Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

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Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

That morning

Sunrise

5:34 AM

5:34 AM

5:06 AM Blue hour
5:34 AM Sunrise
6:10 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:35 PM

7:35 PM

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

6:59 PM Golden hour
7:35 PM Sunset
8:03 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Perseids

Best around 3:20 AM

Very LowExcellent
9:05 PM Dark enough
10:40 PM Moonset
3:20 AM Best
4:05 AM Too light
Estimate
~20/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
48°
Under a perfect sky
100/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
59 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.

The most dependable shower of the year, on warm summer nights in the north.

Meteor shower

Southern Delta Aquariids

Best around 2:35 AM

Very LowExcellent
9:05 PM Dark enough
10:40 PM Moonset
2:35 AM Best
4:05 AM Too light
Estimate
~7/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
38°
Under a perfect sky
25/hour
Moonlight
No interference
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

Good viewing

Visible from 10:45 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
10:45 PM to 1:15 AM
Where to look
South-southwestern horizon, up to 23° above it
Highest at
10:45 PM
Sky fully dark
9:15 PM to 3:55 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

Waxing crescent

34% lit

11:27 AM – 10:40 PM

ESE WSW
11:27 AM Moonrise
11:47 AM 4°
5:04 PM Highest, 43°
10:19 PM 4°
10:40 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 5:06 AM–5:34 AM
  • Sunrise 5:34 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:34 AM–6:10 AM
  • Morning best color 5:44 AM
  • Moonrise 11:27 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:59 PM–7:35 PM
  • Evening best color 7:20 PM
  • Sunset 7:35 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:35 PM–8:03 PM
  • Fully dark 9:15 PM–3:55 AM
  • Moonset 10:40 PM
  • Dark, no Moon 10:45 PM–3:55 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

Tiangong space station Modest pass, SSW to ESE, 20 deg up
Thu 22 Oct 2026 6:21 PM Orionids Active, around 11 an hour
Thu 22 Oct 2026 7:13 PM Tiangong space station Brilliant pass, WSW to E, 68 deg up
Fri 23 Oct 2026 6:57 PM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 5:10 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 5:10 PM Halloween Halloween night in Grand Canyon - waning gibbous moon Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:00 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 6:59 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