Kourou, French Guiana

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

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Kourou, French Guiana

That morning

Sunrise

6:15 AM

6:15 AM

5:54 AM Blue hour
6:15 AM Sunrise
6:43 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:14 PM

6:14 PM

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

5:46 PM Golden hour
6:14 PM Sunset
6:35 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Orionids

Active, around 14 an hour

Best around 4:44 AM

The night7:44 PM – 4:45 AM+1

Very LowExcellent
Radiant climbs to
79°
Under a perfect sky
20/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
66 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.

Also from Halley's Comet. Fast meteors that often leave glowing trails.

Milky Way

Milky Way

Poor viewing

Visible from 7:24 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
7:24 PM to 9:24 PM
Where to look
Southwestern horizon, up to 33° above it
Highest at
7:24 PM
Sky fully dark
7:24 PM to 5:05 AM
Sky darkness
Limited
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

New moon

0% lit

6:10 AM – 6:18 PM

ESE WSW
6:10 AM Moonrise
6:26 AM 4°
12:13 PM Highest, 70°
6:02 PM 4°
6:18 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 5:54 AM–6:15 AM
  • Morning best color 6:00 AM
  • Moonrise 6:10 AM
  • Sunrise 6:15 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:15 AM–6:43 AM
  • Evening golden hour 5:46 PM–6:14 PM
  • Sunset 6:14 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:14 PM–6:35 PM
  • Moonset 6:19 PM
  • Evening best color 6:30 PM
  • Fully dark 7:24 PM–5:05 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:24 PM–5:05 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Kourou, French Guiana

Orionids Active, around 8 an hour
Sat 17 Oct 2026 7:45 PM Tiangong space station Modest pass, N to E, 25 deg up
Sun 18 Oct 2026 5:14 AM Orionids Around 19 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 7:44 PM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 5:47 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 5:47 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