Baikonur, Kazakhstan

Thursday, November 23, 2023

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Baikonur, Kazakhstan

That morning

Sunrise

8:56 AM

8:56 AM

8:23 AM Blue hour
8:56 AM Sunrise
9:42 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:09 PM

6:09 PM

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

5:22 PM Golden hour
6:09 PM Sunset
6:42 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Northern Taurids

Best around 2:09 AM

Very LowExcellent
7:39 PM Dark enough
2:09 AM Best
5:06 AM Moonset
7:27 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
68°
Under a perfect sky
5/hour
Moonlight
49% lost
Speed
29 km/s

Where they come from: Comet Encke (2P/Encke)

The other half of Comet Encke's wide, old stream: the same dust as the Southern Taurids, met a little later and from a little further north. Known, with them, for slow, bright fireballs.

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.

The second half of the Taurids, peaking about a week after the Southern Taurids.

Moon

Waxing gibbous

80% lit

4:05 PM – 5:06 AM

E W
4:05 PM Moonrise
4:28 PM 4°
10:32 PM Highest, 49°
4:42 AM 4°
5:06 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 3:49 AM
  • Morning blue hour 8:23 AM–8:56 AM
  • Sunrise 8:56 AM
  • Morning golden hour 8:56 AM–9:42 AM
  • Morning best color 9:07 AM
  • Moonrise 4:06 PM
  • Evening golden hour 5:22 PM–6:09 PM
  • Evening best color 5:51 PM
  • Sunset 6:09 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:09 PM–6:42 PM
  • Fully dark 7:54 PM–7:12 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 5:14 AM–7:12 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Baikonur, Kazakhstan

International Space Station Bright pass, WSW to WSW, 41 deg up
Fri 13 Nov 2026 7:28 PM 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 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