Kourou, French Guiana

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Kourou, French Guiana

Meteor shower

Geminids

Active, around 83 an hour

Best around 2:20 AM

Radiant climbs to
63°
Under a perfect sky
150/hour
Moonlight
No interference
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

6:31 AM

6:31 AM

6:08 AM Blue hour
6:31 AM Sunrise
7:01 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:20 PM

6:20 PM

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

5:50 PM Golden hour
6:20 PM Sunset
6:43 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning crescent

17% lit

2:50 AM – 2:57 PM

ESE WSW
2:50 AM Moonrise
3:06 AM 4°
8:53 AM Highest, 68°
2:40 PM 4°
2:57 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 2:50 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:08 AM–6:31 AM
  • Morning best color 6:16 AM
  • Sunrise 6:31 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:31 AM–7:01 AM
  • Moonset 2:58 PM
  • Evening golden hour 5:50 PM–6:20 PM
  • Sunset 6:20 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:20 PM–6:43 PM
  • Evening best color 6:36 PM
  • Fully dark 7:35 PM–5:16 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:35 PM–3:35 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 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 New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:30 PM to 5:00 AM Sun 8 Nov 2026 4:01 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