Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

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Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

That morning

Sunrise

5:25 AM

5:25 AM

4:56 AM Blue hour
5:25 AM Sunrise
6:02 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:43 PM

7:43 PM

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

7:06 PM Golden hour
7:43 PM Sunset
8:13 PM Blue hour ends

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-3

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 8:52 PM

Very LowExcellent

Space jellyfish possible 8:57 PM–8:59 PM, WSW about 4° up

Look
W
Crossing your sky
When
8:52 PM
Highest around 8:57 PM
Distance
489 mi
Climbs to
4°
Lighting
Twilight window
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Landing
Sea - Of Course I Still Love You
Too far downrange to see

The sun is far enough down that the ground is dark and still high enough to light the plume: exhaust expanding into near-vacuum turns into a glowing bell visible for hundreds of miles.

Milky Way

Milky Way

Good viewing

Visible from 9:28 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
9:28 PM to 12:08 AM
Where to look
Southern horizon, up to 25° above it
Highest at
10:28 PM
Sky fully dark
9:28 PM to 3:42 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

41% lit

11:45 PM – 1:49 PM

ENE WNW
11:45 PM Moonrise
12:05 AM 4°
6:43 AM Highest, 70°
1:28 PM 4°
1:49 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 4:56 AM–5:25 AM
  • Sunrise 5:25 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:25 AM–6:02 AM
  • Morning best color 5:35 AM
  • Moonset 1:50 PM
  • Evening golden hour 7:06 PM–7:43 PM
  • Sunset 7:43 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:43 PM–8:13 PM
  • Evening best color 7:51 PM
  • Fully dark 9:28 PM–3:42 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 9:28 PM–12:18 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

Full Hunter's Moon Rises 5:10 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 5:10 PM Tiangong space station Brilliant pass, WSW to ENE, 69 deg up
Sun 25 Oct 2026 6:34 PM 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 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