Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

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Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

That morning

Sunrise

7:35 AM

7:35 AM

Clears the mountains at 8:22 AM, 47 min after sunrise

7:06 AM Blue hour
7:35 AM Sunrise
8:15 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:17 PM

5:17 PM

Behind the mountains at 4:25 PM, 52 min before sunset

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

4:37 PM Golden hour
5:17 PM Sunset
5:46 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Ursids

Best around 5:17 AM

Very LowExcellent
6:47 PM Dark enough
10:55 PM Moonrise
5:17 AM Best
6:05 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
44°
Under a perfect sky
10/hour
Moonlight
51% lost
Speed
33 km/s

Where they come from: Comet Tuttle (8P/Tuttle)

Dust from Comet Tuttle, which comes round every 13.6 years. A quiet shower most years, around the winter solstice, with now and then a burst of much higher rates.

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.

From most of the Northern Hemisphere it never sets, so you can watch it all night.

Moon

Waning gibbous

70% lit

10:55 PM – 11:59 AM

E W
10:55 PM Moonrise
11:15 PM 4°
5:29 AM Highest, 61°
11:39 AM 4°
11:59 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 7:06 AM–7:35 AM
  • Sunrise 7:35 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:35 AM–8:15 AM
  • Morning best color 7:45 AM
  • Moonset 11:36 AM
  • Evening golden hour 4:37 PM–5:17 PM
  • Evening best color 5:09 PM
  • Sunset 5:17 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:17 PM–5:46 PM
  • Fully dark 6:49 PM–6:03 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 6:49 PM–10:59 PM
  • Moonrise 10:56 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Tue 3 Nov 2026 7:00 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Tue 3 Nov 2026 7:00 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 6:59 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-432 Long shot, look W
Fri 6 Nov 2026 5:46 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:00 PM to 5:30 AM Sun 8 Nov 2026 12:01 AM Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-xxx Long shot, look W
Mon 9 Nov 2026 8:03 PM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 9:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 3.9% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 7:32 AM Partial solar eclipse 57.8% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 9:33 AM Total lunar eclipse 68% of it above your horizon
Mon 25 Jun 2029 8:22 PM Partial solar eclipse 1.4% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 2:50 PM Partial solar eclipse 23.6% of the Sun covered
Wed 30 Mar 2033 10:33 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 78 minutes
Fri 7 Oct 2033 3:55 AM Partial lunar eclipse 1% of the Moon in shadow
Wed 27 Sep 2034 7:46 PM Total lunar eclipse 62% of it above your horizon
Wed 6 Aug 2036 7:51 PM Partial solar eclipse 85.7% of the Sun covered
Tue 23 Aug 2044 7:03 PM Partial solar eclipse 90.9% of the Sun covered
Sat 12 Aug 2045 9:29 AM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it