Baikonur, Kazakhstan

Sunday, August 2, 2026

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Baikonur, Kazakhstan Sunday 2 August 2026

Meteor shower

Perseids

Active, around 11 an hour

Best around 4:32 AM

Radiant climbs to
63°
Under a perfect sky
100/hour
Moonlight
65% 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

5:31 AM

5:31 AM

4:57 AM Blue hour
5:31 AM Sunrise
6:13 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:14 PM

8:14 PM

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

7:32 PM Golden hour
8:14 PM Sunset
8:48 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

87% lit

9:44 PM – 10:31 AM

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9:44 PM Moonrise
10:07 PM 4°
4:04 AM Highest, 47°
10:07 AM 4°
10:31 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 4:57 AM–5:31 AM
  • Morning best color 5:14 AM
  • Sunrise 5:31 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:31 AM–6:13 AM
  • Moonset 9:20 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:32 PM–8:14 PM
  • Sunset 8:14 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:14 PM–8:48 PM
  • Evening best color 8:31 PM
  • Moonrise 9:45 PM
  • Fully dark 10:21 PM–3:25 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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