Fri, Oct 9
Draconids meteor shower 2026 from Johannesburg
Radiant stays low: few meteors.
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+2).
One notification in the late afternoon, only on nights with something worth going out for over Johannesburg: 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
- CairoBest 7:40 PM–10:55 PM (radiant up to 54°)
- DubaiBest 7:03 PM–9:48 PM (radiant up to 50°)
- BengaluruBest 7:04 PM–8:49 PM (radiant up to 40°)
- MumbaiBest 7:23 PM–9:38 PM (radiant up to 45°)
- PuneBest 7:19 PM–9:34 PM (radiant up to 45°)
- AthensBest 8:10 PM–12:10 AM (radiant up to 60°)
- ChennaiBest 6:53 PM–8:38 PM (radiant up to 40°)
- AhmedabadBest 7:24 PM–10:09 PM (radiant up to 49°)
- HyderabadBest 7:01 PM–9:16 PM (radiant up to 44°)
- IstanbulBest 7:49 PM–12:04 AM (radiant up to 63°)
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).