Baikonur, Kazakhstan

Tuesday, October 19, 2027

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Baikonur, Kazakhstan

That morning

Sunrise

7:08 AM

7:08 AM

6:37 AM Blue hour
7:08 AM Sunrise
7:48 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:55 PM

5:55 PM

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

5:14 PM Golden hour
5:55 PM Sunset
6:25 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Orionids

Best around 4:40 AM

Very LowExcellent
7:25 PM Dark enough
7:49 PM Moonrise
4:40 AM Best
5:39 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
60°
Under a perfect sky
20/hour
Moonlight
63% 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.

Moon

Waning gibbous

85% lit

7:49 PM – 12:35 PM

NE NW
7:49 PM Moonrise
8:18 PM 4°
4:12 AM Highest, 71°
12:06 PM 4°
12:35 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:37 AM–7:08 AM
  • Sunrise 7:08 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:08 AM–7:48 AM
  • Morning best color 7:19 AM
  • Moonset 11:33 AM
  • Evening golden hour 5:14 PM–5:55 PM
  • Evening best color 5:37 PM
  • Sunset 5:55 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:55 PM–6:25 PM
  • Fully dark 7:34 PM–5:30 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:34 PM–7:54 PM
  • Moonrise 7:50 PM

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