Kourou, French Guiana

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Kourou, French Guiana

That morning

Sunrise

6:26 AM

6:26 AM

6:05 AM Blue hour
6:26 AM Sunrise
6:55 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:45 PM

6:45 PM

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

6:17 PM Golden hour
6:45 PM Sunset
7:07 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Perseids

Active, around 37 an hour

Best around 4:45 AM

Very LowExcellent
Radiant climbs to
33°
Under a perfect sky
100/hour
Moonlight
No interference
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.

Milky Way

Milky Way

Poor viewing

Visible from 12:07 AM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
12:07 AM to 2:17 AM
Where to look
Southwestern horizon, up to 35° above it
Highest at
12:07 AM
Sky fully dark
7:57 PM to 5:14 AM
Sky darkness
Limited
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

First quarter

44% lit

11:49 AM – 11:57 PM

ESE WSW
11:49 AM Moonrise
12:06 PM 4°
5:52 PM Highest, 64°
11:40 PM 4°
11:57 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 6:05 AM–6:26 AM
  • Morning best color 6:11 AM
  • Sunrise 6:26 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:26 AM–6:55 AM
  • Moonrise 11:50 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:17 PM–6:45 PM
  • Sunset 6:45 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:45 PM–7:07 PM
  • Evening best color 7:01 PM
  • Fully dark 7:57 PM–5:14 AM
  • Moonset 11:57 PM
  • Dark, no Moon 12:07 AM–5:14 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Kourou, French Guiana

Perseids Around 54 an hour
Thu 12 Aug 2027 4:44 AM Full Sturgeon Moon Rises 6:21 PM in the ESE Mon 16 Aug 2027 6:21 PM Milky Way Visible 7:49 PM to 1:09 AM with no moon, 56° above the southern horizon - 14 nights 23 Aug to 5 Sep
Thu 26 Aug 2027 7:49 PM Black Moon (supermoon) Moonless and fully dark 7:50 PM to 5:10 AM Tue 31 Aug 2027 2:40 PM Full Harvest Moon Rises 6:17 PM in the E Wed 15 Sep 2027 6:17 PM Milky Way Visible 7:35 PM to 11:15 PM with no moon, 50° above the south-southwestern horizon - 13 nights 21 Sep to 3 Oct
Wed 22 Sep 2027 7:35 PM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 1:13 AM Partial solar eclipse 83.4% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 12:10 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 101 minutes
Mon 25 Jun 2029 12:22 AM Total lunar eclipse 88% of it above your horizon
Thu 20 Dec 2029 7:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 1.6% of the Sun covered
Mon 20 Mar 2034 6:33 AM Partial solar eclipse 1.6% of the Sun covered
Tue 12 Sep 2034 1:33 PM Partial lunar eclipse 1% of the Moon in shadow
Wed 27 Sep 2034 11:46 PM Partial lunar eclipse 10% of the Moon in shadow
Sat 18 Aug 2035 10:11 PM Total lunar eclipse 66% of it above your horizon
Mon 11 Feb 2036 7:12 PM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 95 minutes
Wed 6 Aug 2036 11:51 PM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it