Quadrantids meteor shower 2027
Peak night, up to 120 meteors an hour under a dark sky. The Moon is almost out of the way — a good year.
When
What it is
The Quadrantids are dust from 2003 EH1. Each year the Earth crosses this stream and the grains burn up 80–100 km above us at 41 km/s. The meteors seem to fly out of Boötes, so the shower is named after it.
How to see it
Go somewhere dark in the hours before dawn, lie back and look at the whole sky, not at the radiant. Give your eyes 20 minutes to adapt and don’t look at your phone. The peak is short — only a few hours — so the exact night matters. The Moon is almost out of the way — a good year.
Check the clouds for that night
See it for your city
See also
Venus at greatest western elongation, 4 January 2027
Venus is 47° from the Sun — the best time to find it low in the east before sunrise.
Supermoon: Wolf Moon, 22 January 2027
The full Moon is near perigee (357,644 km), so it looks up to 7% bigger and 15% brighter than average.
Quadrantids meteor shower 2028
Peak night, up to 120 meteors an hour under a dark sky. The Moon (31%) gets in the way for part of the night — watch after it sets.