Baikonur, Kazakhstan

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Baikonur, Kazakhstan

That morning

Sunrise

5:01 AM

5:01 AM

Clears the hills at 5:05 AM, 4 min after sunrise

4:25 AM Blue hour
5:01 AM Sunrise
5:46 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-27

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 2:42 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
NNE
Heading away from you
When
2:42 PM
Highest around 2:45 PM
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

8:26 PM

8:26 PM

Behind the hills at 8:21 PM, 5 min before sunset

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

7:41 PM Golden hour
8:26 PM Sunset
9:03 PM Blue hour ends

Milky Way

Milky Way

Poor viewing

Visible from 11:24 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
11:24 PM to 1:44 AM
Where to look
Southern horizon, up to 15° above it
Highest at
1:44 AM
Sky fully dark
10:54 PM to 2:33 AM
Sky darkness
Poor
Cloud
Not forecast yet

The bright center of the Milky Way: when it is above the horizon with the sky fully dark and the Moon set, brought down for how dark the sky is here (estimated from the towns around by Walker's law) and for cloud where the forecast reaches.

Moon

Last quarter

55% lit

1:49 AM – 1:02 PM

ESE WSW
1:49 AM Moonrise
2:12 AM 4°
7:24 AM Highest, 36°
12:38 PM 4°
1:02 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 1:28 AM
  • Morning blue hour 4:25 AM–5:01 AM
  • Sunrise 5:01 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:01 AM–5:46 AM
  • Morning best color 5:13 AM
  • Moonset 11:43 AM
  • Evening golden hour 7:41 PM–8:26 PM
  • Evening best color 8:08 PM
  • Sunset 8:26 PM
  • Evening blue hour 8:26 PM–9:03 PM
  • Fully dark 10:54 PM–2:33 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 10:54 PM–1:54 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Baikonur, Kazakhstan

International Space Station Modest pass, SSW to SSW, 19 deg up
Wed 11 Nov 2026 7:27 PM 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 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