Kourou, French Guiana

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Kourou, French Guiana

Meteor shower

Leonids

Around 11 an hour

Best around 4:41 AM

Very LowExcellent
Radiant climbs to
54°
Under a perfect sky
15/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
71 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. Clouds are not counted here: check the sunset page for those.

Usually modest, but about every 33 years it has produced the biggest meteor storms on record.

That morning

Sunrise

6:18 AM

6:18 AM

5:57 AM Blue hour
6:18 AM Sunrise
6:48 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:11 PM

6:11 PM

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

5:42 PM Golden hour
6:11 PM Sunset
6:33 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning crescent

12% lit

3:25 AM – 3:39 PM

E W
3:25 AM Moonrise
3:42 AM 4°
9:32 AM Highest, 77°
3:23 PM 4°
3:39 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 3:26 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:57 AM–6:18 AM
  • Morning best color 6:04 AM
  • Sunrise 6:18 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:18 AM–6:48 AM
  • Moonset 3:39 PM
  • Evening golden hour 5:42 PM–6:11 PM
  • Sunset 6:11 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:11 PM–6:33 PM
  • Evening best color 6:27 PM
  • Fully dark 7:24 PM–5:06 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:24 PM–4:14 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Kourou, French Guiana

Orionids Active, around 6 an hour
Fri 16 Oct 2026 4:31 AM Tiangong space station Bright pass, WSW to N, 31 deg up
Sat 17 Oct 2026 7:21 PM Orionids Around 19 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 4:44 AM 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 12:56 AM 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

Every celestial event, and where else to see it