Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

Tuesday, August 4, 2026

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Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA Tuesday 4 August 2026

Meteor shower

Perseids

Active, around 21 an hour

Best around 4:48 AM

Radiant climbs to
61°
Under a perfect sky
100/hour
Moonlight
45% 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.

That morning

Sunrise

5:38 AM

5:38 AM

5:10 AM Blue hour
5:38 AM Sunrise
6:14 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:30 PM

7:30 PM

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

6:54 PM Golden hour
7:30 PM Sunset
7:58 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning gibbous

64% lit

10:35 PM – 12:53 PM

ENE WNW
10:35 PM Moonrise
10:56 PM 4°
5:40 AM Highest, 72°
12:31 PM 4°
12:53 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 5:10 AM–5:38 AM
  • Sunrise 5:38 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:38 AM–6:14 AM
  • Morning best color 5:47 AM
  • Moonset 11:44 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:54 PM–7:30 PM
  • Evening best color 7:14 PM
  • Sunset 7:30 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:30 PM–7:58 PM
  • Fully dark 9:08 PM–4:01 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 9:08 PM–10:38 PM
  • Moonrise 10:36 PM
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Next day → Wednesday Wed, Aug 5

Upcoming celestial events for Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

Tiangong space station Modest pass, NW to ENE, 29 deg up
Wed 7 Oct 2026 5:22 AM Milky Way Visible 7:28 PM to 8:38 PM with no moon, 17° above the south-southwestern horizon - 7 nights 6 Oct to 12 Oct
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Thu 8 Oct 2026 4:26 AM Draconids A few an hour
Thu 8 Oct 2026 7:32 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:30 PM to 5:00 AM Fri 9 Oct 2026 8:50 AM Orionids Around 18 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 4:46 AM

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