Kourou, French Guiana

Friday, October 9, 2026

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Kourou, French Guiana
High 88°F, low 80°F.

That morning

Sunrise

Fair

6:16 AM

Very LowExcellent
Cloud
64%around 9 AM
Rain
Dryaround 9 AM
Humidity
74%
Wind
9 mph
5:55 AM Blue hour
6:01 AM Best color
6:16 AM Sunrise
6:44 AM Golden hour ends

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 21 past sunrises rated excellent across every location Sky Time tracks.

Satellite

International Space Station

Brilliant pass, SW to NE

Rose 5:50 AM

Very LowExcellent
Look
SW
Rising, then up to ESE
When
5:50 AM
until 5:55 AM
Visible for
5m 10s
Highest
87° ESE
Ends
Fades at 25°

It will not set - it flies into the Earth's shadow and fades out in a few seconds.

Sunset

Good

6:18 PM

Very LowExcellent
Cloud
38%around 7 PM
Rain
Dryaround 7 PM
Humidity
84%
Wind
7 mph
5:51 PM Golden hour
6:18 PM Sunset
6:34 PM Best color
6:39 PM Blue hour ends

Best color is when the sky has actually looked its best, learned from 19 past sunsets rated excellent across every location Sky Time tracks.

Milky Way

Milky Way

Poor viewing

Visible from 7:28 PM

Very LowExcellent
Visible, no moon
7:28 PM to 10:08 PM
Where to look
Southwestern horizon, up to 41° 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

New moon

1% lit

5:15 AM – 5:34 PM

E W
5:15 AM Moonrise
5:32 AM 4°
11:24 AM Highest, 81°
5:18 PM 4°
5:34 PM Moonset

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

How this day turned out

Morning 9 AM 84°F Partly cloudy
64% dry 74% 9 mph
Afternoon 2 PM 88°F Partly cloudy
41% dry 66% 10 mph
Evening 7 PM 81°F Partly cloudy
38% dry 84% 7 mph
Late Night 11 PM 81°F Mainly clear
29% dry 83% 6 mph

Timetable

  • Moonrise 5:16 AM
  • Morning blue hour 5:55 AM–6:16 AM
  • Morning best color 6:01 AM
  • Sunrise 6:16 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:16 AM–6:44 AM
  • Moonset 5:34 PM
  • Evening golden hour 5:51 PM–6:18 PM
  • Sunset 6:18 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:18 PM–6:39 PM
  • Evening best color 6:34 PM
  • Fully dark 7:28 PM–5:07 AM
  • Dark, no Moon 7:28 PM–5:07 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Kourou, French Guiana

Orionids Active, around 6 an hour
Fri 16 Oct 2026 4:31 AM Tiangong space station Bright pass, WSW to N, 31 deg up
Sat 17 Oct 2026 7:22 PM Orionids Active, around 8 an hour
Sat 17 Oct 2026 4:45 AM Tiangong space station Modest pass, N to E, 25 deg up
Sun 18 Oct 2026 5:14 AM Orionids Around 19 an hour
Tue 20 Oct 2026 4:44 AM Full Hunter's Moon Rises 5:47 PM in the ENE Sun 25 Oct 2026 5:47 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

Every celestial event, and where else to see it