Thu, Oct 8
Draconids meteor shower 2026 from Worcester, MA
Best 7:32 PM–12:02 AM (radiant up to 63°).
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 Worcester, MA: 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
- ProvidenceBest 7:30 PM–12:00 AM (radiant up to 63°)
- Lowell, MABest 7:30 PM–12:00 AM (radiant up to 63°)
- Springfield, MABest 7:35 PM–12:05 AM (radiant up to 63°)
- BostonBest 7:29 PM–11:59 PM (radiant up to 63°)
- Manchester, NHBest 7:30 PM–12:00 AM (radiant up to 64°)
- Brockton, MABest 7:29 PM–11:59 PM (radiant up to 63°)
- Lynn, MABest 7:28 PM–11:58 PM (radiant up to 63°)
- HartfordBest 7:35 PM–12:05 AM (radiant up to 63°)
- New Bedford, MABest 7:28 PM–11:58 PM (radiant up to 63°)
- Waterbury, CTBest 7:37 PM–12:07 AM (radiant up to 63°)
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).