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Fri, Oct 8

Draconids meteor shower 2027 from Victorville, CA

Best 7:34 PM–11:19 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 12 h

Times are local (PDT).

"Worth looking up" alerts for Victorville, CA

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

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Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).