Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

Tuesday, May 5, 2026

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Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA Tuesday 5 May 2026

Meteor shower

Eta Aquariids

Around 9 an hour

Best around 3:49 AM

Radiant climbs to
21°
Under a perfect sky
50/hour
Moonlight
43% 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

5:31 AM

5:31 AM

5:03 AM Blue hour
5:31 AM Sunrise
6:06 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:19 PM

7:19 PM

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

6:43 PM Golden hour
7:19 PM Sunset
7:47 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

86% lit

11:28 PM – 8:47 AM

SE SW
11:28 PM Moonrise
11:53 PM 4°
4:07 AM Highest, 26°
8:22 AM 4°
8:47 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 5:03 AM–5:31 AM
  • Sunrise 5:31 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:31 AM–6:06 AM
  • Morning best color 5:40 AM
  • Moonset 7:52 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:43 PM–7:19 PM
  • Evening best color 6:59 PM
  • Sunset 7:19 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:19 PM–7:47 PM
  • Fully dark 8:56 PM–3:52 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 8:56 PM–11:36 PM
  • Moonrise 11:28 PM
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Upcoming celestial events for Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

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Sun 11 Oct 2026 4:42 AM Post-Tropical Cyclone Rachel Rain bands and gusts possible, passing to the west
Sun 11 Oct 2026 11:00 AM Tiangong space station Brilliant pass, WNW to ESE, 86 deg up
Mon 12 Oct 2026 5:18 AM Orionids Around 18 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 4:46 AM 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

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