Thu, Oct 8
Draconids meteor shower 2026 from El Paso
Best 7:50 PM–11:20 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 (MDT).
One notification in the late afternoon, only on nights with something worth going out for over El Paso: 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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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
- Las Cruces, NMBest 7:52 PM–11:22 PM (radiant up to 56°)
- AlbuquerqueBest 7:51 PM–11:36 PM (radiant up to 58°)
- Rio Rancho, NMBest 7:51 PM–11:36 PM (radiant up to 58°)
- Odessa, TXBest 8:34 PM–12:04 AM (radiant up to 56°)
- Midland, TXBest 8:33 PM–12:03 AM (radiant up to 56°)
- TucsonBest 7:08 PM–10:38 PM (radiant up to 56°)
- LubbockBest 8:32 PM–12:02 AM (radiant up to 57°)
- GilbertBest 7:12 PM–10:42 PM (radiant up to 57°)
- ChandlerBest 7:12 PM–10:42 PM (radiant up to 57°)
- MesaBest 7:12 PM–10:42 PM (radiant up to 57°)
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).