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← Draconids meteor shower 2027

Fri, Oct 8

Draconids meteor shower 2027 from Fayetteville, NC

Best 8:00 PM–11:45 PM (radiant up to 58°).

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

in 341 days 13 h

Times are local (EDT).

"Worth looking up" alerts for Fayetteville, NC

One notification in the late afternoon, only on nights with something worth going out for over Fayetteville, NC: 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 Fayetteville, NC'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 Fayetteville, NC →

Other cities

  • Cary, NCBest 8:00 PM–11:45 PM (radiant up to 59°)
  • RaleighBest 7:59 PM–11:44 PM (radiant up to 59°)
  • DurhamBest 8:00 PM–11:45 PM (radiant up to 59°)
  • GreensboroBest 8:04 PM–11:49 PM (radiant up to 59°)
  • High Point, NCBest 8:04 PM–11:49 PM (radiant up to 59°)
  • Wilmington, NCBest 7:56 PM–11:41 PM (radiant up to 58°)
  • Winston-SalemBest 8:05 PM–11:50 PM (radiant up to 59°)
  • Concord, NCBest 8:07 PM–11:52 PM (radiant up to 59°)
  • CharlotteBest 8:08 PM–11:53 PM (radiant up to 58°)
  • Columbia, SCBest 8:08 PM–11:53 PM (radiant up to 58°)

Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).