Thu, May 6
Eta Aquariids meteor shower 2027 from Wilmington, NC
Best 4:56 AM–5:11 AM (radiant up to 28°).
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 Wilmington, NC: 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
- Fayetteville, NCBest 5:00 AM–5:15 AM (radiant up to 28°)
- RaleighBest 4:59 AM–4:59 AM (radiant up to 25°)
- Cary, NCBest 5:00 AM–5:00 AM (radiant up to 25°)
- DurhamRadiant stays low: few meteors
- Charleston, South CarolinaBest 5:04 AM–5:19 AM (radiant up to 29°)
- North Charleston, SCBest 5:05 AM–5:20 AM (radiant up to 29°)
- GreensboroRadiant stays low: few meteors
- High Point, NCRadiant stays low: few meteors
- Suffolk, VARadiant stays low: few meteors
- Chesapeake, VARadiant stays low: few meteors
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).