Baikonur, Kazakhstan

Sunday, March 31, 2024

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Baikonur, Kazakhstan

That morning

Sunrise

6:28 AM

6:28 AM

Clears the hills at 6:32 AM, 4 min after sunrise

5:58 AM Blue hour
6:28 AM Sunrise
7:07 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

Soyuz 2.1b | Resurs-P No.4

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 2:36 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
NNE
Heading your way
When
2:36 PM
Highest around 2:38 PM
Distance
29 mi
Climbs to
77°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
31/6
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

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

Sunset

7:13 PM

7:13 PM

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

6:34 PM Golden hour
7:13 PM Sunset
7:43 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

69% lit

2:04 AM – 9:52 AM

SE SW
2:04 AM Moonrise
2:38 AM 4°
5:58 AM Highest, 16°
9:18 AM 4°
9:52 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 12:58 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:58 AM–6:28 AM
  • Sunrise 6:28 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:28 AM–7:07 AM
  • Morning best color 6:39 AM
  • Moonset 9:03 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:34 PM–7:13 PM
  • Evening best color 6:55 PM
  • Sunset 7:13 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:13 PM–7:43 PM
  • Fully dark 8:56 PM–4:42 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 8:56 PM–2:06 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Baikonur, Kazakhstan

Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Wed 11 Nov 2026 6:51 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Wed 11 Nov 2026 6:51 PM International Space Station Modest pass, S to SE, 22 deg up
Thu 12 Nov 2026 6:40 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 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

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