Fri, Oct 8

Draconids meteor shower 2027 from Columbus, Ohio

Best 8:16 PM–12:31 AM (radiant up to 62°).

Up to about 10 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky. The Moon is 64% lit on the peak night.

in 341 days 15 h

Times are local (EDT).

"Worth looking up" alerts for Columbus, Ohio

One notification in the late afternoon, only on nights with something worth going out for over Columbus, Ohio: 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 Columbus, Ohio'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, fewer this year in bright moonlight.

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.

Tonight's sky over Columbus, Ohio →

Other cities

Dayton, OHBest 8:21 PM–12:36 AM (radiant up to 62°)
CincinnatiBest 8:23 PM–12:38 AM (radiant up to 61°)
ToledoBest 8:19 PM–12:49 AM (radiant up to 63°)
Akron, OHBest 8:11 PM–12:26 AM (radiant up to 63°)
ClevelandBest 8:11 PM–12:41 AM (radiant up to 63°)
DetroitBest 8:17 PM–12:47 AM (radiant up to 63°)
Ann Arbor, MIBest 8:19 PM–12:49 AM (radiant up to 63°)
Fort WayneBest 8:25 PM–12:55 AM (radiant up to 63°)
Lexington, KentuckyBest 8:22 PM–12:22 AM (radiant up to 60°)
Warren, MIBest 8:17 PM–12:47 AM (radiant up to 63°)

Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).