Kourou, French Guiana

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Kourou, French Guiana

Meteor shower

Draconids

Best around 7:49 PM

Very LowExcellent
7:49 PM Dark enough
9:17 PM Moonrise
4:46 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here
Radiant climbs to
29°
Under a perfect sky
10/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
20 km/s

Where they come from: Comet Giacobini-Zinner (21P)

Dust from Comet Giacobini-Zinner, which returns every six and a half years. Most years it is quiet, but when Earth meets a fresh trail, as in 1933 and 1946, it has given storms of thousands an hour.

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.

Best in the early evening, unlike most showers, which are best before dawn. Usually quiet, but it has produced storms of thousands an hour, in 1933 and 1946. Comes from comet Giacobini-Zinner.

That morning

Sunrise

6:17 AM

6:17 AM

Clears the hills at 6:20 AM, 3 min after sunrise

5:56 AM Blue hour
6:17 AM Sunrise
6:44 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:19 PM

6:19 PM

Behind the hills at 6:14 PM, 5 min before sunset

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

5:51 PM Golden hour
6:19 PM Sunset
6:40 PM Blue hour ends

Milky Way

Milky Way

Poor viewing

Visible from 7:28 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
7:28 PM to 9:08 PM
Where to look
Southwestern horizon, up to 42° above it
Highest at
7:28 PM
Sky fully dark
7:28 PM to 5:07 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

Waning gibbous

86% lit

9:17 PM – 10:02 AM

ENE WNW
9:17 PM Moonrise
9:34 PM 4°
3:38 AM Highest, 70°
9:44 AM 4°
10:02 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 5:56 AM–6:17 AM
  • Sunrise 6:17 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:17 AM–6:44 AM
  • Morning best color 6:28 AM
  • Moonset 9:09 AM
  • Evening golden hour 5:51 PM–6:19 PM
  • Evening best color 6:01 PM
  • Sunset 6:19 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:19 PM–6:40 PM
  • Fully dark 7:28 PM–5:07 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:28 PM–9:18 PM
  • Moonrise 9:17 PM

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

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