Kourou, French Guiana

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

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Kourou, French Guiana Tuesday 20 October 2026

Meteor shower

Orionids

Around 19 an hour

Best around 4:47 AM

Radiant climbs to
79°
Under a perfect sky
20/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
66 km/s

Rates are what one person might count under a dark sky, already brought down for how high the radiant gets here and for the Moon - not the headline figure, which assumes the radiant overhead and no light at all. Cloud is the other half, and it is on the sunset tile.

Halley's Comet again, from the other side of its orbit. Fast, and often leaves trains.

That morning

Sunrise

6:15 AM

6:15 AM

5:54 AM Blue hour
6:15 AM Sunrise
6:43 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:14 PM

6:14 PM

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

5:46 PM Golden hour
6:14 PM Sunset
6:36 PM Best color, then blue hour ends

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 15 past sunsets rated excellent across every location Sky Time tracks.

Moon

Waxing gibbous

68% lit

2:10 PM – 2:20 AM

ESE WSW
2:10 PM Moonrise
2:27 PM 4°
8:16 PM Highest, 71°
2:04 AM 4°
2:20 AM Moonset

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

This day at a glance

Sunrise

5:54 AM Blue hour
6:15 AM Sunrise
6:43 AM Golden hour ends

Moon, waxing gibbous

2:10 PM Moonrise
2:27 PM 4°
8:16 PM Highest, 71°
2:04 AM 4°
2:20 AM Moonset

Sunset

5:46 PM Golden hour
6:14 PM Sunset
6:36 PM Best color, then blue hour ends
← Previous day Monday Mon, Oct 19
Next day → Wednesday Wed, Oct 21

Upcoming celestial events for Kourou, French Guiana

Hunter's Moon Rises 5:47 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 5:47 PM Milky Way Visible 7:23 PM to 8:43 PM with no moon, 25° above the southwestern horizon - 7 nights 1 Nov to 7 Nov
Sun 1 Nov 2026 7:23 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:30 PM to 5:00 AM Sun 8 Nov 2026 4:01 AM Leonids Around 8 an hour
Mon 16 Nov 2026 4:41 AM Beaver Moon Rises 6:19 PM in the ENE Tue 24 Nov 2026 6:19 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:40 PM to 5:10 AM Tue 8 Dec 2026 9:50 PM Partial solar eclipse 7.9% of the Sun covered
Sat 6 Feb 2027 2:19 PM

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