Kourou, French Guiana

Friday, May 1, 2026

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Kourou, French Guiana Friday 1 May 2026

Meteor shower

Eta Aquariids

Active, around 6 an hour

Best around 4:36 AM

Radiant climbs to
34°
Under a perfect sky
50/hour
Moonlight
56% lost
Speed
66 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.

Comes from Halley's Comet. Best from the Southern Hemisphere, in the hours before dawn.

That morning

Sunrise

6:18 AM

6:18 AM

5:57 AM Blue hour
6:18 AM Sunrise
6:47 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:36 PM

6:36 PM

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

6:08 PM Golden hour
6:36 PM Sunset
6:58 PM Blue hour ends

Full moon

Flower Moon

Rises 6:37 PM in the ESE

6:37 PM – 6:43 AM

ESE WSW
6:37 PM Moonrise
6:54 PM 4°
12:39 AM Highest, 64°
6:25 AM 4°
6:43 AM Moonset

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

Rises
6:37 PM in the ESE
Exactly full
2:24 PM
Distance
249,484 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.

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 5:57 AM–6:18 AM
  • Moonset 5:59 AM
  • Morning best color 6:03 AM
  • Sunrise 6:18 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:18 AM–6:47 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:08 PM–6:36 PM
  • Sunset 6:36 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:36 PM–6:58 PM
  • Moonrise 6:38 PM
  • Evening best color 6:52 PM
  • Fully dark 7:48 PM–5:06 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up
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Upcoming celestial events for Kourou, French Guiana

International Space Station Bright pass, SSW to ENE, 34 deg up
Sat 10 Oct 2026 5:03 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:30 PM to 5:00 AM Sat 10 Oct 2026 12:50 PM Milky Way Visible 7:27 PM to 10:07 PM with no moon, 40° above the southwestern horizon - 4 nights 10 Oct to 13 Oct
Sat 10 Oct 2026 7:27 PM International Space Station Modest pass, ESE to E, 15 deg up
Sun 11 Oct 2026 4:20 AM Orionids Around 19 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 4:44 AM Hunter's Moon Rises 5:47 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 5:47 PM 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

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