Baikonur, Kazakhstan

Wednesday, August 5, 2026

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Baikonur, Kazakhstan Wednesday 5 August 2026

Meteor shower

Perseids

Active, around 26 an hour

Best around 4:43 AM

Radiant climbs to
66°
Under a perfect sky
100/hour
Moonlight
41% 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

5:34 AM

5:34 AM

5:01 AM Blue hour
5:34 AM Sunrise
6:17 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

8:10 PM

8:10 PM

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

7:28 PM Golden hour
8:10 PM Sunset
8:44 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Last quarter

59% lit

10:22 PM – 12:59 PM

ENE WNW
10:22 PM Moonrise
10:45 PM 4°
5:35 AM Highest, 60°
12:34 PM 4°
12:59 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 5:01 AM–5:34 AM
  • Morning best color 5:18 AM
  • Sunrise 5:34 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:34 AM–6:17 AM
  • Moonset 1:00 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:28 PM–8:10 PM
  • Sunset 8:10 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:10 PM–8:44 PM
  • Evening best color 8:26 PM
  • Fully dark 10:15 PM–3:32 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 10:15 PM–10:55 PM
  • Moonrise 10:46 PM
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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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