Baikonur, Kazakhstan

Thursday, October 8, 2026

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Baikonur, Kazakhstan
High 75°F, low 49°F.

Meteor shower

Draconids

Around 8 an hour

Best around 7:44 PM

The night7:44 PM – 5:25 AM+1

Very LowExcellent
Radiant climbs to
63°
Under a perfect sky
10/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
20 km/s

The rate at the top 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.

Best in the early evening, unlike most showers, which are best before dawn. Usually quiet, but it has produced storms of thousands an hour, in 1933 and 1946. Comes from comet Giacobini-Zinner.

That morning

Sunrise

Good

6:53 AM

Very LowExcellent
Cloud
54%around 9 AM
Rain
Dryaround 9 AM
Humidity
47%
Wind
8 mph
6:23 AM Blue hour
6:38 AM Best color
6:53 AM Sunrise
7:33 AM Golden hour ends

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 21 past sunrises rated excellent across every location Sky Time tracks.

Satellite

Tiangong space station

Bright pass, SW to ESE

Rose 5:40 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SW
Rising, then up to S
When
5:40 AM
until 5:44 AM
Visible for
4m 10s
Highest
36° S
Ends
Sets ESE

Steady, silent, and about as fast as a high aircraft.

Sunset

Fair

6:14 PM

Very LowExcellent
Cloud
0%around 7 PM
Rain
Dryaround 7 PM
Humidity
35%
Wind
8 mph
5:34 PM Golden hour
6:14 PM Sunset
6:29 PM Best color
6:43 PM Blue hour ends

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 19 past sunsets rated excellent across every location Sky Time tracks.

Moon

Waning crescent

6% lit

4:05 AM – 5:05 PM

E W
4:05 AM Moonrise
4:28 AM 4°
10:38 AM Highest, 49°
4:42 PM 4°
5:05 PM Moonset

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

How this day turned out

Morning 9 AM 55°F Partly cloudy
54% dry 47% 8 mph
Afternoon 2 PM 75°F Mainly clear
10% dry 26% 15 mph
Evening 7 PM 69°F Clear sky
0% dry 35% 8 mph
Late Night 11 PM 61°F Partly cloudy
50% dry 48% 6 mph

Timetable

  • Moonrise 4:05 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:23 AM–6:53 AM
  • Morning best color 6:38 AM
  • Sunrise 6:53 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:53 AM–7:33 AM
  • Moonset 5:05 PM
  • Evening golden hour 5:34 PM–6:14 PM
  • Sunset 6:14 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:14 PM–6:43 PM
  • Evening best color 6:29 PM
  • Fully dark 7:53 PM–5:16 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:53 PM–5:16 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Baikonur, Kazakhstan

Orionids Active, around 7 an hour
Sat 17 Oct 2026 7:28 PM Orionids Around 16 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 7:23 PM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 4:57 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 4:57 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Thu 5 Nov 2026 6:58 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:10 PM to 5:50 AM Mon 9 Nov 2026 12:01 PM Northern Taurids A few an hour
Thu 12 Nov 2026 6:49 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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