstan

Thursday, April 30, 2026

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Baikonur, Kazakhstan Thursday 30 April 2026

Rocket launch

Soyuz-5 | Demo Flight

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 11:00 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
NE
Heading your way
When
11:00 PM
Highest around 11:09 PM
Distance
28 mi
Climbs to
78°
Lighting
Dark sky
Launch site
45/1
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

5:36 AM

5:36 AM

5:03 AM Blue hour
5:36 AM Sunrise
6:17 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:51 PM

7:51 PM

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

7:10 PM Golden hour
7:51 PM Sunset
8:24 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing gibbous

98% lit

6:48 PM – 4:56 AM

ESE WSW
6:48 PM Moonrise
7:13 PM 4°
11:52 PM Highest, 29°
4:31 AM 4°
4:56 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 4:37 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:03 AM–5:36 AM
  • Morning best color 5:21 AM
  • Sunrise 5:36 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:36 AM–6:17 AM
  • Moonrise 6:48 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:10 PM–7:51 PM
  • Sunset 7:51 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:51 PM–8:24 PM
  • Evening best color 8:05 PM
  • Fully dark 9:50 PM–3:35 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up
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Sat 1 Jun 2030 10:48 AM Partial lunar eclipse 50% of the Moon in shadow
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Wed 3 Nov 2032 9:22 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 48 minutes
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