Kourou, French Guiana

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Kourou, French Guiana

That morning

Sunrise

6:26 AM

6:26 AM

Clears the hills at 6:29 AM, 3 min after sunrise

6:04 AM Blue hour
6:26 AM Sunrise
6:55 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:47 PM

6:47 PM

Behind the hills at 6:43 PM, 4 min before sunset

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

6:18 PM Golden hour
6:47 PM Sunset
7:09 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Southern Delta Aquariids

Best around 2:32 AM

Very LowExcellent
8:17 PM Dark enough
12:24 AM Moonset
2:32 AM Best
4:56 AM Too light
Estimate
~17/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
69°
Under a perfect sky
25/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
41 km/s

Where they come from: Comet 96P/Machholz

Thought to come from Comet 96P/Machholz and the family of sungrazing comets broken from it. Its meteors are mostly faint, and it is best seen from the southern half of the world.

The estimate 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. The bar also counts the forecast cloud at the best time, so a clouded-out night sits at the bottom, as does rain on the radar now.

Stays near its best for several nights, not just one.

Meteor shower

Perseids

Best around 4:02 AM

Very LowExcellent
8:17 PM Dark enough
12:24 AM Moonset
4:02 AM Best
4:56 AM Too light
Estimate
~13/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
36°
Under a perfect sky
100/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
59 km/s

Where they come from: Comet Swift-Tuttle (109P/Swift-Tuttle)

Dust from Comet Swift-Tuttle, which takes 133 years to go round the Sun and was last here in 1992. At 26 km across it is the largest object known to pass this close to Earth again and again.

The estimate 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. The bar also counts the forecast cloud at the best time, so a clouded-out night sits at the bottom, as does rain on the radar now.

The most dependable shower of the year, on warm summer nights in the north.

Milky Way

Milky Way

Poor viewing

Visible from 12:31 AM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
12:31 AM to 3:01 AM
Where to look
Southwestern horizon, up to 38° above it
Highest at
12:31 AM
Sky fully dark
8:01 PM to 5:13 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

49% lit

12:13 PM – 12:24 AM

ESE WSW
12:13 PM Moonrise
12:30 PM 4°
6:18 PM Highest, 66°
12:06 AM 4°
12:24 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:04 AM–6:26 AM
  • Sunrise 6:26 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:26 AM–6:55 AM
  • Morning best color 6:37 AM
  • Moonrise 12:13 PM
  • Evening golden hour 6:18 PM–6:47 PM
  • Evening best color 6:29 PM
  • Sunset 6:47 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:47 PM–7:09 PM
  • Fully dark 8:01 PM–5:13 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 12:31 AM–5:13 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Kourou, French Guiana

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 Partial solar eclipse 97.2% of the Sun covered
Sat 12 Aug 2045 3:55 PM Partial solar eclipse 0.7% of the Sun covered
Thu 2 Aug 2046 6:25 AM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it