Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

Thursday, August 6, 2026

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Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA Thursday 6 August 2026

Meteor shower

Perseids

Active, around 36 an hour

Best around 4:46 AM

Radiant climbs to
62°
Under a perfect sky
100/hour
Moonlight
27% 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

5:39 AM

5:39 AM

5:12 AM Blue hour
5:39 AM Sunrise
6:15 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

7:28 PM

7:28 PM

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

6:53 PM Golden hour
7:28 PM Sunset
7:56 PM Blue hour ends

Milky Way

Milky Way

Good viewing

Visible from 9:06 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
9:06 PM to 11:46 PM
Where to look
Southern horizon, up to 25° above it
Highest at
9:16 PM
Sky fully dark
9:06 PM to 4:03 AM
Sky darkness
Good
Cloud
Not forecast yet

The bright center of the Milky Way: when it is above the horizon with the sky fully dark and the Moon set, brought down for how dark the sky is here (estimated from the towns around by Walker's law) and for cloud where the forecast reaches.

Moon

Last quarter

42% lit

11:10 PM – 2:05 PM

ENE WNW
11:10 PM Moonrise
11:32 PM 4°
6:34 AM Highest, 77°
1:42 PM 4°
2:05 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 5:12 AM–5:39 AM
  • Sunrise 5:39 AM
  • Morning golden hour 5:39 AM–6:15 AM
  • Morning best color 5:49 AM
  • Moonset 2:05 PM
  • Evening golden hour 6:53 PM–7:28 PM
  • Evening best color 7:12 PM
  • Sunset 7:28 PM
  • Evening blue hour 7:28 PM–7:56 PM
  • Fully dark 9:06 PM–4:03 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 9:06 PM–11:56 PM
  • Moonrise 11:53 PM
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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
Wed 7 Oct 2026 7:28 PM Tiangong space station Modest pass, NE to ENE, 19 deg up
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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