Kourou, French Guiana

Tuesday, November 17, 2026

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Kourou, French Guiana Tuesday 17 November 2026

Meteor shower

Leonids

Around 5 an hour

Best around 5:29 AM

Radiant climbs to
65°
Under a perfect sky
15/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
71 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.

Modest most years, and the source of the greatest storms on record roughly every thirty-three.

That morning

Sunrise

6:19 AM

6:19 AM

5:57 AM Blue hour
6:19 AM Sunrise
6:48 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:11 PM

6:11 PM

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

5:42 PM Golden hour
6:11 PM Sunset
6:33 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

First quarter

51% lit

12:45 PM – 12:57 AM

ESE W
12:45 PM Moonrise
1:02 PM 4°
6:52 PM Highest, 74°
12:41 AM 4°
12:57 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

5:57 AM Blue hour
6:19 AM Sunrise
6:48 AM Golden hour ends

Moon, first quarter

12:45 PM Moonrise
1:02 PM 4°
6:52 PM Highest, 74°
12:41 AM 4°
12:57 AM Moonset

Sunset

5:42 PM Golden hour
6:11 PM Sunset
6:33 PM Best color, then blue hour ends
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