Kourou, French Guiana

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Kourou, French Guiana

That morning

Sunrise

6:22 AM

6:22 AM

6:01 AM Blue hour
6:22 AM Sunrise
6:50 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:37 PM

6:37 PM

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

6:09 PM Golden hour
6:37 PM Sunset
6:58 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Lyrids

Best around 3:52 AM

Very LowExcellent
8:07 PM Dark enough
11:20 PM Moonrise
3:52 AM Best
4:52 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
59°
Under a perfect sky
18/hour
Moonlight
54% lost
Speed
49 km/s

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.

Usually steady, but now and then it has a short burst of many more.

Moon

Waning gibbous

74% lit

11:20 PM – 11:23 AM

ESE WSW
11:20 PM Moonrise
11:39 PM 4°
5:22 AM Highest, 57°
11:05 AM 4°
11:23 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 6:01 AM–6:22 AM
  • Morning best color 6:11 AM
  • Sunrise 6:22 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:22 AM–6:50 AM
  • Moonset 10:29 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:09 PM–6:37 PM
  • Sunset 6:37 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:37 PM–6:58 PM
  • Evening best color 6:55 PM
  • Fully dark 7:47 PM–5:11 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:47 PM–11:27 PM
  • Moonrise 11:21 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Kourou, French Guiana

Halloween Halloween night in Kourou - waning gibbous moon Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:00 PM Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in Kourou - sunset at 6:12 PM Sun 1 Nov 2026 6:12 PM Milky Way Visible 7:23 PM to 8:43 PM with no moon, 25° above the southwestern horizon - 7 nights 1 Nov to 7 Nov
Sun 1 Nov 2026 7:23 PM Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in Kourou - sunset at 6:12 PM Mon 2 Nov 2026 6:12 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 7:41 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:30 PM to 5:00 AM Sun 8 Nov 2026 4:01 AM 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