Fri, Oct 8
Draconids meteor shower 2027 from Seattle
Best 7:54 PM–1:09 AM (radiant up to 66°).
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 (PDT).
One notification in the late afternoon, only on nights with something worth going out for over Seattle: 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, 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
- Renton, WABest 7:53 PM–1:08 AM (radiant up to 66°)
- Kent, WABest 7:53 PM–1:08 AM (radiant up to 66°)
- Tacoma, WABest 7:54 PM–12:54 AM (radiant up to 66°)
- Everett, WABest 7:53 PM–1:08 AM (radiant up to 66°)
- VancouverBest 7:57 PM–1:27 AM (radiant up to 67°)
- Gresham, ORBest 8:54 PM–1:54 AM (radiant up to 65°)
- Portland, OregonBest 7:55 PM–12:55 AM (radiant up to 65°)
- Hillsboro, ORBest 8:56 PM–1:56 AM (radiant up to 65°)
- Salem, ORBest 8:57 PM–1:42 AM (radiant up to 65°)
- Eugene, ORBest 8:57 PM–1:42 AM (radiant up to 64°)
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).