Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

Friday, July 31, 2026

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Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA Friday 31 July 2026

Meteor shower

Perseids

Active, around 7 an hour

Best around 4:37 AM

Radiant climbs to
58°
Under a perfect sky
100/hour
Moonlight
71% lost
Speed
59 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.

The most dependable shower of the year, on warm summer nights in the north.

Rocket launch

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-52

Launched - a long shot from here

Lifted off 8:08 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
W
Heading your way
When
8:08 PM
Highest around 8:17 PM
Distance
489 mi
Climbs to
11°
Lighting
Twilight window
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Landing
Sea - Of Course I Still Love You
Too far downrange to see

The sun is far enough down that the ground is dark and still high enough to light the plume: exhaust expanding into near-vacuum turns into a glowing bell visible for hundreds of miles.

That morning

Sunrise

5:35 AM

5:35 AM

5:06 AM Blue hour
5:35 AM Sunrise
6:11 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:34 PM

7:34 PM

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

6:58 PM Golden hour
7:34 PM Sunset
8:02 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

95% lit

8:51 PM – 8:32 AM

ESE W
8:51 PM Moonrise
9:11 PM 4°
2:41 AM Highest, 48°
8:12 AM 4°
8:32 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 5:06 AM–5:35 AM
  • Sunrise 5:35 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:35 AM–6:11 AM
  • Morning best color 5:44 AM
  • Moonset 7:31 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:58 PM–7:34 PM
  • Evening best color 7:17 PM
  • Sunset 7:34 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:34 PM–8:02 PM
  • Moonrise 8:51 PM
  • Fully dark 9:14 PM–3:56 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up
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Upcoming celestial events for Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

Milky Way Visible 7:28 PM to 8:38 PM with no moon, 17° above the south-southwestern horizon - 6 nights 7 Oct to 12 Oct
Wed 7 Oct 2026 7:28 PM Tiangong space station Bright pass, WNW to ENE, 38 deg up
Thu 8 Oct 2026 5:59 AM Draconids A few an hour
Thu 8 Oct 2026 7:32 PM Tiangong space station Bright pass, NNW to ENE, 31 deg up
Fri 9 Oct 2026 5:02 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:30 PM to 5:00 AM Fri 9 Oct 2026 8:50 AM Tropical Storm Rachel Rain bands and gusts possible, passing to the west
Sun 11 Oct 2026 2:44 PM

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