Thu, May 6
Eta Aquariids meteor shower 2027 from San Antonio
Best 5:18 AM–5:48 AM (radiant up to 33°).
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 (CDT).
One notification in the late afternoon, only on nights with something worth going out for over San Antonio: 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
- New Braunfels, TXBest 5:17 AM–5:32 AM (radiant up to 30°)
- AustinBest 5:15 AM–5:30 AM (radiant up to 30°)
- Round Rock, TXBest 5:15 AM–5:30 AM (radiant up to 30°)
- Killeen, TXBest 5:15 AM–5:30 AM (radiant up to 30°)
- Corpus ChristiBest 5:14 AM–5:44 AM (radiant up to 34°)
- LaredoBest 5:23 AM–5:53 AM (radiant up to 34°)
- College Station, TXBest 5:10 AM–5:25 AM (radiant up to 30°)
- Waco, TXBest 5:13 AM–5:28 AM (radiant up to 30°)
- Sugar Land, TXBest 5:07 AM–5:22 AM (radiant up to 30°)
- Edinburg, TXBest 5:17 AM–5:47 AM (radiant up to 35°)
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).