Baikonur, Kazakhstan

Monday, December 21, 2026

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Baikonur, Kazakhstan Monday 21 December 2026

Meteor shower

Ursids

A few an hour

Best around 7:23 AM

Radiant climbs to
58°
Under a perfect sky
10/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
33 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.

From most of the Northern Hemisphere it never sets, so you can watch it all night.

That morning

Sunrise

8:24 AM

8:24 AM

7:49 AM Blue hour
8:24 AM Sunrise
9:13 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:05 PM

5:05 PM

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

4:15 PM Golden hour
5:05 PM Sunset
5:39 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing gibbous

89% lit

2:16 PM – 6:34 AM

ENE WNW
2:16 PM Moonrise
2:42 PM 4°
10:19 PM Highest, 69°
6:05 AM 4°
6:34 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 5:12 AM
  • Morning blue hour 7:49 AM–8:24 AM
  • Morning best color 8:07 AM
  • Sunrise 8:24 AM
  • Morning golden hour 8:24 AM–9:13 AM
  • Moonrise 2:16 PM
  • Evening golden hour 4:15 PM–5:05 PM
  • Sunset 5:05 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:05 PM–5:39 PM
  • Evening best color 5:21 PM
  • Fully dark 6:53 PM–6:36 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up
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Next day → Tuesday Tue, Dec 22

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