Thu, May 6
Eta Aquariids meteor shower 2027 from Clearwater, FL
Best 5:16 AM–5:46 AM (radiant up to 34°).
Up to about 50 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky. The Moon is 0% lit on the peak night.
in 185 days 14 h
Times are local (EDT).
One notification in the late afternoon, only on nights with something worth going out for over Clearwater, FL: 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 50 an hour from a dark place.
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
- St. Petersburg, FloridaBest 5:15 AM–5:45 AM (radiant up to 34°)
- TampaBest 5:14 AM–5:44 AM (radiant up to 34°)
- Lakeland, FLBest 5:12 AM–5:42 AM (radiant up to 34°)
- OrlandoBest 5:10 AM–5:40 AM (radiant up to 34°)
- Cape Coral, FLBest 5:12 AM–5:42 AM (radiant up to 34°)
- Gainesville, FLBest 5:14 AM–5:29 AM (radiant up to 30°)
- Palm Bay, FLBest 5:07 AM–5:37 AM (radiant up to 34°)
- Palm Coast, FLBest 5:09 AM–5:39 AM (radiant up to 33°)
- Port St. Lucie, FLBest 5:06 AM–5:36 AM (radiant up to 34°)
- JacksonvilleBest 5:11 AM–5:26 AM (radiant up to 30°)
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).