Kourou, French Guiana

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Kourou, French Guiana

Meteor shower

Perseids

Around 16 an hour

Best around 4:44 AM

The night8:14 PM – 4:56 AM+1

Very LowExcellent
Radiant climbs to
34°
Under a perfect sky
100/hour
Moonlight
71% lost
Speed
59 km/s

The rate at the top 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.

That morning

Sunrise

6:26 AM

6:26 AM

6:05 AM Blue hour
6:26 AM Sunrise
6:55 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:44 PM

6:44 PM

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

6:16 PM Golden hour
6:44 PM Sunset
7:06 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

94% lit

8:45 PM – 9:07 AM

E W
8:45 PM Moonrise
9:01 PM 4°
2:55 AM Highest, 85°
8:51 AM 4°
9:07 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 6:05 AM–6:26 AM
  • Morning best color 6:11 AM
  • Sunrise 6:26 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:26 AM–6:55 AM
  • Moonset 8:18 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:16 PM–6:44 PM
  • Sunset 6:44 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:44 PM–7:06 PM
  • Evening best color 7:00 PM
  • Fully dark 7:56 PM–5:14 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:56 PM–8:46 PM
  • Moonrise 8:45 PM

Upcoming celestial events for Kourou, French Guiana

Orionids Around 19 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 7:44 PM Tiangong space station Modest pass, SW to SSW, 13 deg up
Wed 21 Oct 2026 5:30 AM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 5:47 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 5:47 PM Halloween Halloween night in Kourou - waning gibbous moon Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:00 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 Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 7:41 PM 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