Thu, May 6
Eta Aquariids meteor shower 2027 from Midland, TX
Best 5:33 AM–5:48 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 12 h
Times are local (CDT).
One notification in the late afternoon, only on nights with something worth going out for over Midland, TX: 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 Midland, TX's sky in your calendar
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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
- Odessa, TXBest 5:34 AM–5:49 AM (radiant up to 29°)
- LubbockBest 5:32 AM–5:47 AM (radiant up to 29°)
- Abilene, TXBest 5:23 AM–5:38 AM (radiant up to 29°)
- Amarillo, TXBest 5:32 AM–5:47 AM (radiant up to 28°)
- Wichita Falls, TXBest 5:19 AM–5:34 AM (radiant up to 29°)
- El PasoBest 4:50 AM–5:05 AM (radiant up to 29°)
- San AntonioBest 5:18 AM–5:48 AM (radiant up to 33°)
- Killeen, TXBest 5:15 AM–5:30 AM (radiant up to 30°)
- New Braunfels, TXBest 5:17 AM–5:32 AM (radiant up to 30°)
- Las Cruces, NMBest 4:52 AM–5:07 AM (radiant up to 29°)
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).