Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

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Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

That morning

Sunrise

5:24 AM

5:24 AM

4:55 AM Blue hour
5:24 AM Sunrise
6:02 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:44 PM

7:44 PM

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

7:07 PM Golden hour
7:44 PM Sunset
8:13 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Southern Delta Aquariids

Best around 2:59 AM

Very LowExcellent
9:14 PM Dark enough
11:45 PM Moonrise
2:59 AM Best
3:55 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
37°
Under a perfect sky
25/hour
Moonlight
34% lost
Speed
41 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.

Stays near its best for several nights, not just one.

Milky Way

Milky Way

Fair viewing

Visible from 9:29 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
9:29 PM to 11:39 PM
Where to look
Southern horizon, up to 25° above it
Highest at
10:29 PM
Sky fully dark
9:29 PM to 3:40 AM
Sky darkness
Good
Cloud
Not forecast yet

The bright center of the Milky Way: when it is above the horizon with the sky fully dark and the Moon set, brought down for how dark the sky is here (estimated from the towns around by Walker's law) and for cloud where the forecast reaches.

Moon

Last quarter

53% lit

11:16 PM – 12:38 PM

E W
11:16 PM Moonrise
11:35 PM 4°
5:54 AM Highest, 64°
12:17 PM 4°
12:38 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 4:55 AM–5:24 AM
  • Sunrise 5:24 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:24 AM–6:02 AM
  • Morning best color 5:34 AM
  • Moonset 12:38 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:07 PM–7:44 PM
  • Sunset 7:44 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:44 PM–8:13 PM
  • Evening best color 7:52 PM
  • Fully dark 9:29 PM–3:40 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 9:29 PM–11:49 PM
  • Moonrise 11:45 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-16 Long shot, look W
Mon 26 Oct 2026 9:45 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-18 Long shot, look W
Thu 29 Oct 2026 9:02 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 Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in Grand Canyon - sunset at 5:31 PM Mon 2 Nov 2026 5:31 PM Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-21 Long shot, look W
Wed 4 Nov 2026 10:14 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