Thu, Oct 8
Draconids meteor shower 2026 from Chula Vista
Best 7:33 PM–11:03 PM (radiant up to 56°).
Up to about 10 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky. The Moon is 3% lit on the peak night.
This has passed
Times are local (PDT).
One notification in the late afternoon, only on nights with something worth going out for over Chula Vista: a very bright ISS pass, a Starlink train, a meteor shower peak, planets together, a supermoon or eclipse, the northern lights, or a bright comet. Only the city is stored, not your location.
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Full moons, meteor showers, eclipses and bright ISS passes (with a 10-minute reminder) appear in your calendar and update by themselves.
Plan your night
☁️ Clouds through the night
The hour-by-hour cloud forecast appears about five days before.
🌑 Find a dark sky
City light hides most of the show. Drive until the sky looks clearly darker (often 30–60 minutes out), away from streetlights, with an open view.
🛰️ Also crossing the sky that night
Bright ISS and Starlink passes during the best hours appear about five days before.
Shooting stars streak across the sky: up to about 10 an hour from a dark place.
How to watch
- Find a dark place away from city lights and give your eyes 20 minutes to adjust.
- Lie back and look at a wide part of the sky; you do not need to face the radiant.
- Rates are highest in the hours before dawn.
Other cities
- San DiegoBest 7:33 PM–11:03 PM (radiant up to 56°)
- El Cajon, CABest 7:32 PM–11:02 PM (radiant up to 56°)
- Escondido, CABest 7:33 PM–11:03 PM (radiant up to 57°)
- Carlsbad, CABest 7:34 PM–11:04 PM (radiant up to 57°)
- Oceanside, CABest 7:34 PM–11:04 PM (radiant up to 57°)
- Temecula, CABest 7:33 PM–11:03 PM (radiant up to 57°)
- Murrieta, CABest 7:33 PM–11:03 PM (radiant up to 57°)
- Menifee, CABest 7:33 PM–11:03 PM (radiant up to 57°)
- IrvineBest 7:36 PM–11:06 PM (radiant up to 57°)
- Moreno Valley, CABest 7:33 PM–11:18 PM (radiant up to 57°)
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).