Fri, Oct 8

Draconids meteor shower 2027 from Rochester, MN

Best 7:54 PM–12:39 AM (radiant up to 64°).

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

in 341 days 12 h

Times are local (CDT).

"Worth looking up" alerts for Rochester, MN

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

Other cities

Saint PaulBest 7:57 PM–12:42 AM (radiant up to 65°)
MinneapolisBest 7:58 PM–12:43 AM (radiant up to 65°)
Cedar Rapids, IABest 7:51 PM–12:21 AM (radiant up to 63°)
Des MoinesBest 7:59 PM–12:29 AM (radiant up to 63°)
Davenport, IABest 7:47 PM–12:17 AM (radiant up to 63°)
MadisonBest 7:42 PM–12:12 AM (radiant up to 64°)
Rockford, ILBest 7:41 PM–12:11 AM (radiant up to 63°)
Sioux Falls, SDBest 8:11 PM–12:56 AM (radiant up to 64°)
Peoria, ILBest 7:43 PM–11:58 PM (radiant up to 62°)
OmahaBest 8:08 PM–12:38 AM (radiant up to 63°)

Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).