Baikonur, Kazakhstan

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Baikonur, Kazakhstan

Meteor shower

Quadrantids

Best around 5:59 AM

Very LowExcellent
6:44 PM Dark enough
4:32 AM Moonset
5:59 AM Best
6:57 AM Too light
Estimate
~20/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

5:14 PM

5:14 PM

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

4:25 PM Golden hour
5:14 PM Sunset
5:48 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing gibbous

76% lit

1:22 PM – 4:32 AM

ENE WNW
1:22 PM Moonrise
1:47 PM 4°
8:54 PM Highest, 63°
4:06 AM 4°
4:32 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 3:33 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
  • Moonrise 1:23 PM
  • Evening golden hour 4:25 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 7:02 PM–6:39 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 4:42 AM–6:39 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Baikonur, Kazakhstan

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