Baikonur, Kazakhstan

Monday, August 17, 2026

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Baikonur, Kazakhstan Monday 17 August 2026

Meteor shower

Perseids

Active, around 53 an hour

Best around 4:55 AM

Radiant climbs to
73°
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

5:49 AM

5:49 AM

5:17 AM Blue hour
5:49 AM Sunrise
6:30 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:52 PM

7:52 PM

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

7:11 PM Golden hour
7:52 PM Sunset
8:24 PM Blue hour ends

Milky Way

Milky Way

Poor viewing

Visible from 9:47 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
9:47 PM to 11:27 PM
Where to look
South-southwestern horizon, up to 14° above it
Highest at
9:47 PM
Sky fully dark
9:47 PM to 3:55 AM
Sky darkness
Poor
Cloud
Not forecast yet

The bright center of the Milky Way: when it is above the horizon with the sky fully dark and the Moon set, brought down for how dark the sky is here (estimated from the towns around by Walker's law) and for cloud where the forecast reaches.

Moon

Waxing crescent

23% lit

11:10 AM – 9:34 PM

ESE WSW
11:10 AM Moonrise
11:35 AM 4°
4:23 PM Highest, 31°
9:09 PM 4°
9:34 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 5:17 AM–5:49 AM
  • Morning best color 5:32 AM
  • Sunrise 5:49 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:49 AM–6:30 AM
  • Moonrise 11:10 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:11 PM–7:52 PM
  • Sunset 7:52 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:52 PM–8:24 PM
  • Evening best color 8:08 PM
  • Moonset 9:34 PM
  • Fully dark 9:47 PM–3:55 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 9:47 PM–3:55 AM
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Next day → Tuesday Tue, Aug 18

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