Thu, Oct 8
Draconids meteor shower 2026 from Greensboro
Best 8:04 PM–11:49 PM (radiant up to 59°).
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 (EDT).
One notification in the late afternoon, only on nights with something worth going out for over Greensboro: 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
- High Point, NCBest 8:04 PM–11:49 PM (radiant up to 59°)
- Winston-SalemBest 8:05 PM–11:50 PM (radiant up to 59°)
- DurhamBest 8:00 PM–11:45 PM (radiant up to 59°)
- Cary, NCBest 8:00 PM–11:45 PM (radiant up to 59°)
- Concord, NCBest 8:07 PM–11:52 PM (radiant up to 58°)
- RaleighBest 7:59 PM–11:44 PM (radiant up to 59°)
- Fayetteville, NCBest 8:00 PM–11:45 PM (radiant up to 58°)
- CharlotteBest 8:08 PM–11:53 PM (radiant up to 58°)
- Columbia, SCBest 8:08 PM–11:53 PM (radiant up to 57°)
- Wilmington, NCBest 7:56 PM–11:41 PM (radiant up to 58°)
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).