Baikonur, Kazakhstan

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Baikonur, Kazakhstan

That morning

Sunrise

9:24 AM

9:24 AM

8:50 AM Blue hour
9:24 AM Sunrise
10:14 AM Golden hour ends

Meteor shower

Ursids

Best around 7:05 AM

Very LowExcellent
7:35 PM Dark enough
5:27 AM Moonset
7:05 AM Best
7:54 AM Too light
Estimate
~5/hour
from a dark spot here
Radiant climbs to
55°
Under a perfect sky
10/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
33 km/s

Where they come from: Comet Tuttle (8P/Tuttle)

Dust from Comet Tuttle, which comes round every 13.6 years. A quiet shower most years, around the winter solstice, with now and then a burst of much higher rates.

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.

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

Equinox or solstice

Winter solstice

The moment itself, 9:27 AM

Sunrise
9:24 AM, SE (125°)
Sunset
6:05 PM, SW (235°)
Daylight
8h 41m

Sunset

6:05 PM

6:05 PM

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

5:15 PM Golden hour
6:05 PM Sunset
6:39 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing gibbous

76% lit

2:50 PM – 5:27 AM

ENE WNW
2:50 PM Moonrise
3:14 PM 4°
10:04 PM Highest, 60°
5:02 AM 4°
5:27 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 4:11 AM
  • Morning blue hour 8:50 AM–9:24 AM
  • Sunrise 9:24 AM
  • Morning golden hour 9:24 AM–10:14 AM
  • Morning best color 9:35 AM
  • Moonrise 2:51 PM
  • Evening golden hour 5:15 PM–6:05 PM
  • Evening best color 5:47 PM
  • Sunset 6:05 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:05 PM–6:39 PM
  • Fully dark 7:53 PM–7:36 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 5:33 AM–7:36 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