Thu, May 6
Eta Aquariids meteor shower 2027 from Jackson, MS
Best 4:45 AM–5:00 AM (radiant up to 29°).
Up to about 50 meteors an hour under a perfectly dark sky. The Moon is 0% lit on the peak night.
in 185 days 13 h
Times are local (CDT).
One notification in the late afternoon, only on nights with something worth going out for over Jackson, MS: 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
- Baton Rouge, LABest 4:49 AM–5:04 AM (radiant up to 30°)
- New OrleansBest 4:45 AM–5:00 AM (radiant up to 30°)
- Mobile, ALBest 4:37 AM–4:52 AM (radiant up to 30°)
- Lafayette, LABest 4:53 AM–5:08 AM (radiant up to 30°)
- Tuscaloosa, ALBest 4:35 AM–4:50 AM (radiant up to 29°)
- MemphisBest 4:45 AM–5:00 AM (radiant up to 28°)
- Little RockBest 4:54 AM–5:09 AM (radiant up to 28°)
- Shreveport, LABest 5:00 AM–5:15 AM (radiant up to 29°)
- Birmingham, AlabamaBest 4:32 AM–4:47 AM (radiant up to 29°)
- Montgomery, ALBest 4:30 AM–4:45 AM (radiant up to 29°)
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).