Fri, Oct 8
Draconids meteor shower 2027 from Fresno
Best 7:44 PM–11:44 PM (radiant up to 59°).
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 (PDT).
One notification in the late afternoon, only on nights with something worth going out for over Fresno: 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 Fresno's sky in your calendar
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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, 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.
Other cities
- Visalia, CABest 7:42 PM–11:42 PM (radiant up to 59°)
- Modesto, CABest 7:49 PM–11:49 PM (radiant up to 60°)
- BakersfieldBest 7:41 PM–11:26 PM (radiant up to 58°)
- Salinas, CABest 7:51 PM–11:51 PM (radiant up to 59°)
- Santa Maria, CABest 7:46 PM–11:31 PM (radiant up to 58°)
- StocktonBest 7:50 PM–11:50 PM (radiant up to 60°)
- San JoseBest 7:52 PM–11:52 PM (radiant up to 60°)
- Fremont, CABest 7:52 PM–11:52 PM (radiant up to 60°)
- Elk Grove, CABest 7:50 PM–11:50 PM (radiant up to 61°)
- Antioch, CABest 7:52 PM–11:52 PM (radiant up to 60°)
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).