Baikonur, Kazakhstan

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Baikonur, Kazakhstan

That morning

Sunrise

8:49 AM

8:49 AM

8:19 AM Blue hour
8:49 AM Sunrise
9:31 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-26

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 9:25 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
NNE
Heading away from you
When
9:25 AM
Highest around 9:27 AM
Distance
29 mi
Climbs to
30°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
31/6
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

In daylight it reads as a thin contrail, and only briefly.

Sunset

7:12 PM

7:12 PM

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

6:30 PM Golden hour
7:12 PM Sunset
7:42 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing crescent

35% lit

11:21 AM – 2:23 AM

ENE WNW
11:21 AM Moonrise
11:45 AM 4°
6:46 PM Highest, 62°
1:57 AM 4°
2:23 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 1:05 AM
  • Morning blue hour 8:19 AM–8:49 AM
  • Sunrise 8:49 AM
  • Morning golden hour 8:49 AM–9:31 AM
  • Morning best color 9:00 AM
  • Moonrise 11:21 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:30 PM–7:12 PM
  • Evening best color 6:54 PM
  • Sunset 7:12 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:12 PM–7:42 PM
  • Fully dark 8:51 PM–7:08 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 2:31 AM–7:08 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