Kourou, French Guiana Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Kourou (French Guiana, Guyane). Current time: Thursday, 2026-05-21, 16:22 (GMT-03:00) America/Cayenne . All times are shown in Kourou local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 24.98%, Maximal illumination for this day: 35.44%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-31, 05:46; remaining time: 9d 13h 23m 57s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	11:05
Moonset:	23:46

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 370 656 km
230 315 mi
Kourou ↔ Moon, nearest point: 362 956 km
225 530 mi
View angle: 0.537°

Kourou on map:

Kourou

Info

Local timezone:	GMT-03:00
Latitude:	5.16281°
Longitude:	-52.64265°
Country:	French Guiana Guyane
Population:	24 029

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 32.1%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 5 Day, 15 hours, 45 minutes. (≈5.657 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -149°

Kourou, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 69.2°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 39.6°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-05-19	2026-05-20	2026-05-21	2026-05-22	2026-05-23
Day:	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Moonrise:	09:00:00	10:05:00	11:05:00	12:00:00	12:49:00
Moonset:	21:53:00	22:53:00	23:46:00	00:00:00	00:33:00

Kourou moonrise, moonset and phase informations for whole month (or Year 2026):

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