Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

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Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

That morning

Sunrise

5:53 AM

5:53 AM

5:26 AM Blue hour
5:53 AM Sunrise
6:27 AM Golden hour ends

Rocket launch

Minotaur IV | NROL-174

Launched - a long shot from here

Lifted off 12:33 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
W
Crossing your sky
When
12:33 PM
Highest around 12:39 PM
Distance
492 mi
Climbs to
8°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 8
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

In daylight it reads as a thin contrail, and only briefly.

Sunset

7:03 PM

7:03 PM

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

6:28 PM Golden hour
7:03 PM Sunset
7:29 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

88% lit

11:02 PM – 8:19 AM

SE SW
11:02 PM Moonrise
11:27 PM 4°
3:40 AM Highest, 26°
7:54 AM 4°
8:19 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 5:26 AM–5:53 AM
  • Sunrise 5:53 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:53 AM–6:27 AM
  • Morning best color 6:02 AM
  • Moonset 7:36 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:28 PM–7:03 PM
  • Sunset 7:03 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:03 PM–7:29 PM
  • Evening best color 7:10 PM
  • Fully dark 8:34 PM–4:20 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 8:34 PM–11:04 PM
  • Moonrise 11:02 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

Tiangong space station Modest pass, WNW to NE, 29 deg up
Fri 30 Oct 2026 6:27 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-18 Long shot, look W
Fri 30 Oct 2026 9:02 PM Southern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Fri 30 Oct 2026 7:04 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Fri 30 Oct 2026 7:04 PM Halloween Halloween night in Grand Canyon - waning gibbous moon
Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:00 PM Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in Grand Canyon - sunset at 5:32 PM
Sun 1 Nov 2026 5:32 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