Baikonur, Kazakhstan

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Baikonur, Kazakhstan

That morning

Sunrise

8:20 AM

8:20 AM

7:49 AM Blue hour
8:20 AM Sunrise
9:02 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:40 PM

6:40 PM

Too far ahead for a weather forecast. These are the sunrise and sunset times - they will not change.

5:58 PM Golden hour
6:40 PM Sunset
7:11 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Orionids

Best around 5:55 AM

Very LowExcellent
8:10 PM Dark enough
5:55 AM Best
6:51 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
60°
Under a perfect sky
20/hour
Moonlight
57% lost
Speed
66 km/s

Where they come from: Halley's Comet (1P/Halley)

Dust shed by Halley's Comet, the same stream as May's Eta Aquariids. The comet itself last came round in 1986 and returns in 2061; its dust arrives every October.

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.

Also from Halley's Comet. Fast meteors that often leave glowing trails.

Lunar eclipse

Partial lunar eclipse

12% of the Moon in shadow

Best around 2:14 AM

Moon in shadow
12%
Moon's height
57°
12:02 AM Penumbral begins 54° up
1:36 AM Partial begins 58° up
2:14 AM Greatest eclipse 57° up
2:52 AM Partial ends 54° up
4:25 AM Penumbral ends 42° up

Safe to look at with anything, unlike a solar eclipse - the Moon is only reflecting less light.

Full moon

Full Hunter's Moon

Rises 6:22 PM in the ENE

6:22 PM – 8:48 AM

The full moon after the Harvest Moon. Hunters tracked game across the fields the harvest had cleared, by its light.

ENE WNW
6:22 PM Moonrise
6:46 PM 4°
1:30 AM Highest, 58°
8:23 AM 4°
8:48 AM Moonset

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

Rises
6:22 PM in the ENE
Exactly full
2:26 AM
Distance
229,643 mi

The disc is biggest and most orange in the first half hour above the horizon, and moonrise here is worked out to the minute for a flat horizon.

Timetable

  • Moonset 7:28 AM
  • Morning blue hour 7:49 AM–8:20 AM
  • Sunrise 8:20 AM
  • Morning golden hour 8:20 AM–9:02 AM
  • Morning best color 8:31 AM
  • Evening golden hour 5:58 PM–6:40 PM
  • Evening best color 6:22 PM
  • Moonrise 6:23 PM
  • Sunset 6:40 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:40 PM–7:11 PM
  • Fully dark 8:20 PM–6:41 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Baikonur, Kazakhstan

Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Fri 13 Nov 2026 6:48 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Fri 13 Nov 2026 6:48 PM Leonids Around 8 an hour
Tue 17 Nov 2026 6:44 PM Soyuz 2.1b | Progress MS-36 Fair, look NNE
Tue 24 Nov 2026 10:03 AM Full Beaver Moon Rises 4:26 PM in the NE Tue 24 Nov 2026 4:26 PM First day of Hanukkah First day of Hanukkah in Baikonur - sunset at 5:03 PM Sat 5 Dec 2026 5:03 PM Partial solar eclipse 2.4% of the Sun covered
Mon 2 Aug 2027 3:18 PM Partial lunar eclipse 38% of the Moon in shadow
Thu 6 Jul 2028 11:20 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 71 minutes
Sun 31 Dec 2028 9:51 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 53 minutes
Thu 20 Dec 2029 3:42 AM Partial solar eclipse 68.5% of the Sun covered
Sat 1 Jun 2030 10:48 AM Partial lunar eclipse 50% of the Moon in shadow
Sat 15 Jun 2030 11:33 PM Total lunar eclipse 65% of it above your horizon
Sun 25 Apr 2032 8:13 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 46 minutes
Mon 18 Oct 2032 12:03 AM Partial solar eclipse 19.1% of the Sun covered
Wed 3 Nov 2032 9:22 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 48 minutes
Thu 14 Apr 2033 12:12 AM Partial solar eclipse 53.4% of the Sun covered
Mon 20 Mar 2034 4:39 PM Partial solar eclipse 10.2% of the Sun covered
Sun 2 Sep 2035 6:07 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 74 minutes
Mon 11 Feb 2036 3:12 AM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it