Thu, Oct 8
Draconids meteor shower 2026 from Mobile, AL
Best 7:37 PM–10:52 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 (CDT).
One notification in the late afternoon, only on nights with something worth going out for over Mobile, AL: 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
- New OrleansBest 7:45 PM–11:00 PM (radiant up to 54°)
- Montgomery, ALBest 7:30 PM–11:00 PM (radiant up to 56°)
- Tuscaloosa, ALBest 7:35 PM–11:05 PM (radiant up to 57°)
- Jackson, MSBest 7:45 PM–11:15 PM (radiant up to 56°)
- Baton Rouge, LABest 7:49 PM–11:04 PM (radiant up to 55°)
- Birmingham, AlabamaBest 7:32 PM–11:02 PM (radiant up to 57°)
- TallahasseeBest 8:22 PM–11:37 PM (radiant up to 55°)
- Lafayette, LABest 7:53 PM–11:08 PM (radiant up to 54°)
- Huntsville, ALBest 7:31 PM–11:16 PM (radiant up to 58°)
- South Fulton, GABest 8:23 PM–11:53 PM (radiant up to 57°)
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).