Kourou, French Guiana

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Kourou, French Guiana

That morning

Sunrise

6:15 AM

6:15 AM

Clears the hills at 6:18 AM, 3 min after sunrise

5:54 AM Blue hour
6:15 AM Sunrise
6:43 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:15 PM

6:15 PM

Behind the hills at 6:11 PM, 4 min before sunset

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

5:47 PM Golden hour
6:15 PM Sunset
6:36 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Orionids

Best around 4:00 AM

Very LowExcellent
7:45 PM Dark enough
4:00 AM Best
4:45 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
73°
Under a perfect sky
20/hour
Moonlight
79% 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

Supermoon - rises 6:30 PM in the ENE

6:30 PM – 7:09 AM

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

ENE WNW
6:30 PM Moonrise
6:47 PM 4°
12:48 AM Highest, 80°
6:52 AM 4°
7:09 AM Moonset

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

Rises
6:30 PM in the ENE
Exactly full
8:29 AM
Distance
221,760 mi - supermoon

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 5:54 AM–6:15 AM
  • Moonset 6:11 AM
  • Sunrise 6:15 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:15 AM–6:43 AM
  • Morning best color 6:27 AM
  • Evening golden hour 5:47 PM–6:15 PM
  • Evening best color 5:57 PM
  • Sunset 6:15 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:15 PM–6:36 PM
  • Moonrise 6:31 PM
  • Fully dark 7:25 PM–5:06 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Kourou, French Guiana

Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in Kourou - sunset at 6:12 PM
Mon 2 Nov 2026 6:12 PM International Space Station Modest pass, SSW to S, 16 deg up
Mon 2 Nov 2026 7:46 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Mon 2 Nov 2026 7:42 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Mon 2 Nov 2026 7:42 PM International Space Station Modest pass, SSE to ESE, 17 deg up
Tue 3 Nov 2026 6:59 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 7:41 PM Partial solar eclipse 7.9% of the Sun covered
Sat 6 Feb 2027 2:19 PM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 1:13 AM Partial solar eclipse 83.4% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 12:10 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 101 minutes
Mon 25 Jun 2029 12:22 AM Total lunar eclipse 88% of it above your horizon
Thu 20 Dec 2029 7:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 1.6% of the Sun covered
Mon 20 Mar 2034 6:33 AM Partial solar eclipse 1.6% of the Sun covered
Tue 12 Sep 2034 1:33 PM Partial lunar eclipse 1% of the Moon in shadow
Wed 27 Sep 2034 11:46 PM Partial lunar eclipse 10% of the Moon in shadow
Sat 18 Aug 2035 10:11 PM Total lunar eclipse 66% of it above your horizon
Mon 11 Feb 2036 7:12 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 95 minutes
Wed 6 Aug 2036 11:51 PM Partial solar eclipse 97.2% of the Sun covered
Sat 12 Aug 2045 3:55 PM Partial solar eclipse 0.7% of the Sun covered
Thu 2 Aug 2046 6:25 AM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it