Baikonur, Kazakhstan

Saturday, August 1, 2026

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Baikonur, Kazakhstan Saturday 1 August 2026

Meteor shower

Perseids

Active, around 9 an hour

Best around 4:33 AM

Radiant climbs to
62°
Under a perfect sky
100/hour
Moonlight
67% lost
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

5:30 AM

5:30 AM

4:56 AM Blue hour
5:30 AM Sunrise
6:12 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:15 PM

8:15 PM

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

7:33 PM Golden hour
8:15 PM Sunset
8:50 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

93% lit

9:27 PM – 9:20 AM

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9:27 PM Moonrise
9:50 PM 4°
3:22 AM Highest, 41°
8:57 AM 4°
9:20 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 4:56 AM–5:30 AM
  • Morning best color 5:13 AM
  • Sunrise 5:30 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:30 AM–6:12 AM
  • Moonset 8:11 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:33 PM–8:15 PM
  • Sunset 8:15 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:15 PM–8:50 PM
  • Evening best color 8:32 PM
  • Moonrise 9:28 PM
  • Fully dark 10:23 PM–3:23 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up
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Upcoming celestial events for Baikonur, Kazakhstan

Draconids Around 8 an hour
Thu 8 Oct 2026 7:44 PM Tiangong space station Modest pass, WSW to SE, 27 deg up
Fri 9 Oct 2026 6:16 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:50 PM to 5:10 AM Sat 10 Oct 2026 8:50 PM 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 Partial solar eclipse 2.4% of the Sun covered
Mon 2 Aug 2027 3:18 PM

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