Baikonur, Kazakhstan

Thursday, January 3, 2030

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Baikonur, Kazakhstan

Meteor shower

Quadrantids

Best around 6:00 AM

Very LowExcellent
6:45 PM Dark enough
6:00 AM Best
6:57 AM Too light
Estimate
~6/hour
from a dark spot here
Radiant climbs to
58°
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

5:15 PM

5:15 PM

Too far ahead for a weather forecast. These are the sunrise and sunset times - they will not change.

4:26 PM Golden hour
5:15 PM Sunset
5:49 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

New moon

1% lit

New moon today at 7:50 AM

Moonless and fully dark 7:10 PM to 6:30 AM

7:36 AM – 4:33 PM

SE SW
7:36 AM Moonrise
8:04 AM 4°
12:04 PM Highest, 22°
4:04 PM 4°
4:33 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 7:36 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
  • Evening golden hour 4:26 PM–5:15 PM
  • Moonset 4:33 PM
  • Evening best color 4:57 PM
  • Sunset 5:15 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:15 PM–5:49 PM
  • Fully dark 7:02 PM–6:39 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:02 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