Baikonur, Kazakhstan

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Baikonur, Kazakhstan Wednesday 22 July 2026

Meteor shower

Perseids

Active, around 9 an hour

Best around 4:30 AM

Radiant climbs to
57°
Under a perfect sky
100/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
59 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.

The most dependable shower of the year, on warm summer nights in the north.

That morning

Sunrise

5:19 AM

5:19 AM

4:43 AM Blue hour
5:19 AM Sunrise
6:02 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:27 PM

8:27 PM

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

7:43 PM Golden hour
8:27 PM Sunset
9:02 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

First quarter

58% lit

2:36 PM – 11:54 PM

ESE SW
2:36 PM Moonrise
3:03 PM 4°
7:15 PM Highest, 24°
11:27 PM 4°
11:54 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 4:43 AM–5:19 AM
  • Morning best color 5:02 AM
  • Sunrise 5:19 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:19 AM–6:02 AM
  • Moonrise 2:36 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:43 PM–8:27 PM
  • Sunset 8:27 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:27 PM–9:02 PM
  • Evening best color 8:43 PM
  • Fully dark 10:44 PM–3:03 AM
  • Moonset 11:54 PM
  • Dark, no Moon 12:04 AM–3:03 AM
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