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
6:54 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:43 PM

6:43 PM

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

6:15 PM Golden hour
6:43 PM Sunset
7:04 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Perseids

Active, around 17 an hour

Best around 4:43 AM

Very LowExcellent
Radiant climbs to
35°
Under a perfect sky
100/hour
Moonlight
52% 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.

Full moon

Full Sturgeon Moon

Rises 6:21 PM in the ESE

6:21 PM – 6:31 AM

Named for the lake sturgeon most easily caught in the Great Lakes in late summer.

ESE WSW
6:21 PM Moonrise
6:38 PM 4°
12:27 AM Highest, 72°
6:15 AM 4°
6:31 AM Moonset

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

Rises
6:21 PM in the ESE
Exactly full
4:32 AM
Distance
251,446 mi

The disc is biggest and most orange in the first half hour above the horizon, and moonrise here is worked out to the minute for a flat horizon.

Timetable

  • Moonset 5:47 AM
  • 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–6:54 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:15 PM–6:43 PM
  • Moonrise 6:21 PM
  • Sunset 6:43 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:43 PM–7:04 PM
  • Evening best color 6:59 PM
  • Fully dark 7:54 PM–5:15 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Kourou, French Guiana

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 Autumn equinox Sunset due west, 6:26 PM Thu 23 Sep 2027 3:01 AM New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:40 PM to 5:00 AM Wed 29 Sep 2027 11:33 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