Thu, Oct 8
Draconids meteor shower 2026 from Gwangju
Best 7:17 PM–11:02 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 (GMT+9).
One notification in the late afternoon, only on nights with something worth going out for over Gwangju: 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.
Put Gwangju's sky in your calendar
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
- NajuBest 7:18 PM–11:03 PM (radiant up to 58°)
- JeongeupBest 7:17 PM–11:02 PM (radiant up to 59°)
- MokpoBest 7:19 PM–11:04 PM (radiant up to 58°)
- SuncheonBest 7:15 PM–11:00 PM (radiant up to 58°)
- JeonjuBest 7:16 PM–11:01 PM (radiant up to 59°)
- IksanBest 7:17 PM–11:02 PM (radiant up to 59°)
- GunsanBest 7:18 PM–11:03 PM (radiant up to 59°)
- GwangyangBest 7:14 PM–10:59 PM (radiant up to 58°)
- YeosuBest 7:14 PM–10:59 PM (radiant up to 58°)
- NonsanBest 7:16 PM–11:16 PM (radiant up to 59°)
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).