Kourou, French Guiana Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Kourou (French Guiana, Guyane). Current time: Friday, 2026-07-03, 01:43 (GMT-03:00) America/Cayenne . All times are shown in Kourou local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 84.69%, Maximal illumination for this day: 91.12%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-07-29, 11:37; remaining time: 26d 9h 53m 39s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	21:45
Moonset:	09:11

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 395 949 km
246 031 mi
Kourou ↔ Moon, nearest point: 388 664 km
241 505 mi
View angle: 0.503°

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: 90.7%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 17 Day, 16 hours, 13 minutes. (≈17.676 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -126°

Kourou, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 60.3°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 138.2°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-07-01	2026-07-02	2026-07-03	2026-07-04	2026-07-05
Day:	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Moonrise:	20:18:00	21:03:00	21:45:00	22:25:00	23:06:00
Moonset:	07:35:00	08:24:00	09:11:00	09:57:00	10:42:00

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

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