Kourou, French Guiana

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Kourou, French Guiana

Rocket launch

Vega-C | KOMPSAT-7

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 2:21 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
WNW
Crossing your sky
When
2:21 PM
Highest around 2:30 PM
Distance
10 mi
Climbs to
85°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV)
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

In daylight it reads as a thin contrail, and only briefly.

That morning

Sunrise

6:24 AM

6:24 AM

6:02 AM Blue hour
6:24 AM Sunrise
6:54 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:15 PM

6:15 PM

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

5:45 PM Golden hour
6:15 PM Sunset
6:37 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing gibbous

84% lit

3:08 PM – 3:45 AM

ENE WNW
3:08 PM Moonrise
3:25 PM 4°
9:25 PM Highest, 81°
3:28 AM 4°
3:45 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 2:50 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:02 AM–6:24 AM
  • Morning best color 6:09 AM
  • Sunrise 6:24 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:24 AM–6:54 AM
  • Moonrise 3:09 PM
  • Evening golden hour 5:45 PM–6:15 PM
  • Sunset 6:15 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:15 PM–6:37 PM
  • Evening best color 6:30 PM
  • Fully dark 7:29 PM–5:10 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 3:49 AM–5:10 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Kourou, French Guiana

Tiangong space station Modest pass, SSW to E, 27 deg up
Fri 16 Oct 2026 6:44 PM 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 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