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Baikonur, Kazakhstan
Wednesday, July 29, 2026
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Meteor shower
Perseids
Active, around 15 an hour
Best around 4:37 AM
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
5:26 AM
5:26 AM
Sunset
8:19 PM
8:19 PM
Too far ahead for a weather forecast. These are the sun's own times - they will not change.
Full moon
Buck Moon
Rises 8:27 PM in the ESE
8:27 PM – 5:52 AM
Between the two 4° marks the Moon is clear of haze and most of what stands on the horizon.
The disc is biggest and most orange in the first half hour above the horizon, and moonrise here is worked out to the minute for a flat horizon.
Upcoming celestial events for Baikonur, Kazakhstan
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