Kourou, French Guiana

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Kourou, French Guiana

Rocket launch

Ariane 64 | Amazon Leo

Launched - fair from here

Lifted off 5:57 AM

Very LowExcellent

Space jellyfish low chance 6:00 AM–6:06 AM, NNE about 32° up

Look
NW
Crossing your sky
When
5:57 AM
Highest around 5:59 AM
Distance
12 mi
Climbs to
48°
Lighting
Sky still bright
Launch site
Ariane Launch Area 4
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

The plume will be lit, but the sky behind it is still bright enough to wash it out. Twenty minutes later would be the shot.

That morning

Sunrise

6:18 AM

6:18 AM

5:57 AM Blue hour
6:18 AM Sunrise
6:47 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:36 PM

6:36 PM

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

6:08 PM Golden hour
6:36 PM Sunset
6:58 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Eta Aquariids

Best around 3:51 AM

Very LowExcellent
8:06 PM Dark enough
3:51 AM Best
4:48 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
21°
Under a perfect sky
50/hour
Moonlight
58% lost
Speed
66 km/s

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.

Comes from Halley's Comet. Best from the Southern Hemisphere, in the hours before dawn.

Moon

Full moon

99% lit

5:50 PM – 5:59 AM

ESE WSW
5:50 PM Moonrise
6:07 PM 4°
11:53 PM Highest, 68°
5:42 AM 4°
5:59 AM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Moonset 5:17 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:57 AM–6:18 AM
  • Morning best color 6:07 AM
  • Sunrise 6:18 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:18 AM–6:47 AM
  • Moonrise 5:51 PM
  • Evening golden hour 6:08 PM–6:36 PM
  • Sunset 6:36 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:36 PM–6:58 PM
  • Evening best color 6:54 PM
  • Fully dark 7:48 PM–5:06 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Kourou, French Guiana

Halloween Halloween night in Kourou - waning gibbous moon Sat 31 Oct 2026 6:00 PM Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in Kourou - sunset at 6:12 PM Sun 1 Nov 2026 6:12 PM Milky Way Visible 7:23 PM to 8:43 PM with no moon, 25° above the southwestern horizon - 7 nights 1 Nov to 7 Nov
Sun 1 Nov 2026 7:23 PM Día de Muertos Día de Muertos in Kourou - sunset at 6:12 PM Mon 2 Nov 2026 6:12 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 7:41 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:30 PM to 5:00 AM Sun 8 Nov 2026 4:01 AM Partial solar eclipse 7.9% of the Sun covered
Sat 6 Feb 2027 2:19 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 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