Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

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Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

Meteor shower

Ursids

A few an hour

Best around 6:02 AM

Very LowExcellent
Radiant climbs to
46°
Under a perfect sky
10/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
33 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.

From most of the Northern Hemisphere it never sets, so you can watch it all night.

Equinox or solstice

Winter solstice

The moment itself, 8:03 AM

Sunrise
7:35 AM, ESE (120°)
Sunset
5:17 PM, WSW (241°)
Daylight
9h 42m

That morning

Sunrise

7:35 AM

7:35 AM

7:07 AM Blue hour
7:35 AM Sunrise
8:15 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

5:17 PM

5:17 PM

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

4:37 PM Golden hour
5:17 PM Sunset
5:46 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing crescent

3% lit

9:11 AM – 6:44 PM

SE SW
9:11 AM Moonrise
9:35 AM 4°
1:57 PM Highest, 28°
6:20 PM 4°
6:44 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 7:07 AM–7:35 AM
  • Sunrise 7:35 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:35 AM–8:15 AM
  • Morning best color 7:45 AM
  • Moonrise 9:11 AM
  • Evening golden hour 4:37 PM–5:17 PM
  • Evening best color 5:02 PM
  • Sunset 5:17 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:17 PM–5:46 PM
  • Moonset 6:45 PM
  • Fully dark 6:49 PM–6:04 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 6:49 PM–6:04 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

International Space Station Modest pass, W to NNE, 27 deg up
Fri 16 Oct 2026 5:57 AM Orionids Active, around 6 an hour
Fri 16 Oct 2026 5:06 AM Orionids Around 18 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 4:46 AM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 5:10 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 5:10 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 12:59 AM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 9:13 PM Partial solar eclipse 3.9% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 7:32 AM Partial solar eclipse 57.8% of the Sun covered
Sun 14 Jan 2029 9:33 AM Total lunar eclipse 68% of it above your horizon
Mon 25 Jun 2029 8:22 PM Partial solar eclipse 1.4% of the Sun covered
Fri 14 Nov 2031 2:50 PM Partial solar eclipse 23.6% of the Sun covered
Wed 30 Mar 2033 10:33 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 78 minutes
Fri 7 Oct 2033 3:55 AM Partial lunar eclipse 1% of the Moon in shadow
Wed 27 Sep 2034 7:46 PM Total lunar eclipse 62% of it above your horizon
Wed 6 Aug 2036 7:51 PM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it