Thu, Oct 8
Draconids meteor shower 2026 from Mexico City
Best 7:21 PM–9:36 PM (radiant up to 45°).
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 (CST).
One notification in the late afternoon, only on nights with something worth going out for over Mexico City: 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 Mexico City'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
- Brownsville, TXBest 8:14 PM–11:14 PM (radiant up to 51°)
- McAllen, TXBest 8:17 PM–11:17 PM (radiant up to 51°)
- Edinburg, TXBest 8:17 PM–11:17 PM (radiant up to 51°)
- LaredoBest 8:23 PM–11:23 PM (radiant up to 52°)
- Corpus ChristiBest 8:14 PM–11:14 PM (radiant up to 52°)
- San AntonioBest 8:18 PM–11:33 PM (radiant up to 54°)
- New Braunfels, TXBest 8:17 PM–11:32 PM (radiant up to 54°)
- Sugar Land, TXBest 8:07 PM–11:22 PM (radiant up to 54°)
- Pearland, TXBest 8:06 PM–11:21 PM (radiant up to 54°)
- League City, TXBest 8:05 PM–11:20 PM (radiant up to 54°)
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).