Baikonur, Kazakhstan

Friday, October 15, 2027

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Baikonur, Kazakhstan

That morning

Sunrise

7:02 AM

7:02 AM

Clears the hills at 7:05 AM, 3 min after sunrise

6:32 AM Blue hour
7:02 AM Sunrise
7:43 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:02 PM

6:02 PM

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

5:22 PM Golden hour
6:02 PM Sunset
6:32 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Orionids

Best around 4:47 AM

Very LowExcellent
7:32 PM Dark enough
4:47 AM Best
5:34 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
59°
Under a perfect sky
20/hour
Moonlight
62% lost
Speed
66 km/s

Where they come from: Halley's Comet (1P/Halley)

Dust shed by Halley's Comet, the same stream as May's Eta Aquariids. The comet itself last came round in 1986 and returns in 2061; its dust arrives every October.

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.

Also from Halley's Comet. Fast meteors that often leave glowing trails.

Full moon

Full Hunter's Moon

Rises 5:30 PM in the ENE

5:30 PM – 7:55 AM

The full moon after the Harvest Moon. Hunters tracked game across the fields the harvest had cleared, by its light.

ENE WNW
5:30 PM Moonrise
5:53 PM 4°
12:38 AM Highest, 59°
7:30 AM 4°
7:55 AM Moonset

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

Rises
5:30 PM in the ENE
Exactly full
6:53 PM
Distance
242,213 mi

The disc is biggest and most orange in the first half hour above the horizon, and moonrise here is worked out to the minute for a flat horizon.

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:32 AM–7:02 AM
  • Moonset 6:45 AM
  • Sunrise 7:02 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:02 AM–7:43 AM
  • Morning best color 7:13 AM
  • Evening golden hour 5:22 PM–6:02 PM
  • Moonrise 5:30 PM
  • Evening best color 5:44 PM
  • Sunset 6:02 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:02 PM–6:32 PM
  • Fully dark 7:41 PM–5:25 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

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