Baikonur, Kazakhstan

Friday, May 8, 2026

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Baikonur, Kazakhstan Friday 8 May 2026

Meteor shower

Eta Aquariids

Active, around 7 an hour

Best around 3:46 AM

Radiant climbs to
16°
Under a perfect sky
50/hour
Moonlight
18% lost
Speed
66 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.

Comes from Halley's Comet. Best from the Southern Hemisphere, in the hours before dawn.

That morning

Sunrise

5:24 AM

5:24 AM

4:50 AM Blue hour
5:24 AM Sunrise
6:06 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:01 PM

8:01 PM

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

7:19 PM Golden hour
8:01 PM Sunset
8:35 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

65% lit

1:52 AM – 11:11 AM

SE WSW
1:52 AM Moonrise
2:19 AM 4°
6:32 AM Highest, 24°
10:44 AM 4°
11:11 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 1:24 AM
  • Morning blue hour 4:50 AM–5:24 AM
  • Morning best color 5:09 AM
  • Sunrise 5:24 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:24 AM–6:06 AM
  • Moonset 10:03 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:19 PM–8:01 PM
  • Sunset 8:01 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:01 PM–8:35 PM
  • Evening best color 8:15 PM
  • Fully dark 10:07 PM–3:17 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 10:07 PM–1:57 AM
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Upcoming celestial events for Baikonur, Kazakhstan

Tiangong space station Modest pass, SW to SSE, 20 deg up
Sun 11 Oct 2026 5:56 AM Tiangong space station Modest pass, SSE to SE, 19 deg up
Mon 12 Oct 2026 5:00 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

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