Baikonur, Kazakhstan

Wednesday, January 2, 2030

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Baikonur, Kazakhstan

Meteor shower

Quadrantids

Best around 5:59 AM

Very LowExcellent
6:44 PM Dark enough
5:59 AM Best
6:57 AM Too light
Estimate
~9/hour
from a dark spot here
Radiant climbs to
57°
Under a perfect sky
110/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
41 km/s

Where they come from: Asteroid 2003 EH1

Dust from 2003 EH1, a small asteroid that is probably a burnt-out comet. Earth crosses its thin, young stream at a steep angle, which is why the peak lasts only hours.

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.

Its peak is short: only a few hours either side of it are worth watching.

That morning

Sunrise

8:27 AM

8:27 AM

7:53 AM Blue hour
8:27 AM Sunrise
9:16 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:14 PM

5:14 PM

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

4:24 PM Golden hour
5:14 PM Sunset
5:48 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning crescent

5% lit

6:36 AM – 3:25 PM

SE SW
6:36 AM Moonrise
7:05 AM 4°
11:00 AM Highest, 21°
2:56 PM 4°
3:25 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 6:36 AM
  • Morning blue hour 7:53 AM–8:27 AM
  • Sunrise 8:27 AM
  • Morning golden hour 8:27 AM–9:16 AM
  • Morning best color 8:38 AM
  • Moonset 3:25 PM
  • Evening golden hour 4:24 PM–5:14 PM
  • Evening best color 4:56 PM
  • Sunset 5:14 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:14 PM–5:48 PM
  • Fully dark 7:01 PM–6:39 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:01 PM–6:39 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Baikonur, Kazakhstan

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