Thu, Oct 8
Draconids meteor shower 2026 from Jacksonville
Best 8:11 PM–11:26 PM (radiant up to 55°).
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 Jacksonville: 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
- Palm Coast, FLBest 8:09 PM–11:24 PM (radiant up to 54°)
- Gainesville, FLBest 8:14 PM–11:29 PM (radiant up to 54°)
- OrlandoBest 8:10 PM–11:25 PM (radiant up to 53°)
- SavannahBest 8:09 PM–11:39 PM (radiant up to 56°)
- Lakeland, FLBest 8:12 PM–11:12 PM (radiant up to 53°)
- TampaBest 8:14 PM–11:14 PM (radiant up to 53°)
- Palm Bay, FLBest 8:07 PM–11:07 PM (radiant up to 53°)
- Clearwater, FLBest 8:16 PM–11:16 PM (radiant up to 53°)
- TallahasseeBest 8:22 PM–11:37 PM (radiant up to 55°)
- St. Petersburg, FloridaBest 8:15 PM–11:15 PM (radiant up to 52°)
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).