Baikonur, Kazakhstan

Friday, October 8, 2027

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Baikonur, Kazakhstan

Meteor shower

Draconids

Best around 7:45 PM

Very LowExcellent
7:45 PM Dark enough
12:11 AM Moonset
5:24 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here
Radiant climbs to
64°
Under a perfect sky
10/hour
Moonlight
28% lost
Speed
20 km/s

The estimate 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. The bar also counts the forecast cloud at the best time, so a clouded-out night sits at the bottom, as does rain on the radar now.

Best in the early evening, unlike most showers, which are best before dawn. Usually quiet, but it has produced storms of thousands an hour, in 1933 and 1946. Comes from comet Giacobini-Zinner.

That morning

Sunrise

6:53 AM

6:53 AM

6:23 AM Blue hour
6:53 AM Sunrise
7:33 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:15 PM

6:15 PM

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

5:35 PM Golden hour
6:15 PM Sunset
6:44 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

First quarter

58% lit

3:08 PM – 12:11 AM

SE SW
3:08 PM Moonrise
3:36 PM 4°
7:39 PM Highest, 23°
11:43 PM 4°
12:11 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 6:23 AM–6:53 AM
  • Morning best color 6:38 AM
  • Sunrise 6:53 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:53 AM–7:33 AM
  • Moonrise 3:08 PM
  • Evening golden hour 5:35 PM–6:15 PM
  • Sunset 6:15 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:15 PM–6:44 PM
  • Evening best color 6:30 PM
  • Fully dark 7:53 PM–5:16 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 12:13 AM–5:16 AM

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