Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

Friday, January 2, 2026

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Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

Meteor shower

Quadrantids

Around 44 an hour

Best around 5:55 AM

Radiant climbs to
55°
Under a perfect sky
110/hour
Moonlight
49% lost
Speed
41 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.

Its peak is short: only a few hours either side of it are worth watching.

That morning

Sunrise

7:39 AM

7:39 AM

7:11 AM Blue hour
7:39 AM Sunrise
8:19 AM Golden hour ends

Full moon

Full Wolf Moon

Rises 4:37 PM in the NE

4:37 PM – 8:12 AM

Named for the wolves heard howling on long midwinter nights.

ENE WNW
4:37 PM Moonrise
5:01 PM 4°
12:27 AM Highest, 81°
7:49 AM 4°
8:12 AM Moonset

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

Rises
4:37 PM in the NE
Exactly full
3:03 AM
Distance
225,151 mi

The disc is biggest and most orange in the first half hour above the horizon, and moonrise here is worked out to the minute for a flat horizon.

Sunset

5:25 PM

5:25 PM

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

4:46 PM Golden hour
5:25 PM Sunset
5:54 PM Blue hour ends

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 7:11 AM–7:39 AM
  • Moonset 7:14 AM
  • Sunrise 7:39 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:39 AM–8:19 AM
  • Morning best color 7:49 AM
  • Moonrise 4:38 PM
  • Evening golden hour 4:46 PM–5:25 PM
  • Evening best color 5:10 PM
  • Sunset 5:25 PM
  • Evening blue hour 5:25 PM–5:54 PM
  • Fully dark 6:57 PM–6:08 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

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 New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:00 PM to 5:30 AM Sun 8 Nov 2026 12:01 AM Northern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 11 Nov 2026 12:53 AM Leonids Around 12 an hour
Mon 16 Nov 2026 5:34 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