Kourou, French Guiana

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Kourou, French Guiana

Meteor shower

Quadrantids

Around 8 an hour

Best around 4:59 AM

Radiant climbs to
23°
Under a perfect sky
110/hour
Moonlight
46% 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

6:39 AM

6:39 AM

6:17 AM Blue hour
6:39 AM Sunrise
7:09 AM Golden hour ends

Full moon

Full Wolf Moon

Rises 5:52 PM in the ENE

5:52 PM – 6:46 AM

Named for the wolves heard howling on long midwinter nights.

ENE WNW
5:52 PM Moonrise
6:10 PM 4°
12:19 AM Highest, 68°
6:27 AM 4°
6:46 AM Moonset

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

Rises
5:52 PM in the ENE
Exactly full
7:03 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

6:29 PM

6:29 PM

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

5:59 PM Golden hour
6:29 PM Sunset
6:52 PM Blue hour ends

Timetable

  • Moonset 5:40 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:17 AM–6:39 AM
  • Morning best color 6:24 AM
  • Sunrise 6:39 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:39 AM–7:09 AM
  • Moonrise 5:52 PM
  • Evening golden hour 5:59 PM–6:29 PM
  • Sunset 6:29 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:29 PM–6:52 PM
  • Evening best color 6:45 PM
  • Fully dark 7:44 PM–5:25 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Kourou, French Guiana

Tiangong space station Bright pass, SW to SW, 33 deg up
Thu 15 Oct 2026 7:43 PM 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 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