Kourou, French Guiana

Saturday, January 2, 2027

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Kourou, French Guiana Saturday 2 January 2027

Meteor shower

Quadrantids

Around 6 an hour

Best around 5:47 AM

Radiant climbs to
30°
Under a perfect sky
110/hour
Moonlight
12% lost
Speed
41 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.

Its peak is short: only a few hours either side of it are worth watching.

That morning

Sunrise

6:39 AM

6:39 AM

6:17 AM Blue hour
6:39 AM Sunrise
7:09 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:29 PM

6:29 PM

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

5:59 PM Golden hour
6:29 PM Sunset
6:51 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waning crescent

23% lit

2:15 AM – 2:21 PM

ESE WSW
2:15 AM Moonrise
2:32 AM 4°
8:17 AM Highest, 64°
2:04 PM 4°
2:21 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonrise 2:15 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:17 AM–6:39 AM
  • Morning best color 6:23 AM
  • Sunrise 6:39 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:39 AM–7:09 AM
  • Moonset 2:21 PM
  • Evening golden hour 5:59 PM–6:29 PM
  • Sunset 6:29 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:29 PM–6:51 PM
  • Evening best color 6:45 PM
  • Fully dark 7:44 PM–5:25 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:44 PM–3:04 AM
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Upcoming celestial events for Kourou, French Guiana

New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:50 PM to 5:20 AM Thu 7 Jan 2027 5:22 PM Wolf Moon (supermoon) Supermoon - rises 7:00 PM in the ENE Fri 22 Jan 2027 7:00 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 8:00 PM to 5:30 AM Sat 6 Feb 2027 12:56 PM Partial solar eclipse 7.9% of the Sun covered
Sat 6 Feb 2027 2:19 PM Milky Way Visible 3:24 AM to 5:35 AM with no moon, 34° above the southeastern horizon - 12 nights 3 Feb to 14 Feb
Sat 13 Feb 2027 3:24 AM Snow Moon Rises 6:35 PM in the E Sat 20 Feb 2027 6:35 PM

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