Kourou, French Guiana

Sunday, December 13, 2026

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Kourou, French Guiana

Meteor shower

Geminids

Around 132 an hour

Best around 2:34 AM

The night7:49 PM – 5:00 AM+1

Very LowExcellent
Radiant climbs to
63°
Under a perfect sky
150/hour
Moonlight
No interference
Speed
35 km/s

The rate at the top 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 strongest shower of the year, and you can watch it most of the night.

That morning

Sunrise

6:30 AM

6:30 AM

6:07 AM Blue hour
6:30 AM Sunrise
7:00 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:19 PM

6:19 PM

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

5:49 PM Golden hour
6:19 PM Sunset
6:42 PM Blue hour ends

Moon

Waxing crescent

18% lit

10:01 AM – 10:08 PM

ESE WSW
10:01 AM Moonrise
10:18 AM 4°
4:05 PM Highest, 67°
9:51 PM 4°
10:08 PM Moonset

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

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 6:07 AM–6:30 AM
  • Morning best color 6:15 AM
  • Sunrise 6:30 AM
  • Morning golden hour 6:30 AM–7:00 AM
  • Moonrise 10:01 AM
  • Evening golden hour 5:49 PM–6:19 PM
  • Sunset 6:19 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:19 PM–6:42 PM
  • Evening best color 6:35 PM
  • Fully dark 7:34 PM–5:15 AM
  • Moonset 10:08 PM
  • Dark, no Moon 10:14 PM–5:15 AM

Upcoming celestial events for Kourou, French Guiana

Winter solstice Shortest day, 11h 49m of light · sunset 6:23 PM in the WSW Mon 21 Dec 2026 5:50 PM Ursids A few an hour
Mon 21 Dec 2026 7:53 PM Full Cold Moon (supermoon) Supermoon - rises 6:08 PM in the ENE Wed 23 Dec 2026 6:08 PM Quadrantids A few an hour
Sat 2 Jan 2027 7:59 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:50 PM to 5:20 AM Thu 7 Jan 2027 5:23 PM Full Wolf Moon (supermoon) Supermoon - rises 7:00 PM in the ENE Fri 22 Jan 2027 7:00 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