Kourou, French Guiana

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Kourou, French Guiana

Meteor shower

Geminids

Active, around 28 an hour

Best around 2:48 AM

Radiant climbs to
63°
Under a perfect sky
150/hour
Moonlight
53% lost
Speed
35 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.

The strongest shower of the year, and you can watch it most of the night.

That morning

Sunrise

6:28 AM

6:28 AM

6:05 AM Blue hour
6:28 AM Sunrise
6:58 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:18 PM

6:18 PM

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

5:48 PM Golden hour
6:18 PM Sunset
6:40 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

73% lit

11:09 PM – 11:40 AM

ENE W
11:09 PM Moonrise
11:25 PM 4°
5:25 AM Highest, 83°
11:24 AM 4°
11:40 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–6:28 AM
  • Morning best color 6:13 AM
  • Sunrise 6:28 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:28 AM–6:58 AM
  • Moonset 10:55 AM
  • Evening golden hour 5:48 PM–6:18 PM
  • Sunset 6:18 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:18 PM–6:40 PM
  • Evening best color 6:33 PM
  • Fully dark 7:32 PM–5:14 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:32 PM–11:12 PM
  • Moonrise 11:09 PM

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 Tiangong space station Bright pass, WSW to N, 31 deg up
Sat 17 Oct 2026 7:22 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