Kourou, French Guiana

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Kourou, French Guiana

Rocket launch

Ariane 62 | MTG-I2

Launched - good from here

Lifted off 5:11 PM

Very LowExcellent
Look
NW
Heading your way
When
5:11 PM
Highest around 5:20 PM
Distance
12 mi
Climbs to
85°
Lighting
Daylight
Launch site
Ariane Launch Area 4
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

In daylight it reads as a thin contrail, and only briefly.

Lunar eclipse

Partial lunar eclipse

93% of the Moon in shadow

Best around 1:13 AM

Moon in shadow
93%
Moon's height
72°
10:25 PM Penumbral begins 56° up
11:34 PM Partial begins 70° up
1:13 AM Greatest eclipse 72° up
2:51 AM Partial ends 53° up
4:00 AM Penumbral ends 37° up

Safe to look at with anything, unlike a solar eclipse - the Moon is only reflecting less light.

That morning

Sunrise

6:25 AM

6:25 AM

6:03 AM Blue hour
6:25 AM Sunrise
6:52 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:39 PM

6:39 PM

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

6:11 PM Golden hour
6:39 PM Sunset
7:00 PM Blue hour ends

Full moon

Full Sturgeon Moon

Rises 6:23 PM in the E

6:23 PM – 6:37 AM

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

ESE W
6:23 PM Moonrise
6:39 PM 4°
12:30 AM Highest, 75°
6:20 AM 4°
6:37 AM Moonset

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

Rises
6:23 PM in the E
Exactly full
1:20 AM
Distance
242,499 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 5:51 AM
  • Morning blue hour 6:03 AM–6:25 AM
  • Morning best color 6:10 AM
  • Sunrise 6:25 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:25 AM–6:52 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:11 PM–6:39 PM
  • Moonrise 6:23 PM
  • Sunset 6:39 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:39 PM–7:00 PM
  • Evening best color 6:54 PM
  • Fully dark 7:49 PM–5:14 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Kourou, French Guiana

Orionids Active, around 11 an hour
Sun 18 Oct 2026 7:45 PM Tiangong space station Bright pass, WNW to S, 35 deg up
Mon 19 Oct 2026 5:50 AM Orionids Around 19 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 7:44 PM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 5:47 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 5:47 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 Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 7:41 PM 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